Resource Letters

Resource Letter for Judges and Attorneys Handling Cases Involving Mental Health & IDD

This resource letter is designed to facilitate communication among the JCMH, the judiciary, attorneys, and mental health stakeholders. Please forward this letter to any judges, attorneys, mental health professionals, law enforcement, or other community and state leaders who might be interested. To ensure that you regularly receive this letter, please click HERE, if you have not already.

September 16, 2024

  • Psychiatric Advanced Directives Webinar
  • Understanding and Responding to Brain Injury
  • Drug and Veteran Court Program Workshops
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July 25, 2024

  • Free Training on Addiction Response
  • Data Dives Webinar Series
  • Drug Testing and Wellness Considerations in Juvenile Treatment Courts
  • Family Guide to Children’s Mental Health Services
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June 26, 2024

  • Youth SIM Mapping Applications Now Open!
  • Rural Mental Health Request for Application
  • Reentry Learning Collaborative
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May 30, 2024

  • Needs Capacity Assessment for Sequential Intercept Model Implementation Grants
  • Free Family Violence CJE/CLE credit on Advanced Trauma and Mental Health
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May 3, 2024

  • Mental Health Awareness Month Toolkit
  • Motivational Interviewing for Veterans Treatment Courts
  • Children’s Mental Health Toolkit
  • Adult Treatment Court Best Practice Standards
  • Ask about Suicide to Save a Life (AS+K) Virtual Training
  • Sequential Intercept Model Mapping Opportunity
  • Assisted Outpatient Treatment Judge’s Chat
External web link - https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Mental-Health-Awareness-Month-and-Treatment-Court-Month-Resources.html?soid=1130875678979&aid=IlJQ0UUztGA

March 26, 2024

  • Texas Mental Health Professionals Loan Repayment Program Webinar
  • Texas Juvenile Justice Department Customer Service Survey
  • Juvenile Treatment Court Grant-Writing Webinar
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March 6, 2024

  • Aligning Health and Safety Webinar and Policy Tool
  • Criminal and Community Justice Grant Solicitations and Webinar
  • Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Grant Solicitation
  • Texas Lawyers’ Assistance Program Free CLE
External web link - https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Important-Information-for-Judges-and-Attorneys-Handling-Cases-Involving-Mental-Health-and-IDD.html

March 6, 2024

  • Aligning Health and Safety Webinar and Policy Tool
  • Criminal and Community Justice Grant Solicitations and Webinar
  • Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Grant Solicitation
  • Texas Lawyers’ Assistance Program Free CLE
External web link - https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Important-Information-for-Judges-and-Attorneys-Handling-Cases-Involving-Mental-Health-and-IDD.html

February 14, 2024

  • Crisis and Diversion Grant Funding Webinar
  • Reentry Peer Specialist Certification Training
  • Rural Texas Health Care Challenges Forum
  • Guidance for Judges on Mental Health Diversion Strategies
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November 7, 2023

  • Juvenile Nuts and Bolts CLE
  • Fitness to Proceed Education Survey
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November 3, 2023

  • Mental Health Courts Collaborative Deadline Extended
  • Texas Lawyers Assistance Program Volunteer Training
  • NAMI Texas First Episode Psychosis Survey
External web link - https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Important-Information-for-Judges-and-Attorneys-Handling-Cases-Involving-Mental-Health-and-IDD.html

October 17, 2023

  • Announcing the Mental Health Courts Collaborative

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October 9, 2023

  • Announcing the Texas County Mental Health Law Plan Program
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August 18, 2023

  • Trauma History and Psychotropic Medication: What Judges and Attorneys Need to Know 
  • Launch of New Jail In-Reach Learning Collaborative Cohort
External web link - https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Important-Information-for-Judges-and-Attorneys-Handling-Cases-Involving-Mental-Health-and-IDD.html

July 14, 2023

  • Registration Now Open for 6th Annual Judicial Summit on Mental Health
  • Whole Texas Challenge
  • Scholarships Available for Texas Judges and Attorneys
External web link - https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Important-Information-for-Judges-and-Attorneys-Handling-Cases-Involving-Mental-Health-and-IDD.html

June 2, 2023

  • Pre-Arrest Diversion Learning Collaborative
  • IDD and Dementia Workshop in Lubbock
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May 16, 2023

  • JCMH's Mental Health Court Webinar
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April 11, 2023

  • Grant Writing Training
  • IDD Suicide Prevention Flyers
  • Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Webinar
External web link - https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Important-Information-for-Judges-and-Attorneys-Handling-Cases-Involving-Mental-Health-and-IDD.html

March 20, 2023

  • Juvenile Justice Judicial Training Institute

External web link - https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Important-Information-for-Judges-and-Attorneys-Handling-Cases-Involving-Mental-Health-and-IDD.html

January 4, 2023

  • Suicide Care Initiative
  • Juvenile Justice Trainer Request for Applications
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December 7, 2022

  • Youth Suicide Prevention Webinar
  • Proposed Rule on Use of Restraints in Juvenile Court
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