Sunday, May 4, 2025
5/4/2025
Lake County BHTCC - Lake County, located in the far northeastern corner of the state of Illinois, is applying for a SAMHSA grant to enhance the 19th Judicial Circuit's Therapeutic Intensive Monitoring (TIM) courts. These problem-solving courts consist of the TIM Drug Court, TIM Mental Health Court, and TIM Veterans Treatment and Assistance Court (VTAC). These courts serve a target population that has a substance use disorder (SUD), and/or mental illness. In Illinois, there are 24 circuit courts that serve as the courts of original jurisdiction. Lake County is one of six counties with a circuit that is a single county. The remaining 18 serve circuits that comprise as few as two and as many as twelve counties per circuit. Illinois has no municipal court system. To build consensus and empower a greater number of public entities and social service agencies to utilize a trauma-informed approach to adult men and women with both behavioral health issues and criminal-justice involvement, the 19th Judicial Circuit's TIM teams will form the foundation of a Behavioral Health Treatment Court Collaborative (BHTCC). This BHTCC will include a variety of public entities and agencies that will build consensus on the project's goals, objectives, and strategies and develop sustainability plan; oversee the implementation of the enhanced services, and make adaptations as necessary based on interim evaluation reports. Additional stakeholders and agencies will be recruited to allow the dissemination of knowledge of trauma-informed care and recovery support services to a broad range of Lake County entities.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).