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Harnett County hears request for multijurisdiction funding to sustain Veterans Treatment Court
Summary
County officials heard from Veterans Treatment Court representative Zane Campbell, who outlined program outcomes and asked Harnett and three neighboring counties to contribute $150,000 each per year to sustain operations once federal grant funding ends.
Zane Campbell, a representative of the Veterans Treatment Court, told the Harnett County Board of Commissioners that the court needs a multijurisdiction funding plan to remain operational after federal grants end.
Campbell said the program has operated since February 2013 with federal grants and that Harnett County’s court was among the earliest in North Carolina. He said the court currently serves veterans from Harnett, Johnston, Lee and Wake counties and has helped establish other veterans courts in the state.
Campbell outlined costs and outcomes as part of an argument for sustained local funding. He said the program operates at about $475,000 per year to meet minimum standards. Campbell gave daily incarceration-cost figures from the North Carolina Department of Corrections and the Harnett County Jail and used those figures to estimate taxpayer costs if participants were…
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