PITTSBURGH, April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Allegheny County Department of Human Services (DHS) announced the launch of the Mobile Competency Restoration and Support Team (MCRST), a new program ...

A man jailed on felony drug possession charges has been waiting 469 days in the Clay County Detention Center for mental health services that could allow his case to move forward. It took him 75 days ...

LIBERTY, Mo. — Clay County is partnering with the Missouri Department of Mental Health Services to continue a jail-based competency program aimed at ensuring inmates awaiting trial receive proper ...

Hundreds of Missouri residents are waiting in limbo after being found incompetent to stand trial. But until they can get a space at a state psychiatric hospital or otherwise receive mental health ...

Valerie Huhn, director of the Missouri Department of Mental Health, speaks to reporters after being appointed to the job on Dec. 29, 2021 (photo courtesy of the Missouri Governor's Office). There are ...

In September, an average of 487 Missourians were waiting for a bed in a psychiatric hospital run by the department. A man jailed on felony drug possession charges has been waiting 469 days in the Clay ...