The Berrien County Trial Court has announced the continued funding of its two treatment courts as well as the Swift and Sure Sanctions Probation Program for fiscal year 2024.
The Trial Court has received notice of three grant awards from the State Court Administrator’s Office, totaling $422,000.
The funds will continue to support the operations of the Drug Treatment Court, the Mental Health Court, and the Swift and Sure Sanctions Probation Program.
The Trial Court says its Mental Health Court was established in 2009 to help individuals on probation with serious mental illness.
The Drug Treatment Court is similar, seeking to help offenders get and stay clean so they don’t get into more trouble.
The Swift and Sure Sanctions Probation Program was established in 2012 and is an intensive probation program for felony offenders identified as high risk for failure on probation. It currently has 105 active cases and 271 successful completions.
