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Muscogee County Mental Health Court |
| AGENCY/ORGANIZATION: |
New Horizons Community Service Board |
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Georgia |
| YEAR ESTABLISHED: |
2004 |
| LEVEL OF JURISDICTION: |
County |
| ISSUE AREA: |
Courts: Adjudication and Sentencing |
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Program Overview
The Muscogee County Mental Health Court initiative resulted from a collaboration of numerous organizations and agencies, including NAMI Columbus, the Muscogee County Sheriff's Department, the Columbus Consolidated Government, New Horizons Community Service Board, and many officials of the court system at the Recorders, State and Superior Court levels. The Muscogee County Mental Health Court began operations in March, 2004. Mental Health Court is held at both State and Superior Court.
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Recent Dialogue
Question for
Everyone
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? Our caseload is about 1/3 felony reduced to misdemeanor and 2/3 misdemeanor charges.
- Lois Smith
03/02/07 04:16 PM EST
A: from Cyndy Pattillo,
Contact Person
We also have difficulty with ever increasing numbers of referrals, and limited resources. Our court operates differently. We have two separate courts - one for felonies and one for misdemeanors, and the caseloads for each are growing. To date, we have not had to refuse to accept an appropriate referral due to lack of resources, but this is a possibility in the future. Having two separate courts seems to help with court/calendar time, but actually is more work for MH Casemanagers to go to do different courts.
- Cyndy Pattillo 03/04/07 10:17 AM EST
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Program Description
Muscogee County Jail health clinic staff screen all incoming persons at the Jail. Persons who appear to be mentally ill, or are known to be mentally ill from previous contacts, are referred to the mental health provider (New Horizons Community Service Board)for further evaluation. Participation is voluntary. All participants must be charged with misdemeanors or low-level, non-violent felonies.
Outcome Data
Data for outcome evaluation is being gathered, and will be analyzed through a contract with Betsy Witt, Ph.D. of Stephenville, Texas.
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Staff from the Consensus Project, GAINS EBP Center, and GAINS TAPA Center have not conducted an empirical evaluation of any of the profiles provided in the directory. Accordingly, the Consensus Project, GAINS EBP, and GAINS TAPA do not promote any of these programs as "models" or "best practices." Nor does the directory reflect an inventory of all relevant efforts underway across the country. Administrators of the programs included in the directory are largely responsible for maintaining information about their initiative current. Accordingly, staff cannot guarantee that the information in the directory is completely current.
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