The Parsons Company, Inc. Congratulates...

The Honorable Ginger Lerner-Wren

Elected Official , Service in Advocacy
2015 Honoree

February 23, 2015 (Washington, DC) - The NationalCouncil for Behavioral Health is pleased to recognize 18 individuals and organizations for their outstanding contributions to people recovering from mental illnesses and addictions. The honorees will be celebrated on April 21 at the National Council Conference in Orlando, FL.

"The Awards of Excellence honorees are our heroes, they have turned private pain into public passion, focused on people's gifts and abilities, not their disabilities, and blended business sense and common sense into community-based solutions," said Linda Rosenberg, National Council

President and CEO.

Judge Ginger Lerner Wren is the 2015 recipient of the Elected Official Service in Advocacy Award.
The Advocacy Leadership Awards honor individuals and organizations that have led legislative or regulatory advocacy efforts to expand access to services for people living with mental illnesses and addictions.

Honoree/ Recipient

2015 Awards of Excellence

Elected Official Service in Advocacy

Heading the Nation's First Mental Health Court

Innovator, Humanitarian, Justice

& Mental Health Advocate

Judge Lerner-Wren and Broward's Mental Health Court is America's First Specialized Court dedicated to the safe diversion and decriminalization of persons with mental illness. Established in 1997, this innovative court was created as a "specialized diversion court" to address the complexities of mentally ill offenders arrested on nonviolent misdemeanor offenses and to improve the administration of justice for those with serious mental and psychiatric disorders. Since its inception, Lerner-Wren has greatly improved the administration of justice for thousands of individuals with serious mental health and psychiatric disorders.

Award-Winning International Speaker

Elected Official Service in Advocacy (2015)
Justice Leadership Award (2013) Humanitarian of The Year Award (2000), Children's Advocate Award (2000)

Judge Lerner-Wren is the recipient of countless awards and speaks internationally on the The Mental Health Court, Therapeutic Jurisprudence, Recovery, The Mentally Ill in the Criminal Justice System, Trauma Informed Problem Solving Justice and Creating Cultural Change. She is a Huffington Post invited contributor for Healthy Living.

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