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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />COUNTY OF KITTITAS <br />STATE OF WASHINGTON <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />PROCLAMATION <br /> <br />TREATMENT COURT MONTH <br /> <br />WHEREAS, drug courts and other treatment courts are dedicated to preserving families and supporting <br />individuals with substance use disorder and other behavioral health disorders in transforming their lives; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, treatment courts work, with Washington State Department of Social and Health Services <br />reporting 75 percent of drug court participants have no new felonies at 36-month follow-up and Washington <br />Institute for Public Policy concluding drug courts produce a return-on-investment 100 percent of the time; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, treatment courts counter systemic racism by preventing incarceration and loss of parental rights <br />for people of color who are disproportionately represented within the criminal legal and child welfare <br />systems; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, people are resilient and capable of change when provided the right combination of support, <br />resources, structure, and accountability to support long-term recovery; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, treatment courts create safer, healthier communities that benefit us all by intervening to reduce <br />behavioral health symptoms, decrease overdose deaths, support participants in obtaining housing and gainful <br />employment, and prevent children from entering foster care; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Washington State has been a national leader in addressing crime and child neglect driven by <br />behavioral health conditions, funding and supporting some of the earliest treatment courts in the country; <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Kittitas County Superior Court is celebrating 20 years of providing evidence-based <br />substance abuse alternative court services to participants in the Kittitas County Court in May, 2023; <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Kittitas County Board of Commissioners declare May <br />as Treatment Court Month in Kittitas County. <br /> <br />SIGNED this ____ day of __________, 2023. <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON <br /> <br /> ___________________________________________ <br /> Cory Wright, Chairman <br /> <br /> ___________________________________________ <br /> Brett Wachsmith, Vice-Chairman <br /> <br />ATTEST: ___________________________________________ <br /> Laura Osiadacz, Commissioner <br /> <br />Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board