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County approves two-year START pilot to fold specialty treatment courts under one program
Summary
The board approved a two-year pilot called START (Substance Treatment, Advocacy, and Recovery to Thrive) to consolidate specialty courts, add mental-health and human-trafficking courts and request county ARP funding for staff and operations.
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners voted on May 19 to fund a two-year pilot of START (Substance Treatment, Advocacy and Recovery to Thrive), a plan to unify specialty court functions under county-managed Justice Services and to fund two additional specialty courts: a mental-health court and a human-trafficking (Worth) court.
Justice Services Director Courtney McCullough told commissioners the START pilot aims to dissolve silos among existing sobriety, veterans, adult drug, family opioid and juvenile drug courts, align standard operating procedures, centralize case management and collect unified performance measures. McCullough said county hiring would administer grants and operate…
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