Veterans Treatment Courts also serve as a “one-stop-shop” to link veterans with services, benefits and program providers, including the VA, Veterans Service Organizations and volunteer veteran ...

State lawmakers are evaluating the expansion of veterans treatment courts to more counties in Pennsylvania, aiming to provide ...

Veterans Treatment Court participants appear before a judge ... Nov. 10—WILKES-BARRE — Pennsylvania's veteran population ranks fourth in the U.S., with more than 697,655 veterans as of 2023.

Veterans treatment courts (VTCs) provide treatment, accountability and mentoring, and they help connect justice-involved veterans with the benefits they have earned.

The veterans treatment court, which began in May, is a special court that helps funnel veterans to services that they need. Veterans who qualify for the program are placed on probation, but they'll ...

Veterans treatment courts, which number over 400 in the country, are similar to mental health and drug courts. Participants must check in with a judge regularly to confirm they are complying with ...

The Multi-Site Adult Drug Court Evaluation (MADCE) was performed by the Urban Institute through a grant from the National Institute of Justice. 35 MADCE compared treatment participants from 23 ...

Junior Liverpool poses outside the city of Newburgh courthouse in Newburgh, N.Y. on March 1, 2023. The U.S. Navy veteran had a recent case heard in the city’s Veterans Treatment Court.

But I’ve also seen how treatment courts can break it.

The veterans treatment court will follow the existing framework for other accountability courts, according to a news release. The new court will use proven methods that are already supported by ...

District Court Administrative Judge Geoffrey G. Hengerer says the new program repeats the success of Baltimore City’s veteran treatment court and expands the network and services to veterans in ...

With more than 400,000 veterans living in Maryland the veterans treatment courts address the unique needs of veterans who become involved in the criminal justice system.