Description:

The Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida opened Veterans Treatment Court to offer pre-adjudicatory non-violent felony veteran offenders the opportunity to avoid prosecution and improve their quality of life. Veterans treatment court is designed to provide treatment in lieu of incarceration for veterans whose substance use disorders and/or mental illness appear to have contributed significantly to their arrest.

The program seeks to divert eligible veteran participants from the traditional criminal justice system and offer them support and rehabilitation through comprehensive substance abuse and/or mental health treatment, educational and vocational programs, and community resource referrals for housing and transportation, all while being judicially monitored for a minimum of 14 months.

Felony cases, no misdemeanors cases

General Information

Hours:

8:00am-5:00pm, Mon-Fri

Court Hearings:
2:00pm, Mon

Intake Process:

Must sit down with their defense attorney and fill out a referral packet completed with ROIs signed. Give the referral packet to their defense attorney then emailed to VTC@jud11.flcourts.org for processing so that VTC can begin our eligibility screening process (veteran status confirmation, legal eligibility, and clinical eligibility screening).

Program Fees:

None

Languages:

English

Eligibility:

Must be 18 years or older
Must agree to participate (VTC is a voluntary program)
Must have served in the U.S. military
Must suffer from military service-related mental illness, traumatic brain injury, and/or moderate or severe substance use disorder
Must be screened as either High Risk and High Need or Low Risk and High Need per the Risk and Needs Triage (RANT)
Must live in either Miami-Dade or Broward

Is Shelter?

No

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Date of Official Change:

May 28, 2024

Legal Status:

Public Service

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