Mississippi To Transform Mental Health Crisis Response & Services

Mississippi is implementing new legislation to transform how the state’s criminal justice and mental health systems respond to individuals in mental health crisis. The new focus will create a collaborative response that will include mental health training for law enforcement officers, expanding a court liaison program, and helping families of someone in mental health crisis navigate the court system. The legislation goes into effect on July 1, 2023. The legislature provided $1 million in funding for fiscal year 2024 for the new approach. This funding will be used for the law enforcement training and to employ approximately seven court . . .