National Treatment Court Month

A Treatment Court Month proclamation is a great way to garner city, county, or state support. Proclamations can also help generate media coverage.

There’s no better way to build lasting support for your program than by holding a graduation ceremony and inviting elected officials—such as your members of Congress or other elected officials—to attend. Program graduates’ deeply moving stories of recovery will leave an indelible impression, and National Treatment Court Month events are an opportunity to express gratitude to elected officials for the support they provide.

Your members of Congress are rarely thanked for their public service, and they deserve gratitude for their commitment to seeing families and communities restored through our programs.

Submitting an opinion piece (op-ed) to your local, state, and regional newspapers is a great way to share your success. National Treatment Court Month is a perfect hook for op-eds, and outlets will likely publish what you send them.

Use our sample media advisory to invite media to cover your National Treatment Court Month event. Be sure to give them plenty of lead time and follow up often to ensure they show up. Step-by-step instructions for inviting the media are in the toolkit.

Share your National Treatment Court Month highlights on social media. Here’s some sample text to get you started.