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The Veterans Endeavor for Treatment and Support (VETS) Court is a Veterans Treatment Court [1] launched in January 2016 at Fort Hood, Texas. [2] The VETS Court works as a diversion program for veterans with service-connected mental health or substance abuse disorders out of the court system and into enduring treatment solutions with the Department of Veterans Affairs. [2]
The court is an initiative of the Western New York (WNY) Veterans Project, Buffalo Police Department, the Buffalo Veteran’s Administration Health Care System, the Buffalo Criminal Courts, the Buffalo Drug and Mental Health Treatment Courts, Erie County Pre-trial Services and the C.O.U.R.T.S. Program (Court Outreach Unit Referral and Treatment Service).
A veterans' court is a "special court" which is charged with trying cases of minor offenses which involve veterans, particularly those diagnosed with service-related illnesses. The first veterans' court was established in 2008 in Buffalo , New York , and has been used as a model for establishments of other veterans' courts in other parts of the ...
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 program will offer an 18- to 24-month probation term intended to serve veterans struggling with mental health and/or substance use disorders.
Participants and mentors involved with the Central Massachusetts Veterans Treatment Court in Gardner were honored and recognized on Thursday.
Aug. 2—A new resource is to be made available starting this month for some military veterans enmeshed in the legal system, in the wake of an Aug. 1 gathering at the Aiken County Government Building.
The regional court was established in June 2012, and was intended to divert nonviolent veterans to mental health and drug treatment programs. [2] [3] [4] By September 2014, the court had served over 50 veterans. [5] State senator Manka Dhingra helped create the court when she worked for the county prosector's office. [6]