Becker County treatment-court leaders report recent graduates, seek continued county support

Crystal Cadrey, treatment-court coordinator for Becker County’s drug court and veterans court, told the county board that the county’s treatment-court programs had two drug-court graduates and two veterans-court graduates this year, and that graduates had secured employment, driver’s licenses and stable housing.

Cadrey, who also serves as the Seventh District supervisor for treatment-court coordinators, said the programs are updating handbooks and practices to align with national best practices and that a free operational tune-up from the national conference All Rise is scheduled for this fall.

The coordinator summarized program changes intended to reduce recidivism, including evidence-based incentives and service adjustments, more frequent testing early in the program and a…