Franklin County proclaims May Treatment Court Month, highlights Good Wolf Treatment Court results

Franklin County commissioners adopted a proclamation declaring May as Treatment Court Month and heard testimony about the local Good Wolf Treatment Court'9s work to couple accountability with clinical support.

Presiding Judge Zook read a statement from Treatment Court Coordinator Rachel Geaseman noting that "treatment courts are built on the belief that people can change" and that the program supports participants to reunite with families, return to work and rebuild trust. The proclamation presented to the board states that, since April 2017, the Good Wolf Treatment Court has served 142 participants and celebrated 48 graduates.

Joey Bailey, who said he was among the court'9s earliest graduates, told commissioners the program was pivotal in his recovery and described his current role supporting recovery systems. "I was the first graduate of treatment court back in 2018," Bailey said, and credited the team of judges, probation, prosecutors, public defenders and community partners for supporting participants.

The proclamation text also listed participating partners in the local treatment court team, including the public defender'9s and district attorney'9s offices, adult probation, the county'9s Single County Authority and community organizations. Commissioners approved the proclamation by voice vote with no opposing votes recorded; organizers and participants posed for photographs after the vote.

The board framed the proclamation as both recognition of successful local programming and as an opportunity to raise awareness of ongoing needs for treatment and recovery resources in the county.