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Borderland Treatment Court coordinator urges more funding as Koochiching County declares Treatment Court Month
Summary
Borderland Treatment Coordinator Alysa Hackenmueller told the county board that program costs have risen while funding has stayed flat and requested a meeting with the county administrator to discuss sustaining services; the board also adopted a proclamation declaring May Treatment Court Month.
Alysa Hackenmueller, Borderland Treatment Coordinator, told the Koochiching County Board of Commissioners on May 12 that the county's Treatment Court is facing rising costs while funding has not increased and that judicial spending rules limit how current funds may be used. She asked to meet with County Administrator Adam Coe to discuss future funding needs to sustain the program.
Hackenmue ller also said the county lacks sufficient "community recovery capital," limiting available programming and resources in Koochiching County. A participant in the program, Kim Burnell, described her pathway from addiction to recovery and said the treatment court allowed her to succeed where other options had not.
The board moved unanimously to adopt a proclamation declaring May as Treatment Court Month, citing findings attributed in the proclamation to All Rise about treatment courts' efficacy and community benefits, including stated cost savings and reduced recidivism. The proclamation, adopted by motion 2026/05-07, notes treatment courts ' according to the language in the document ' refer more than 150,000 people annually to treatment and that they combine accountability with evidence-based care.
Hackenmue ller told the board she and program partners have been invited to meetings on May 13 and May 14 related to forming a 501(c)(3) to support the Borderland Treatment Court and to attend a court session and graduation. She thanked the board for prior contributions but said those funds have not kept pace with program costs.
The board took no separate funding vote at the meeting; Hackenmue ller's request for a meeting with Administrator Coe was recorded as a direction to discuss future funding needs rather than a formal appropriation. No public comment was received during the portion of the meeting that followed these agenda items.
The board's proclamation (adopted May 12) is recorded in the meeting minutes; further steps on funding were not decided at this session.
