Info Type: Programs
State: FL

Broward County Felony Mental Health Court

Quick Facts:

Court:

broward county felony mental health court

Level of government at which court operates:

• State

Type of jurisdiction:

• Urban

Date accepted first participant:

• novem ber
• 2003

Mental health docket frequency:

• 4 days a week

Number of participants per year:

• More than 500

Clinical eligibility criteria:

• The court accepts participants with only Axis I diagnoses

Clinical exclusion criteria:

• Traumatic brain injuries

Legal eligibility criteria:

• Felonies (property)
• Felonies (nonviolent)
• Felonies (violent)
• crimes with mandatoy minimum sentences, and cases assigned to our domestic violence and habitual felony division

Case disposition upon successful program completion:

• Participants' time under supervision may be reduced

Case disposition upon unsuccessful program completion:

• Participants' cases are processed by the mental health court for charges that were held in abeyance

Court and service components funded by:

• Federal funds
• State mental health funds