Problem-Solving Court Types
Currently, 35 Problem-Solving courts operate statewide, including:
- Adult Drug and DUI Courts use individualized evidence-based treatment and recovery support services to help reduce recidivism among high-risk to recidivate, high-need individuals with substance use disorders.
- Veterans Treatment Courts are designed to assist high-risk to recidivate justice-involved veterans find comprehensive treatment for substance use disorders, mental health disorders, and/or trauma.
- Reentry Courts are designed for high-risk to recidivate and high-need individuals who are reentering society from incarceration on a term Post-Release Supervision.
- Juvenile Drug Courts are a specialized docket within juvenile courts for youth with substance use issues and high-risk to recidivate, providing intensive oversight and coordinated support from a multidisciplinary team.
- Young Adult Courts are a judicially supervised program that provides a sentencing alternative, for youthful offenders ages 18 to 25, who have been charged with a felony offense and required to participate in a program of selective assessment and rehabilitative services administered by multidisciplinary agencies.
- Mental Health Courts are a docket that is focused on those who have been diagnosed with a major mental health disorder and have become involved in the criminal justice system with a high-risk to recidivate.
- Family Treatment Courts are a juvenile or family court docket of which selected abuse, neglect, dependency, and domestic violence cases are identified where parental substance use is a primary factor.