In 2019, the Center for Court Innovation received funding from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to assist five states in the development and implementation of statewide strategic plans for their Veterans Treatment Courts (VTC). This is a summary of national VTC trends as well as the specific work of each state included in the project.
In 2019, the Center for Court Innovation received funding from the U.S. Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Assistance to assist five states in the development and implementation of statewide strategic plans for their VTCs. The selected states were California, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Each state received a $200,000 grant to help fulfill the goals and objectives from their strategic plan. The intent of the VTCs is to improve the identification and screening of justice-involved veterans. Overviews are provided of the achievements in developing VTCs in each of the five states. The intent of the five-state project is to improve the identification and screening of justice-involved veterans nationally so the court services are relevant to veterans’ needs.