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CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH CLIENTS Successful collaboration in a rural community PROSECUTOR LOCAL MENTAL and COUNTY HEALTH GOVERNMENT PROVIDER COMMUNITY LAW LOCAL SAFETY ENFORCEMENT HOSPITAL/ER MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS
Successful collaboration in a rural community
Co Collabo borative initiatives to ensure community safety and justice.
COMMUNITY SAFETY
MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS ADDRESSED
LAW ENFORCEMENT PROSECUTOR and COUNTY GOVERNMENT LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER LOCAL HOSPITAL/ER
point with death
an inmate at the county jail.
– Sheriff’s Department – Prosecutor and County Government – Local Mental Health Provider – Local emergency room
icaid id 1115 Waiv iver Project
– County Judge and 1 Commissioner – County Attorney – Local hospital – Sheriff’s Department – Local Mental Health Provider – Other Agencies/Departments (CPS, APS, ISD, probation, etc….)
ambulance assets to perform “wellness checks”
high risk citizens with underlying mental health concerns.
the “Llano County Community Resource Guide”
the “Llano County Mental Health Coalition”
qu quarterly for ~ 2 years
– Com
bined Com
Resou
ce Coor
Grou
(CRCG) with Me Mental Hea Health C Coalit itio ion a and m meet eet 2 2-4 4 X year.
– CR CRCG CG addresses youth as we well as adult needs.
Hill Co Country MHDD HDD grants
– Me Mental Health Deputy for
Llano Cou
– Te Tele-psych ch service ces for
Llano Cou
Jail – Con
cts 3 private hos
for
emergency cy admission
when the Crisis St Stabi bilization Un Unit is not availabl ble.
County created new relationshi hips to network with MHDD HDD and acce access their regional al resource ces to as assist with juvenile/C /CPS youth (i (i.e .e. . San Marcos cent nter) r)
and respect partners’ statutory and contractual
and limitations:
– Law Enforcement
– Training requirements – Jail Standards – Law Enforcement Emergency Detention Orders – Transporting individuals with mental health concerns – _______________________
– Prosecutor/Judge
– Mental Health Commitments – Bond Considerations – Prosecutorial discretion
– Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities
– Contractual Requirements (What they can and can’t do) – CSU limitations
admissions – Inability to provide transportation (Health and Safety Code)
– Local Hospital/ER
– EMTALA – Limited “security”
PARTNERSHIP
– Start where you’re at – Build trust and address stigma – Cross refer—allow
to be expert – Reassess with change and growth
FINANCIAL MOTIVATION
– Shared resources-cost effective – Funder encourage partnerships – Partners share search for funders
SHARED MISSION
understandings
connection and belonging
churches, resources centers, county and city
law enforcement, LMHA
person in psychiatric crisis did not “as ask” to be in the crisis!
mental illness is a physical illness
person with acute mental illness is a person in need
person with mental illness is not “yours”
“mine”, but someone who deserves a coordinated and caring response!
IDENT NTIF IFY “IND INDIV IVID IDUA UAL IN IN CRISIS” ISIS” at Jail il In Intake ke
NOTI TIFY MENT NTAL HEALTH TH DEPUTY UTY
CALL LL “M “MHDD HDD CR CRISIS HO HOTLI LINE”
– Loca
MH MHDD will rece ceive not
cation
– On On-ca call prov
will meet “cl client/defendant” in jail
Enforcement alerts MHDD … … “We have your perso son…” …”
Officer ers may have been been misled ed in rec ecen ent tr trainings gs th that it is acce accept ptab able to “drop” p” individual als
at ps psych ch hospi pital als.
Tele-psy psych ch scr screens ar are underutilized
County partners need to collabo borate to address “i “individual” ne needs pri rior to cri risis.
Shift focus to “Can an Do” vs “Can an’t Do”