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Agency launches early planning for Family Treatment Court, seeks steering committee help
Summary
Director Crystal Natan said Lancaster County is in the early planning stages for a Family Treatment Court, may recruit advisory members for a steering committee, and cited other counties' varied experiences with the model.
The agency is coordinating early-stage planning for a Family Treatment Court with the dependency court, Director Crystal Natan told the advisory committee. Natan said the process is in its infancy and that she may reach out to advisory committee members to serve on a steering committee to help plan and implement the program.
Natan placed the county’s interest in context by citing other jurisdictions: York County tried the model and stopped, Lackawanna County uses a related model that is more criminally focused, and "there is a county in Maryland that uses this type of court model." The director also tied the planning to service needs, saying about 70 percent of clients are affected by substance issues, a statistic the committee discussed as relevant to Family Treatment Court design.
