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The mission of the Mental Health Court is to advocate for incarcerated persons with mental illness and to provide access to mental health treatment, community resources, and support to reduce their involvement in the criminal justice system. With advocacy and support, the Mental Health Court will help a person improve mental health stability ...

Crossroads Girls Mental Health Court was established in January 2009 as the direct outgrowth of the Bexar County Juvenile Justice & Mental Health Task Force. Its mission was to identify and effectively and expeditiously serve adolescent females involved with the juvenile justice system. This innovative specialty

Bexar County has two such courts for juvenile offenders, the MIND (Males In Need of Direction) Court and the Crossroads Girls Mental Health Court. Having specialty courts aimed at addressing mental health issues is enormously helpful, as it allows juvenile offenders to get the mental health services they need. [7]

Crossroads Girls Mental Health Court is among five programs to receive the 2016 National Criminal Justice Association Outstanding Criminal Justice Program award for the western region, officials ...

Part of the founding team for Crossroads Girls Mental Health Court, one of only five programs to receive the 2016 National Criminal Justice Association Outstanding Criminal Justice Program award for the western region. Founding member of recognized Capstone Project team, recipient of the 2019 Georgetown University Capstone Award for work in ...

Bexar County is getting high marks and national recognition for a program in the juvenile justice system that addresses the needs of young woman.

Crossroads Court, a national model, focuses on reducing recidivism and diverting girls...

The Crossroads Girls Mental Health Court has won the National Criminal Justice Association Outstanding Criminal Justice Program Award for Western Region. Time Warner Cable News spoke with two young ladies in the program.

Judge Parker’s court is better known as the Crossroads Girls Mental Health Court, which works closely with the BCFS Health and Human Services-San Antonio KAPS program, or Kids Averted from Placement Services. BCFS-San Antonio KAPS and Crossroads work in tandem to provide young women in the juvenile justice system with case management ...

Inadequate funding to meet the needs of the mentally ill often results in law enforcement...

Congratulations to Judge Laura Parker and the Crossroads Girls Mental Health Court for winning the 2016 National Criminal Justice Association Outstanding Criminal Justice Program Award for the...

(left to right) Bexar County Juvenile Probation Supervisor Marjorie Altman discusses with UHS-DHCS psychometrist Elisha Best, prosecutor Khristina Fielder, Judge Laura Parker, and Defense Attorney Beatrice Robles during a private meeting before the Crossroads program court session. Photo by Scott Ball.

She played an instrumental role in the creation of the Crossroads Girls Mental Health Court, the Restore Court, the MIND Court, and the STRIVE Court. Zebell-Sosa earned a J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law in 1998. She is Board Certified in Criminal Law and Juvenile Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

•Girls and Boys Mental Health Courts in Bexar County, TX 3. 4 National nonprofit, nonpartisan membership association of state government officials ... •Crossroads Court –Girls Mental Health Court –Pre-Adjudication Specialty Court –First-time non-violent offenders –Ages: 12-16

What should I do if I am, or someone else is, facing a behavioral health crisis? Behavioral Health Crisis Contacts. Central Arizona Crisis Line: (602) 222-9444 or 1-800-631-1314 ; Text HOPE to 4HOPE (44673): Specific hours of availability Monday – Friday, 2:00pm – 10:00pm Saturday – Sunday, 8:00am – 2:00pm Maricopa County Warm Line (Non-Crisis): (602) 347-1100

Treatment Courts. A mental health court is a treatment court for participants experiencing a mental health condition. It provides frequent judicial oversight, uses a team-based approach regarding treatment and supervision, and is evidence-based in its application of treatment, supervision, incentives, and sanctions. GO TO MENTAL HEALTH COURT ...

Participant of the Crossroads program Amanda, 17, stands in front of a window at the Frank Tejeda Center at the Bexar County Juvenile Probation Center. Photo by Scott Ball.

Crossroads is a state licensed treatment provider with several locations near the Phoenix, Arizona area offering detox, residential, and outpatient substance abuse treatment for men, women, and veterans varying by location. ... Treatment for co-occurring mental health disorders, which affect the majority of individuals diagnosed, integrates ...

A person suffering from a mental illness may be petitioned through the court to receive a mental health evaluation and possible court-ordered treatment. Mental Health Court is a civil court designated to handle these cases when someone is petitioned, and our office defends the legal rights of people going through this process. A person eighteen ...