Court Innovations in Mental Health

This intercept addresses the escalation of mental health and behavioral needs following a mental health crisis but without the involvement of law enforcement.

HOSPITALS
A. Webb Roberts Hospital
3500 Gaston Ave. Dallas, TX 75246 | 214-820-0111
Adult Care, Children, Inpatient, Outpatient, Counseling, Crisis Services, Addiction

Bluitt Flowers – Parkland (Dallas County)
303 E. Overton Rd. Dallas, TX 75216 | 214-266-4200 o
Adult Care, Children, Inpatient, Outpatient, Counseling, Crisis Services, Addiction

Centro de Mi Salud
628 Centre St. Dallas, TX 75208 | 214-941-0798
Adult Care, Children, Outpatient, Counseling, Multilingual

MENTAL HEALTH (MH) TREATMENT SERVICES
Dallas Center, Inc
8550 Cadenza Ln. Dallas, TX 75228 | 214-328-4309
Faith Based, Children, Outpatient, Counseling

Dual Diagnosis Center
8550 Cadenza Ln. Dallas, TX 75228 | 214-328-4309
The Dual Diagnosis Center (DDC) is a 60 bed (30 men, 30 women) treatment facility for clients presenting with co-occurring disorders (mental health diagnosis and a substance abuse disorder). The DDC is housed at the Wilmer campus. It is a 90-day inpatient program which opened in early 2008. The DDC program also includes an Aftercare court component

North Texas Behavioral Health Authority
9441 LBJ Fwy., Ste. 300 Dallas, TX 75243 | 866-266-8000

SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) TREATMENT SERVICES
Judge John C. Creuzot Judicial Treatment Center
9441 LBJ Fwy., Ste. 300 Dallas, TX 75243 | 866-266-8000
The Judge John C. Creuzot Judicial Treatment Center (JJCCJTC) is an inpatient treatment facility for substance abuse treatment and supportive services for community reintegration, run by the Dallas County CSCD located in Wilmer, Texas. The JJCCJTC facility houses several different treatment tracks. Another track at the facility is the Pre-DDC track. This is for female clients awaiting entry to the Dual Diagnosis Center (DDC).

TRAINING, EDUCATION AND AWARENESS
The Texas Organizing Project (TOP)
3910 Gaston Ave., Ste. 250 Dallas, TX 75246 | (214) 586-0867
The Texas Organizing Project (TOP), founded in 2009, organizes Black and Latino communities in Dallas, Harris and Bexar counties with the goal of transforming Texas into a state where working people of color have the power and representation they deserve.

YOUTH AND KIDS
Child and Family Guidance Center
8915 Harry Hines Blvd. Dallas, TX 75235 | 214-351-3490
Adult Care, Children, Inpatient, Outpatient, Counseling, Crisis Services, Addiction

Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center
5351 Samuell Blvd. Dallas, TX 75228 | 214-818-2600
Children, Outpatient, Counseling

This intercept addresses the escalation of mental health and behavioral needs following a mental health crisis but without the involvement of law enforcement.

COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC SERVICES
Genesis Women’s Shelter & Support
4411 Lemmon Ave., Ste. 201 Dallas, TX 75219 | 214-358-0381
Women Only, Outpatient, Counseling

CRISIS SERVICES
North Texas Behavioral Health Authority
9441 LBJ Fwy., Ste. 300 Dallas, TX 75243 | 866-266-8000

FOOD SERVICES
Dallas County Crossroads Community Services
1822 Young Street, Dallas, Texas 75201 | 214-560-2511
Agency will provide food, clothing, rent, mortgage, gas, water and electric bill assistance for city of Dallas.

TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
MY RIDE Dallas
1341 West Mockingbird Lane, Suite, 1000W, Dallas, Texas 75247 | 972-855-8084
Our goal at MY RIDE is to help older adults and people with disabilities with personalized transportation planning helping them to live fully independent lives. Tell MY RIDE where you are and where you want to go and MY RIDE will let you know about the most appropriate, cost-effective transportation services for any trip in Dallas County. MY RIDE will help you apply for each transportation service for which you qualify.

Law enforcement plays a gatekeeper role to the criminal justice system and contact with law enforcement provides opportunities for diversion to a response that more effectively addresses mental health crises.

JAIL DIVERSION
High Risk Caseload Diversion Program
The HRC targets high-risk/high needs felony offenders. High-risk/high needs misdemeanor cases shall be served only on a limited and space available basis, not to exceed 20% of the offenders served on the caseload at any given time. Clients serving a period of community supervision who meet the HRC program requirements, at the option of the court, may also receive electronic monitoring while a participant in the HRC. Electronic monitoring utilizes the following equipment which includes: ankle bracelet / telephone responder units and Global Positioning System (GPS).

TRAINING, EDUCATION AND AWARENESS
Motivational Interviewing Training Unit
Motivational interviewing is a client-centered, directive method for enhancing intrinsic motivation to change by exploring and resolving ambivalence. All community supervision officers are trained in Motivational Interviewing and it is the primary tool used for CSOs supervising high risk caseloads.

OTHER
Dallas County Sheriff's Department
133 N Riverfront Blvd #31, Dallas, TX 75207 | (214) 749-8641

Initial detention and court hearings provide the first opportunity for broader criminal justice system partners to be involved in mental and behavioral health responses.

JAIL DIVERSION
Divert Court Program
214-653-5878.
The Dallas Initiative for Diversion and Expedited Rehabilitation and Treatment (DIVERT Court) is a program available for Dallas County residents in efforts to enhance public safety by providing a judicially supervised regimen of treatment and innovative case management to substance abuse offenders with the goal of returning sober, law-abiding citizens to the community and thereby closing the “revolving door” to the criminal justice system.

Mental Illness Caseloads
214-653-5878.
The Mental Illness caseload program specializes in providing supervision to offenders with severe mental illness and is partially grant-funded. These specially trained community supervision officers are sensitive to the limitations of offenders with severe mental illness and are experienced in accessing community resources. Through ongoing training on the management and treatment of mental health disorders, these officers encourage and direct offenders to adhere to prescribed treatment, participate in case management, and to utilize community resources to foster self-reliance and community success. These officers are located at the various satellite offices across Dallas County and support our mental health diversion courts.

OTHER
Dallas County Inmate Information
214-653-5878.

This intercept addresses the importance of continued and concerted mental health responses in the criminal justice system.

ASSESSMENTS & SCREENING SERVICES
Assessment Center
The Assessment Center provides our courts with quality assessments and pre-sentence investigations reports that assist the judiciary in making informed sentencing decisions while considering all viable treatment and placement options. The Assessment Center is responsible for providing Dallas County CSCD with a standardized process and format for Pre-Sentence Investigation Report and creation of Conditions of Supervision. We accomplish this task by employing skilled investigative interviewers who provide comprehensive PSI/Summary’s, Criminal History, Risk/Need Assessment, Diagnostic Screening and Evaluations. Conditions of Supervision are created based on all collective information and Risk/Needs outcome.

Assessment, Treatment, and Research Services (ATRS)
The Assessment, Treatment, and Research Services (ATRS) department is administered by the Dallas County CSCD and performs mental health and substance abuse screenings for all Felony cases upon bond release, to assess needs upfront. Where indicated, screenings are followed by substance abuse and/or psychological evaluations. Appropriate referrals for treatment are made if indicated by evaluation. ATRS provides in-house intensive outpatient programs (IOP) in English and Spanish and specialty IOP programs such as Dual Diagnosis. ATRS refers and/or contracts out to supportive outpatient programs and residential substance abuse treatment. ATRS staff also provides evaluations for jail clients and consult with courts and officers.

COURT COMMUNICATIONS
Court Services Unit
The Court Services Unit is comprised of Seventeen (17) Felony Courts, and Thirteen (13) Misdemeanor Courts The Dallas County CSCD Court Services Unit provides evidence based practices in all aspects of court management in an effort to encourage positive behavioral change in offenders while maintaining public safety and promoting victim advocacy.

Mental Illness Caseloads
The Mental Illness caseload program specializes in providing supervision to offenders with severe mental illness and is partially grant-funded. These specially trained community supervision officers are sensitive to the limitations of offenders with severe mental illness and are experienced in accessing community resources. Through ongoing training on the management and treatment of mental health disorders, these officers encourage and direct offenders to adhere to prescribed treatment, participate in case management, and to utilize community resources to foster self-reliance and community success. These officers are located at the various satellite offices across Dallas County and support our mental health diversion courts.

Specialty and Problem Solving Courts
The Dallas County CSCD provides for technical assistance and other resources to the following Specialty and Problem Solving Courts. These courts adhere strongly to the federally supported drug court model.

MENTAL HEALTH (MH) TREATMENT SERVICES
Dual Diagnosis Center
The Dual Diagnosis Center (DDC) is a 60 bed (30 men, 30 women) treatment facility for clients presenting with co-occurring disorders (mental health diagnosis and a substance abuse disorder). The DDC is housed at the Wilmer campus. It is a 90-day inpatient program which opened in early 2008. The DDC program also includes an Aftercare court component.

SPECIAL COURT PROGRAMS AND PROCEDURES
4-C SAFPF ReEntry
bryan.smith@dallascounty.org

AIM Court (Youthful Offender, Pre-Plea)
133 N. Riverfront Boulevard, 6th Floor, Dallas, TX 75207 | (214) 653-5882

ATLAS Court (Felony Mental Health)
aja.reed@dallascounty.org

Dallas Initiative for Diversion and Expedited Rehabilitation and Treatment (DIVERT Court)
133 N. Riverfront Boulevard, 7th Floor, Dallas, TX 75207 | (214) 653-5812

Diversionary Drug Court (DDC)
133 N. Riverfront Boulevard, 6th Floor, Dallas, TX 75207 | (214) 653-5842

Felony DWI Court
133 N. Riverfront Boulevard, 5th Floor, Dallas, TX 75207 | (214) 653-5892

High Risk Offender
133 N. Riverfront Boulevard, 6th Floor, Dallas, TX 75207 | (214) 653-5882

Misdemeanor DWI Court
133 N. Riverfront Boulevard, 3rd Floor, Dallas, TX 75207 | (214) 653-5605

Misdemeanor Mental Health Court (Pre-Plea)
133 N. Riverfront Boulevard, 3rd Floor, Dallas, TX 75207 | (214) 653-5705

SCCIP Court (Youthful Offender, Pre-Plea)
audrey.garnett@dallascounty.org

SET Court (Felony Mental Health, Pre-Plea)
133 N. Riverfront Boulevard, 3rd Floor, Dallas, TX 75207 | (214) 653-5705

STAC Court (Re-entry)
133 N. Riverfront Boulevard, 6th Floor, Dallas, TX 75207 | (214) 653-5862

STAR Court (Prostitution)
133 N. Riverfront Boulevard, 7th Floor, Dallas, TX 75207 | (214) 653-5910

Veterans Court (Pre-Plea)
133 N. Riverfront Boulevard, 6th Floor, Dallas, TX 75207 | (214) 653-5932

This intercept focuses on an individual’s post-incarceration life. Reentry must be well-planned, resourced, and individual-centric to help set individuals up for success.

COMMUNITY SUPERVISION PROGRAMS
SAFPF Unit
The SAFPF Unit provides specialized supervision to graduates of the TDCJ - Substance Abuse Felony Punishment Facilities the first year after their release from the facility.

EMPLOYMENT AND LIFE SKILLS SERVICES
Dallas County Community Action Committee, Inc.
611 East Jefferson Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75203 | 214-943-6696
Dallas County Community Action Committee provides employment assistance to previously incarcerated individuals who have referrals from their parole officers.

MENTAL HEALTH (MH) TREATMENT SERVICES
The Care Center
704 Longmire Rd #200, Conroe, Texas 77304 | (888)-988-6329
Texas Care founders have worked with ex-prisoners for decades. Constructing the Prisoner Reentry Program for the CCA Private Prison System Network in 2007. Reentry programs are designed to assist incarcerated individuals with a successful transition to their community after they are released. Improving reentry is a critical component. Specifically, the Strategy calls for supporting post-incarceration reentry efforts by assisting in job placement, facilitating access to drug-free housing, and reducing substance use disorder symptoms. The main purpose of a reentry program is to make communities safer, assisting those returning from prison and jail in becoming productive, tax-paying citizens and saving taxpayer dollars by lowering the direct and collateral costs of incarceration. The program serves: Houston · Dallas/Fort Worth · El Paso · Beaumont · Tyler · San Antonio. The program provides therapy, assessments, and treatment.

SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) TREATMENT SERVICES
Judge John C. Creuzot Judicial Treatment Center
704 Longmire Rd #200, Conroe, Texas 77304 | (888)-988-6329
The Judge John C. Creuzot Judicial Treatment Center (JJCCJTC) is an inpatient treatment facility for substance abuse treatment and supportive services for community reintegration, run by the Dallas County CSCD located in Wilmer, Texas. The JJCCJTC facility houses several different treatment tracks. Another track at the facility is the Pre-DDC track. This is for female clients awaiting entry to the Dual Diagnosis Center (DDC). Felony only with diagnosed drug dependence

As an extension of the justice system, parole and probation balance justice-system monitoring with individual-focused service coordination to establish a safe and healthy life outside of the justice system.

COMMUNITY SUPERVISION PROGRAMS
Community Supervision and Corrections (Adult Probation)
1300 W. Mockingbird Lane, 3rd floor, Dallas, Texas 75247 | (214) 653-5300

SAFPF Unit
1300 W. Mockingbird Lane, 3rd floor, Dallas, Texas 75247 | (214) 653-5300
The SAFPF Unit provides specialized supervision to graduates of the TDCJ - Substance Abuse Felony Punishment Facilities the first year after their release from the facility.

Sex Offender Unit
1300 W. Mockingbird Lane, 3rd floor, Dallas, Texas 75247 | (214) 653-5300
The Sex Offender Unit targets high-risk/high-needs sex offenders serving a period of community supervision in Dallas County. Specially trained community supervision officer’s work collaboratively with appropriate agencies and community service providers in the supervision of these clients.

Transportation and Safety Unit
1300 W. Mockingbird Lane, 3rd floor, Dallas, Texas 75247 | (214) 653-5300
The field work officer (FWO) is a community supervision officer charged with the responsibility for making home and employment visits on high risk clients in accordance with CSCD and CJAD requirements. The FWO helps insure compliance with the conditions of community supervision and reports any supervision violation that may be observed during the performance of field work duties. The substance of each contact must be timely documented in the case narrative and reported on the daily work sheet in an accurate and coherent manner.

COUNTY INNOVATIONS IN MENTAL HEALTH

COUNTY RESOURCES IN MENTAL HEALTH

Basic Needs

Crisis Services including Emergency Detention

Law Enforcement

Jails, Magistration, and Defense Attorneys

Trial Courts, Specialty Courts, and Prosecutors

Re-entry and Recovery

Community Supervision and Corrections