The Big Island Veterans Treatment Court of the 3rd Circuit in Kona recently hosted the state’s first Big Island Veterans Treatment Court Conference for professionals who work with veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and substance use
The Big Island Veterans Treatment Court of the 3rd Circuit in Kona recently hosted the state’s first Big Island Veterans Treatment Court Conference for professionals who work with veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and substance use disorders.
Judges, law enforcement officials, probation officers, attorneys, researchers and substance abuse treatment providers came to learn about the latest evidence-based best practices for effectively dealing with veterans struggling to readjust to life outside the military.
The conference focused, in part, on the unique work of the Big Island and Oahu veterans treatment courts and similar programs throughout the country are doing to help restore veterans’ health, families and futures, while also saving taxpayer dollars.
Sixteen veterans have enrolled in the Hilo and Kona treatment courts since the program’s inception in November 2014.
The program continues to grow in Hawaii as an increasing number of attorneys submit applications for their clients to participate.
For more information, visit www.courts.state.hi.us/special_projects/veterans_court.
