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Advisory Committee<br />
on Mental Illness<br />
& the <strong>Court</strong>s<br />
Melissa A. Knopp, staff liaison<br />
Kevin Aldridge<br />
Hon. Larry E. Beal<br />
Chris Bowling<br />
Susan Brannen<br />
Sandra F. Cannon<br />
Jeanne Anne Clement<br />
John Corlett<br />
Gayle Dittmer<br />
Suzanne Dulaney<br />
Hon. Daniel A. Dunlap<br />
William J. Graves<br />
Pam Gulley<br />
Robert Hammond<br />
Hon. Patrick Harris<br />
Hon. Paul Kutscher Jr.<br />
Teresa Lampl<br />
Michael J. Lawson<br />
Sally Luken<br />
James Mauro<br />
Mark R. Munetz<br />
Jewel Neely<br />
Phillip Nunes<br />
Amy C. O’Grady<br />
Stephen Pariser<br />
Christian Ritter<br />
Mary Lou Rush<br />
Carl Sabo<br />
Lisa Shoaf<br />
Hon. Kenneth J. Spicer<br />
Hon. Evelyn Lundberg<br />
Stratton, chair<br />
Jonas Thom<br />
S.R. Thorward<br />
Marc Warner<br />
Michael S. Woody<br />
Advisory Committee on Mental Illness<br />
& the <strong>Court</strong>s<br />
In 2008, the Advisory Committee on Mental Illness & the<br />
<strong>Court</strong>s (ACMIC) met quarterly to gather and share information<br />
related to mental health courts, mental health diversion<br />
projects, and services available to courts or individuals with<br />
mental illness who are involved or at risk <strong>of</strong> becoming involved<br />
with the criminal or juvenile justice system. <strong>The</strong> advisory<br />
committee, with its Re-entry Subcommittee, serves as the<br />
Diversion and Re-entry Content Working Group for the fiveyear,<br />
federal Transformation <strong>State</strong> Incentive Grant provided to<br />
<strong>Ohio</strong> by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services<br />
Administration. Among the projects advanced by this group<br />
was the creation and funding <strong>of</strong> a new interagency position<br />
to report to Governor Strickland on issues related to juvenile<br />
justice and mental health.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Re-Entry Subcommittee organized several court-related<br />
workshops for the <strong>Ohio</strong> Department <strong>of</strong> Mental Health 2008<br />
Annual Forensic Conference.<br />
ACMIC has six other subcommittees working on specific<br />
projects on a more frequent basis:<br />
• Probation and Treatment Subcommittee: Sponsored<br />
a two-day Advanced Mental Health Probation Officer<br />
workshop in March 2008.<br />
• Legislative Subcommittee: Worked on revising<br />
language related to intervention in lieu <strong>of</strong> conviction<br />
that was submitted to the General Assembly as an<br />
amendment to H.B. 130.<br />
• Juvenile Issues Subcommittee: Met several times<br />
throughout 2008 to create a resource packet on<br />
mental health issues and resources to be shared with<br />
juvenile courts and others.<br />
• Research Subcommittee: Helped coordinate local<br />
public and private college researchers conducting a<br />
comprehensive study on 10 adult mental health courts<br />
in <strong>Ohio</strong>.<br />
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2008 Annual Report • <strong>The</strong> <strong>Supreme</strong> <strong>Court</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Ohio</strong>