Eliminate the Wait
Eliminate the Wait is a state-wide campaign to help reduce the wait for inpatient competency restoration services and improve outcomes for people found incompetent to stand trial.
Current Learning & Engagement Opportunities
The TA Center creates opportunities for behavioral health and justice system leaders to learn from and engage with each other on behavioral health and justice topics.
Jail In-Reach Learning Collaborative (JIRLC)
The JIRLC is a peer-to-peer learning opportunity for county teams to identify strategies to actively monitor people who have been found incompetent to stand trial and to reduce the wait for inpatient competency restoration services.
Pre-Arrest Diversion Learning Collaborative
The Pre-Arrest Diversion Learning Collaborative supports county behavioral health and law enforcement professionals in developing strategies to prevent people with mental illness, substance use disorders, and intellectual and developmental disabilities from being arrested or incarcerated.
Sequential Intercept Mapping (SIM) Community of Practice
The Texas SIM Community of Practice helps communities reach goals set during SIM mapping workshops.
Suicide Care in Texas Juvenile Justice Settings Learning Collaborative
The Suicide Care in Texas Juvenile Justice Settings Learning Collaborative is a peer-to-peer learning opportunity for Texas county teams to work together to implement strategies to reduce suicide risk among justice involved youth.
Texas Behavioral Health and Justice Webinar Series
The Texas Behavioral Health and Justice Webinar Series is a bi-monthly topical learning series for behavioral health and justice system stakeholders.
Reentry Learning Collaborative
The Reentry Learning Collaborative will support local teams in developing comprehensive reentry programs that provide continuity of care and recovery support for people with mental illness or co-occurring substance use disorders who are returning to the community following incarceration.
Behavioral Health and Justice Strategic Planning Resources
The TA center has developed resources, templates, and tools to support behavioral health and justice system planning in communities around Texas.
Texas Competency Restoration Guide
The Competency Restoration Guide provides an overview of the competency restoration process, a set of principles to support a more efficient and effective system, and supplemental guidance to determine the most appropriate CR placement.