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Treatment court staff report child‑return and newborn‑drug‑free outcomes among graduates
Summary
Marathon County presenters said 15 treatment‑court participants had children returned from out‑of‑home placement and six newborns were born drug‑free and remain with their parent; presenters framed these results as evidence of family-level impact from the program.
During the committee presentation Laura Yari highlighted direct family outcomes associated with the treatment court: since the program began, she said, 15 participants have had children returned from out‑of‑home placement and six newborns were born drug‑free and remained with their parent. The presenters prioritized cases involving parents with children in out‑of‑home care when staffing recommendations are made.
A committee member who said he is a former prosecutor praised the team’s work and pointed to changes in employment and housing demonstrated in the slides. Yari and other presenters acknowledged the program serves a difficult population and that success rates are complicated by early startup years and pandemic disruptions, but they emphasized measurable family reunification and some employment and housing gains among program graduates.
