Tempe Municipal Court Mental Health Court

Quick Facts:

Date accepted first participant:
November/2003
Mental health docket frequency:
Weekly
Number of participants per year:
0-50
Clinical eligibility criteria:
  • The court accepts participants with Axis I diagnoses if the diagnoses correspond to state criteria for “serious and / or persistent mental illness”
    • Clinical exclusion criteria:
      Legal eligibility criteria:
    • Ordinance offenses / violations
    • Misdemeanors
    • Misdemeanor probation violations
      • Case disposition upon successful program completion:
    • Participants' charges may be dismissed upon successful completion
      • Case disposition upon unsuccessful program completion:
    • Participants are returned to the court of original jurisdiction for case processing
      • Court and service components funded by:
    • State funds
    • Municipal funds
    • State mental health funds

      • Tempe Municipal Court Mental Health Court

      Contact:

      Name:
      Louraine C. Arkfeld
      Title:
      Presiding Judge
      Organization:
      Tempe Municipal Court Mental Health Court
      Address:
      140 E. 5th Street, #200
      Tempe, AZ 85281
      Email:
      louraine_arkfeld@tempe.gov
      Phone:
      480-350-8614

      Tempe Municipal Court Mental Health Court

      General: Jurisdiction, History, and Planning

      Grantee Year:
      Urban
      Other collaborative criminal justice/mental health initiatives in community:

      Commission of Justice System Intervention for the Seriously Mentally Ill
      Date accepted first participant:
      November/2003
      Mental health docket frequency:
      Weekly
      Number of participants per year:
      0-50
      Planning and oversight/advisory group:
    • The court had a planning committee that ceased meeting after the court's creation
      • Oversight group members:
    • Community mental health service provider
    • State mental health agency representative
    • Judicial officer (e.g. a judge or magistrate)
    • Prosecutor
    • Public defender
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