Crawford County offers treatment through mental health courts

The voluntary mental health program began a year ago.

By Damara Hale
Dec. 7, 2023

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — For a year now, people arrested for nonviolent crimes in Crawford and Sebastian counties have been offered the option of getting mental health help with the Crawford County Mental Health Courts.

“We need to get these people what they need. And meeting the need where they are turning their life around,” said Patty Thrift, mental health therapist for Crawford County Mental Health Treatment Court.

She says it’s been a roller coaster to get off the ground. Read more.