Bexar county, texas is a predominately working-class south texas community of more than two million individuals

The Bexar County Misdemeanor Veterans Treatment Court is receiving a $1,000,000 Project Grant over 4 years from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.043). This grant will fund the enhancement and expansion of the Court's pre-adjudication veterans treatment program, which currently serves an active caseload of 180 individuals. Over the 4-year grant period, the funding is expected to assist over 500 justice-involved veterans and active-duty military personnel in Bexar County, Texas. The grant will enable the Court to build its treatment team, expand access to medication-assisted treatment and other evidence-based services, and participate in a national study to help standardize screening and assessment tools for veterans treatment courts across the country.

The bexar county misdemeanor veterans treatment court is applying for a category 2: enhancement grant. IT is principally a pre-adjudication program with a small number of participants who are post-adjudication. Bexar county is requesting $1,000,000 over the course of four years. The court has an active caseload of 180 individuals and this grant will touch upwards of 500 individuals over the course of the four-year grant period. The average length of stay in the program is 12 months however IT is not uncommon for individuals to remain in the program for up to 15 months depending on progress and or setbacks. The target population are veterans of the armed forces as well as active-duty military personnel of the united states of america to include those in the reserves and national guard. These individuals must have a pending misdemeanor offense in bexar county; be a resident of bexar county or an adjacent county; have a brain injury (i.e. traumatic brain injury); and/or a behavioral health disorder (including post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, or substance use disorder). Veterans with a history of violent offenses such as assault with bodily injury are included. The participants of the veterans treatment court have access to an array of treatment options to include medication-assisted treatment (mat) such as suboxone, naloxone, buprenorphine and methadone. With grant funding, bexar county would like to build the treatment court team as well as expand the treatment options for the target population. Moreover, the court would like to participate in the larger national study being conducted by american university in which screening and assessment tools are normed, standardized, and developed for veterans treatment court teams across the country.