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Treatment court coordinator urges community support, council approves proclamation
Summary
Alyssa Hackenmueller, Border Treatment Court coordinator, described the court's focus on individualized treatment and 'recovery capital,' asked the community to help form a 501(c)(3) to provide small supports, and announced a stakeholder meeting; the council approved a proclamation recognizing National Treatment Court Month.
Alyssa Hackenmueller, the Border Treatment Court coordinator, told the International Falls City Council on May 4 that the court provides individualized treatment combined with close supervision and community supports and urged local leaders to help form an outside nonprofit to fund small but important recovery activities.
"Number 1, treatment courts offer individualized treatment. Number 2, it's a high level of accountability," Hackenmueller said, summarizing the program model. She described "recovery capital" as the financial, tangible and social resources—housing, transportation, employment and sober supports—that help people sustain…
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