Support Federal Funding for Treatment Courts

$95 million for drug court discretionary grant program at the Department of Justice.

$35 million for veterans treatment court grant program at the Department of Justice.

$105 million for drug treatment court program at the Department of Health and Human Services.

The principles of treatment courts have given rise to other incarceration alternatives, diversion programs, and sentencing reforms. In this way, they are the foundation of the current justice system reform movement in the U.S.

By addressing the underlying cause, treatment courts reduce crime by up to 58 percent.

Treatment courts refer more people to treatment than any other intervention in America, and those people are more successful in recovery because they remain in treatment long enough. The average national completion rate for treatment courts is nearly 60%, approximately two-thirds higher than probation and more than twice the rate of probationers with substance use disorders.

Treatment courts save lives every single day. They improve education, employment, housing, and financial stability; promote family reunification; reduce foster care placements; and increase the rate of mothers with substance use disorders delivering drug-free babies.

The principles of treatment courts have given rise to other incarceration alternatives, diversion programs, and sentencing reforms. In this way, they are the foundation of the current justice system reform movement in the U.S.