Idaho County Mental Health Court Chosen as Training Site

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Bonneville County's mental health court is one of four chosen as training sites for a national program.

The Post Register reports District Judge Joel Tingey meets with participants in mental health court every Thursday, monitoring their progress and imposing sanctions when needed. Graduates of the program are then tracked through probation, which District Seven Mental Health Court coordinator Eric Olsen says is pretty unique and probably led to the court being selected for the program.

Olsen said video of Bonneville County mental health court is used in training across the country, and he's helped start or improve similar systems in other areas. Tingey said this is the second time the county has been chosen to be part of the National Criminal Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Learning Sites Program.