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Carroll County judge presents resolution to coordinate mental‑health services with criminal‑justice partners
Summary
Chief Judge Simpson read a resolution asking the Carroll County Board of Commissioners to pursue cross‑sector work — including sequential intercept mapping with the Carl Vinson Institute of Government — to identify gaps and increase treatment connections for people with mental illness who encounter the justice system.
Chief Judge Simpson presented a resolution to the Carroll County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 6, 2025, asking the county to renew efforts to address the needs of people with mental illnesses who enter the criminal‑justice system.
The resolution, read aloud during the board’s special presentations period, said the county will pursue sequential intercept mapping in collaboration with the Carl Vinson Institute of Government and seek cross‑sector collaboration among judges, public defenders, district attorneys, law enforcement, probation officers, and community mental‑health providers.
The resolution noted higher rates of serious mental illness and co‑occurring substance‑use disorders in jails compared with the general population, stated that adults with mental illnesses often stay longer in jail and face higher recidivism risk, and said counties spend two to three times more to serve people with these needs. It lists strategies including convening a diverse team of leaders, collecting baseline prevalence and needs data, examining existing treatment and service capacity, identifying state and local policy and funding barriers, developing plans with measurable outcomes, implementing research‑based approaches, and creating processes to track progress and report results.
Chief Judge Simpson told commissioners the work would be two days and said the in‑county sessions had been moved from September to March, with March 11–12 named as the new dates for the sequential intercept mapping work. The resolution text in the packet states the document was "resolved on this day, 09/05/2025," and the judge said the Carl Vinson Institute is the sponsoring organization.
The record shows the resolution was presented and read to the board; the transcript does not record a formal motion or vote adopting the resolution during the Aug. 6 meeting. The board proceeded to public comments after the presentation.
