The mission of FMHC is to protect public safety and reduce the recidivism rate of offenders with a diagnosed mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorder by increasing their wellness.  Using an integrated approach involving court supervision, mental health treatment services, education, employment, and personal accountability, FMHC seeks positive and long-lasting life changes.

 

Fayette Men­tal Health Court is offer­ing a hybrid mod­el of ser­vices, meet­ing with clients vir­tu­al­ly and in-per­son on an indi­vid­ual basis. In the mean­time, par­tic­i­pants are being con­nect­ed with online and tele­phone resources to remain in con­tact with recov­ery sup­port, and staff are sup­port­ing folks with main­tain­ing reg­u­lar con­tact with their providers. Ran­dom drug test­ing is ongo­ing. The Men­tal Health Court Team is stay­ing apprised of the Gov­er­nors and Chief Justice’s rec­om­men­da­tions dai­ly and will address fur­ther clo­sures and dis­tanc­ing with alter­na­tive con­tacts and cre­ative solu­tions to con­tin­ue to pro­mote well­ness and recov­ery for participants.

 

 

Not all refer­rals are accept­ed based on the reg­u­la­tions of the court and some that are accept­ed decide against join­ing the pro­gram due to length or require­ments, etc…not every­one is ready to get well or do the work required to get well.

Phase 1: Sta­bi­liza­tion: Con­sists of week­ly atten­dance at court and skills/support groups, estab­lish­ment of ther­a­py and med­ica­tion (and sub­stance use treat­ment as applic­a­ble) providers and rou­tine, explo­ration of addi­tion­al needs/goals (eg. hous­ing, ben­e­fits, employment)

Phase 2: Treat­ment: Week­ly atten­dance at skills/support group and com­ple­tion of “Well­ness Recov­ery Action Plan”. Alter­nate week­ly atten­dance at court to super­vise progress. Reg­u­lar meet­ings with staff to explore the tran­si­tion to inde­pen­dent uti­liza­tion of com­mu­ni­ty services/support.

Phase 3: Self-Moti­va­tion: Atten­dance at court every three weeks to super­vise per­son­al efforts and uti­liza­tion of ser­vices nec­es­sary for con­tin­ued recovery.

Phase 4: Well­ness: Month­ly atten­dance at court to super­vise con­tin­ued uti­liza­tion of ser­vices nec­es­sary for long-term recov­ery, com­ple­tion of “Voic­es in Recov­ery” train­ing and shar­ing of per­son­al sto­ry to com­mu­ni­ty group of participant’s choos­ing, iden­ti­fi­ca­tion of role as men­tor, and explo­ration after­care needs.

After­care Alum­ni Pro­gram: Healthy con­tin­u­ing recov­ery habits are active­ly encour­aged and incen­tivized. In this peer-dri­ven mod­el, clients them­selves are encour­aged to devel­op and lead groups, active­ly sup­port their peers in recov­ery, and assist staff in devel­op­ing appro­pri­ate mod­i­fi­ca­tions to adapt pro­gram to chang­ing needs.

Savings in Fayette County, Kentucky illustrated at LFUCG meeting February 2021

Participant Recovery Stories

Sto­ries are used with per­mis­sion and pseu­do­nyms are used to main­tain confidentiality.

Share
Copyright 2024 | Powered by WordPress