For more than 15 years, justice-involved individuals have had access to a wide array of services to support them in successfully engaging with and completing expectations while involved with the judicial system. The Rehabilitative Services Unit of the Administrative Office of the Courts and Probation is focused on developing and implementing behavioral health and supportive services for adults and youth across the Judicial Branch. These services are delivered through a network of Registered Service Providers, who obtain specialized training to better understand the risk and needs of our justice populations.

The Rehabilitative Services Division is currently working to unveil a new provider registration and service voucher process to simplify and expedite services for individuals served statewide. Additionally, Rehabilitative Services is collaborating with Health and Human Services, Division of Behavioral Health, related to adult competency evaluations and restoration. The competency evaluation process for juveniles will also be examined. It is important that the state ensures individuals are competent to engage with the legal system or, when possible, work with services to restore competency so they can engage in the legal system and services for their success.

Kimberley Mundil recently joined the Administrative Office of the Courts and Probation as the Assistant Deputy Administrator for Rehabilitative Services. Prior to joining the Judicial Branch, Kimberley was the Clinical Manager for Bryan Independence Center and also worked as an on-call Crisis Response Counselor to complete suicide risk assessments for individuals in Region V.

For any questions on these or other initiatives related to behavioral health; please feel free to contact Kimberley at (402) 471-3526 or at kimberley.mundil@nebraska.gov.