Announcement for 05/26/11
TX Chief Justice-Led Mental Health Task Force Receives Award
The Texas Chief Justice-Led Mental Health Task Force was recently awarded the “Promotion of Positive Mental Health Award” by the Texas Board of Criminal Justice. Led by the Honorable Sharon Keller, Presiding Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the Task Force is a coalition of county and state policymakers advocating for improvements to the state’s management of justice-involved people with mental illnesses. Shortly after its
formation in 2007, the Task Force helped pass legislation to facilitate information sharing across the state’s criminal justice and mental health systems. The Texas Board of Criminal Justice is a governor-appointed board of supervisors that oversees the activities of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The Board
established the award in 2009 to “recognize a group or individual who has made a significant and long term impact on positive mental health practices for offenders or employees who work in the criminal justice field.”
