JMHCP Grantee (2007) -- Brief Strategic Family Therapy

Overview

Jurisdiction Type

Urban

Age Level

Juvenile

Criminal Justice System Focus

Courts

JMHCP Grantee Information

Grant Year

2007

Category

Implementation and Expansion

Criminal Justice Entity

Tarrant County Juvenile Services

Mental Health Entity

Santa Fe Adolescent Services

Description

2007 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program Grantee

Jurisdiction Type: Urban

Grant Category: Implementation and Expansion

Adult/Juvenile: Juvenile

Criminal Justice Entity: Tarrant County Juvenile Services

Mental Health Entity: Santa Fe Adolescent Services

Description:
Tarrant County Juvenile Services will increase public safety by facilitating collaboration among juvenile justice, mental health and substance abuse treatment systems to expand intervention services through the court-based early intervention program, Deferred Prosecution Probation (DPP). Utilizing an evidence-based intervention, Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT), the goal is to increase successful completion of 100 DPP youth by diverting juveniles with mental health needs into community-based treatment programs and preventing deeper penetration of these youth into the juvenile justice system. This will be accomplished by meeting these objectives: 1) implementing an evidence-based approach that addresses obstacles and barriers that prevent youth from completing services; 2) encouraging family participation; 3) expediting intervention services to DPP youth with mental health needs; and 4) improving linkages and working relationships of cross-system groups.