The harnett county regional veterans treatment court (VTC), a post adjudication treatment court operating continuously since november 2013, is requesting bureau of justice assistance BJA FY23 veterans…

The Harnett County Regional Veterans Treatment Court (VTC) received a $950,000 grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) FY23 Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.043). The purpose of this 4-year project grant is to enhance the VTC services for high-risk/high-need veterans with mental health and substance use disorders in Eastern North Carolina. Key activities to be funded include: expanding video conferencing capabilities to increase access for veterans in high-poverty areas, providing outpatient and inpatient mental health/substance abuse treatment, maintaining random drug/alcohol testing, and delivering peer support services. The project aims to serve 40 veterans per year, for a total of 120 veterans over the lifetime of the grant.

The harnett county regional veterans treatment court (VTC), a post adjudication treatment court operating continuously since november 2013, is requesting bureau of justice assistance BJA FY23 veterans treatment court discretionary grant program: category 2 funds in the amount of $950,000. Purpose is to enhance the veterans treatment court, based on the current pandemic, to assist nonviolent offenders with successful rehabilitation from the use of drugs and/or alcohol. The population to be served is high risk/high need veterans with a documented mental health history and substance use abuse related criminal charges throughout eastern north carolina. Forty clients will be served with BJA grant funding each year of the grant for a total of 120 clients over the lifetime of the project. The harnett county regional veterans treatment court operates out of lillington, NC at 301 west cornelius harnett blvd, lillington, NC 27546. The goals and objectives of the project are as follows: goal 1. To increase the ability to get veterans into our program by leveraging judicially approved video conferencing capability in areas that are determined to be high poverty areas and persistent-poverty counties in eastern north carolina. This goal will be accomplished by increased VTC recruiting and awareness in these areas; building mentor capacity; and ensuring approved veteran participants can maintain court standards. Goal 2: to provide mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) outpatient treatment, in patient treatment and/or evidence-based psychotherapy and corresponding psychiatric medication mgmt.; and supporting mat. Goal 3: to maintain random substance use testing that is being administered for all participating veterans. This goal will be accomplished by utilizing urine drug and alcohol testing that are monitored by a trained tester and ran through our onsite lab goal 4: to provide mentor/ peer support services to each participating veteran residing in high poverty areas and/or persistent-poverty counties by maximizing use of web-based technology.: to provide mentor/ peer support services to each participating veteran residing in high poverty areas and/or persistent-poverty counties by maximizing use of web-based technology.