Reimagining Justice: Exploring Texas Innovations in Mental Health

• Youth Crisis Outreach Team (YCOT) with Kelli Guerrero and Jessica Jimenez

  In this episode, we are joined by two guests from the Heart of Texas Behavioral Health Network. Kelli Guerrero is the Director of Child and Adolescent Crisis Programming, and Jessica Jimenez is the Youth Crisis Outreach Team (YCOT) Program Manager. They tell us about the Heart of Texas Behavioral Health Network's YCOT, which provides 24/7 trauma-informed assessments and evaluations in the community, addressing immediate crisis intervention needs for children and families.If you have an innovation in mental health that you'd like to see on the podcast, email [email protected] with the subject line "Reimagining Justice."*Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speaker’s own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of the JCMH, the Supreme Court of Texas, or the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. The material and information presented here are for general information purposes only.

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• Outpatient Competency Restoration (OCR) with Jonathan Lemuel

  In this episode, we are joined by Jonathan Lemuel, the Director of Forensic Services at Bluebonnet Trails Community Services. He tells us about BBTCS's Outpatient Competency Restoration program, which helps defendants who are found incompetent to stand trial achieve the ability to participate in their own defense in a community-based setting.If you have an innovation in mental health that you'd like to see on the podcast, email [email protected] with the subject line "Reimagining Justice."*Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speaker’s own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of the JCMH, the Supreme Court of Texas, or the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. The material and information presented here are for general information purposes only.

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• Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Court with Judge Oscar Kazen

  In this episode, we are joined by Hon. Oscar Kazen, the Presiding Judge of Bexar County Probate Court 1. He tells us about his AOT Court, which provides outpatient treatment under civil court order to individuals with severe mental illness. Judge Kazen's court was the first fully operational civil AOT court in Texas.AOT resources mentioned in this episode can be found on the JCMH website under "Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT)". If you have an innovation in mental health that you'd like to see on the podcast, email [email protected] with the subject line "Reimagining Justice."*Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speaker’s own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of the JCMH, the Supreme Court of Texas, or the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. The material and information presented here are for general information purposes only.

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• Bell County Autism Intervention Team (BAIT) with Anne and Tres Jackson

  In this episode, we are joined by Anne Jackson, a Bell County prosecutor and founding member of the Bell County Autism Intervention Team, and Tres Jackson, Anne's adult son with autism and an Autism Ambassador. They tell us the Bell County Autism Intervention Team (BAIT), a group made up of family members, professionals, and individuals on the Autism Spectrum (ASD) themselves who work to train first responders to recognize the signs of ASD, empower families to implement an appropriate response, and equip communities with therapeutic autism specific resources.If you have an innovation in mental health that you'd like to see on the podcast, email [email protected] with the subject line "Reimagining Justice."*Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speaker’s own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of the JCMH, the Supreme Court of Texas, or the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. The material and information presented here are for general information purposes only.

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• Always Parenting with Dr. Connie Almeida

  In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Connie Almeida, the Director of the Fort Bend County Behavioral Health Services Department. She tells us about Always Parenting, a second chance program that assists individuals currently incarcerated (or have been in the last 6 months) at the Fort Bend County Jail and have minor children.If you have an innovation in mental health that you'd like to see on the podcast, email [email protected] with the subject line "Reimagining Justice."*Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speaker’s own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of the JCMH, the Supreme Court of Texas, or the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. The material and information presented here are for general information purposes only.

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