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PROGRAM TITLE:	Allegheny County Mental Health Court
AGENCY/ORGANIZATION:	Allegheny County Department of Human Services
STATE:	Pennsylvania
YEAR ESTABLISHED:	2001
LEVEL OF JURISDICTION:
ISSUE AREA:	Courts: Adjudication and Sentencing

POLICY STATEMENTS:

14. Adjudication
23. Maintaining Contact Between Individual and Mental Health System
39. Consumer and Family Member Involvement

BJA 2003 GRANTEE? Yes

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Program Contact: Amy Kroll (akroll@dhs.county.allegheny.pa.us) Director of Forensic Services Office of Behavioral Health Dept of Human Services / Forensic Services 304 Wood St. - 5th Floor Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222				Program Stakeholders: This program does not yet have program stakeholders Register/Log In to sign up as a stakeholder. [What is a stakeholder?]
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Question for Amy Kroll
Contact Person
The King County Mental Health Court is struggling to balance its success in referrals with resources earmarked for it. Especially in terms of size of court calendars and available calendar time, caseload/ workload numbers, etc. The dedicated defense team and other team members are feeling overwhelmed and are asking how other MHCs address caseload and calendar size. Can you provide info from your court re this, especially since your population cohort a year ago seemed to mirror that which we serve (about 1/3 felony reductions to misdemeanor and 2/3 MD)?
- Lois Smith 03/02/07 04:07 PM EST

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