Tag: specialty courts

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Drug Court Funding Available for Local Governments and Courts

Grants for drug court services, coordination, offender management, and recovery support services The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA),...

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U.S. Military Veterans Find Help and Hope in Special Court

A disproportionate number of U.S. Military Veterans find themselves embroiled in the U.S. justice system after returning from combat. Veterans...

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NADCP Conference Attendees Urge Congress to Invest in Communities by Funding Drug and DWI Courts

Last month, attendees at the National Association of Drug Court Professionals 19th Annual Training Conference left the convention...

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Moving the Needle: Reducing Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities by Focusing on Repeat DWI Offenders

In May the National Transportation Safety Board released 19 recommendations to eliminate impaired driving. This post is the...

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NADCP Training Conference Offers Education and Inspiration

Last week over 3,000 court administrators, judges, lawyers, addiction treatment professionals, and industry experts gathered in Washington, D.C.,...

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Slipping Through the Cracks: Fox News Op/Ed Hits on Mental Health, Crime

Earlier today, Fox News Medical Team member Dr. Keith Ablow published an op/ed piece on Foxnews.com  addressing the issue...

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Mandatory Minimums: Judicial Discretion and Jail Overcrowding Top Issues for Canada’s New Federal Law

In the spring of 2012, the Omnibus budget legislation passed in the House of Commons, which included mandatory...

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The Economics and the Social Impact: Why NADCP is So Important

Today marks the opening of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals 18th Annual Drug Court Training Conference...

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$14 Million in Grants From SAMHSA Available to Specialty Courts

There are no doubts that specialty courts, such as Drug Courts, Veterans Treatment Courts, and Family Drug Courts...

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Making a Difference

Over the course of the past decade, great strides have been made in the development and implementation of...