2021 CCBHCs and Justice Systems Report

At the request of the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) National Judicial Task Force to Examine State Courts’ Response to Mental Illness (Task Force), the National Council for Mental Wellbeing (National Council) outlines examples in this report of how states and localities utilize the CCBHC model to partner with various divisions of the justice systems, with recommendations for states as more policymakers begin to implement the model through legislative and executive actions. The Task Force seeks to identify a new model that creates a team to “triage” a case once it is filed into the court, much like a client within an emergency department. The CCBHC model holds the potential to play a significant role in triaging cases to screen, diagnose and treat clients to better support them and the courts in every state.