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  • Essay / Community Mental Health Discussion Paper - 1578

    Each of these programs provides mental health services to the county and works with the community. The nine contracts funded by Montgomery County are St. Mary's Mental Health and Alcohol Services, NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), HFM Prevention Council, County Mental Health Association of Fulton and Montgomery, Catholic Charities of Fulton and Montgomery Counties, Liberty, Capital. District Respite and SPOA (Single Point of Access). The Montgomery County Department of Mental Hygiene also works with the courts for Kendra's Law or Assisted Outpatient Services (AOT). These are court-mandated services available to people who have been hospitalized or arrested in the past year due to violent behavior or who have been hospitalized twice in the past three years. These can be ordered if the judge believes they need to participate in some form of mental health treatment but need the structure, guidance or legal requirement to do so.