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EXN � SST E', 16 <br />ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY RESOURCE COURT <br />FACT SHEET l: 9/2003 <br />ORIGINATED ON APRIL, 2000. <br />A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE OPC AREA PROGRAM AND JUDICIAL <br />DISTRICT 15B: ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS. <br />PARTICIPATING AGENCIES: DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, DISTRICT <br />ATTORNEYS OFFICE, PRE -TRIAL SERVICES, CHAPEL HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT <br />CRISES UNIT, THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE. <br />• A VOLUNTARY COURT BASED JAIL DIVERSION PROGRAM. <br />0 SERVES PEOPLE IN ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. AVERAGE 75- 100/YR. <br />PROVIDES INTEGRATED - SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH <br />DISORDERS DIVERTED FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. <br />• PRESIDING JUDGE: CHIEF DISTRICT COURT JUDGE JOSEPH MOODY BUCKNER. <br />IL ITT TT 71 r. �rnY *7Tc� �nD Tac WAT T f1WTNT _' Cp NTS: <br />• f'� vv A R 1J RE C IT AN S' F 01Z 1 111✓ 1' V LL V V 1 11 It V A-0 A. I AL <br />JANUARY 2001: FEDERAL MENTAL HEALTH BLOCK GRANT <br />(MENTAL HEALTH COURT CASE MANAGER) <br />JANUARY 2002: DRUG COURT: IMPLEMENTATION SITE AUTHORIZATION <br />JULY 2003: DRUG COURT: GOVERNORS CRIME COMMISSION FUND <br />(DRUG TREATMENT COORDINATOR) <br />MARCH 2003: BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE, OFFICE OF JUSTICE <br />(MENTAL HEALTH COURT CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER) <br />SEPT. 2003: PENDING: COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS: <br />REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO IMPROVE <br />COLLABORATION BETWEEN CORRECTIONS AND MENTAL <br />HEALTH SYSTEMS <br />• RESEARCH PARTICIPANT FOR 2 STUDIES; <br />COMMUNITY RESOURCE COURT STUDY: <br />NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT: PENDING. <br />THE SERIO USL Y MENTALL Y ILL IN NORTH CAROLINA'S CRIMINAL JUSTICS SYSTEM <br />TERRY SANFORD INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC POLICY, DUKE UNIVERSITY. MAY 2002. <br />