Documents
National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice August 2005 report on Juvenile Mental Health Courts from around the U.S. with contact information for each program.
Below is a link to a discussion by the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, an advocacy group for people with mental illnesses, about juvenile mental health courts. The TA Center link goes to a word version of the article.
http://www.bazelon.org/issues/criminalization/publications/mentalhealthcourts/juvenilemhcourts.htm
This newspaper article is about a juvenile mental health court that opened in Cuyahoga, Ohio. The link to the article and discussion board is below.
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2007/12/cuyahoga_juvenile_court_launch.html
A National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice overview of juvenile mental health courts by the GAINS Center in Albany New York.
Story about a new juvenile MHC in Jefferson County, Colorado. Below is a link to the web version.
http://mentalhopenews.blogspot.com/2008/03/2nd-chance-for-mentally-ill-teens.html
This guide includes a series of recommendations in three areas—screening and assessment (Chapter 2), treatment (Chapter 3), and outcome monitoring (Chapter 4)—that highlight key components of a juvenile drug court that should be in place if the JDC wants to maximize the effectiveness of its programs. These recommendations emulate the assessment, treatment and program monitoring characteristics of a “model” juvenile drug court and reflect the goals of the Louisiana Supreme Court Drug Court Office that were developed as part of its Models for Change project.