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Clay County treatment courts ask commissioners to let $10,000 of $30,000 grant stay local for recovery supports
Summary
Judges and treatment-court staff told the Clay County Board they kept drug, DWI and veterans courts running in 2025 and asked the county to continue a $30,000 contribution, with one-third ($10,000) retained locally to buy recovery-capital services such as driving classes and community education.
Judges and treatment-court staff briefed the Clay County Board of Commissioners on their 2025 operations and asked the board to continue last year’s $30,000 county contribution while allowing about one-third—$10,000—to remain locally available for recovery-capital expenses.
Judge Rosenfeld and Lindsay Cassette described program size and outcomes: the county’s drug court had 19 participants in 2025 with seven graduations; the DWI court, launched earlier in the year, had 10 participants; and the veterans court had one participant moving toward graduation in 2026. Cassette said the courts use evidence-based treatment, intensive supervision coordinated with the Department of Corrections, and wraparound…
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