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Commission OKs state grant to create mental health court in General Sessions
Summary
The Sullivan County Commission voted Sept. 18 to accept and appropriate up to $140,000 in state grant funds to establish a mental health court in General Sessions Court divisions 1 and 2.
The Sullivan County Commission voted Sept. 18 to accept and appropriate up to $140,000 in state grant money to create a mental health court program in Sullivan County General Sessions Court divisions 1 and 2. The item passed after a waiver of the rules and a roll‑call vote that the clerk reported as 22 in favor and 2 absent.
Supporters said the program is intended to divert people with mental health needs away from jail and toward treatment and supervision. “These two judges have taken it upon themselves to seek out this state grant and form this mental health court,” Commission sponsor Travis Ward said at the meeting, urging approval.
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