Courts for Children and Families
- Supreme Court of Texas Permanent Judicial Commission for Children, Youth and Families
- Texas Children in Long-Term Foster Care: Outcomes, Court Hearing Practices, and Court Costs
- Texas Lawyers for Children
Criminal Justice
- Attorney Fee Recoupment Procedures and Orders [pdf]
- Criminal Justice Process Study: Midland County [pdf]
- Pretrial Screening Form
Juvenile Justice
- The Costs of Confinement: Why Good Juvenile Justice Policies Make Good Fiscal Sense [pdf]
- Juvenile Court Management Action Plan Template [pdf]
Mental Health
- Design Planning Process - Shared Solutions MH Court Template Design Planning Process (Type In Version) [docx]
- Enhancement - Shared Solutions MH Court Planning Document Planning for Enhancements (Type In Version) [docx]
- Another Look at Mental Illness and Criminal Justice Involvement in Texas: Correlates and Costs [pdf]
- Behavioral Health Court: Policies and Procedures Manual (San Francisco) [pdf]
- Crisis Care Services for Counties: Preventing Individuals with Mental Illnesses from Entering Local Corrections Systems [pdf]
- A Guide to Collecting Mental Health Court Outcome Data [pdf]
- A Guide to Mental Health Court Design and Implementation [pdf]
- A Handbook for Developing a Mental Health Court Docket (Supreme Court of Ohio)[pdf]
- Improving Responses to People with Mental Illnesses: The Essential Elements of a Mental Health Court [pdf]
- Judicial Perspectives on Substance Abuse & Mental Health Diversionary Programs and Treatment [pdf]
- Mental Health Courts: A Guide to Research-Inspired Policy and Practice [pdf]
- Mental Health Courts: A Primer for Policymakers and Practitioners [pdf]
- Navigating the Mental Health Maze: A Guide for Court Practitioners [pdf]
- Representing the Mentally Ill Offender: An Evaluation of Advocacy Alternatives [pdf]
Services for Self-Represented Litigants
- Best Practices in Court-Based Programs for the Self-Represented [pdf]
- Continuum of Legal Assistance Slide [pdf]
- Judicature Article [pdf]
- Legal Information vs. Legal Advice Guidelines [pdf]
- Limited Scope Representation [pdf]
- Self-Represented Litigant Planning Template A-For jurisdictions with little or no assistance for SRLs [doc]
- Self-Represented Litigant Planning Template B-For jurisdictions with some project in place [doc]
- Self-Represented Litigant Planning Template P-Designing a Project [doc]
Collaboration
Tools - Solutions
Caseflow Management
This project was developed under Grant Number SJI-11-N-178 from the State Justice Institute. The points of view expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the State Justice Institute.
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Updated: 19-Jul-2012
