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Treatment courts report steady graduations and warn of mental‑health and funding shortfalls
Summary
Recovery, mental‑health and newly created veterans treatment courts reported steady enrollments and graduations; coordinators said limited inpatient mental‑health capacity and shrinking grant opportunities are primary constraints.
The county’s recovery, mental‑health and veterans treatment courts told the committee on July 16 that programs continue to graduate participants but face funding and community mental‑health resource constraints.
Stephanie Stewart, coordinator of Northampton County treatment courts, reported that recovery court currently has 25 active female and 40 active male participants and that 116 people have graduated from recovery court since 2015, with eight graduates so far in 2025. The mental‑health…
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