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Commissioners authorize county to operate treatment court program; HR to draft contracts and hire coordinator
Summary
After presentations from county attorney staff and treatment-court partners, commissioners agreed to move the court-supervised treatment program under county administration for the current funded biennium and authorized HR to prepare a contract with the Wyoming Judicial Branch and an at‑will employment agreement for a program coordinator.
The Sweetwater County Board of County Commissioners on May 20 authorized a transition to bring the county’s judicially‑supervised treatment court program under county administration and directed the county HR director to prepare a contract amendment with the Wyoming Judicial Branch and an at‑will employment agreement for a treatment court coordinator.
County attorney staff and the county judge presented the proposal after review of the program’s funding, which is allocated by the Wyoming Supreme Court for treatment‑court grants. The program pairs judicial supervision, substance‑use treatment, testing and case management for high‑risk, high‑needs participants who…
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