Proclamation Treatment Court Month

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