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Veterans Treatment Court Foundational Workshop
Tools for planned, new, and existing veterans treatment court programs
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Overview
This interactive workshop provides the foundation for successful veterans treatment courts and is designed for veterans court programs still in the planning stages, as well as those operating without formal training and/or with significant staff turnover. The workshop is offered at no cost to your jurisdiction.
Accepted programs participate in a six-month facilitated process that includes both online and in-person components, as well as follow-up consultation from expert staff. At the end of the foundational workshop, programs will have developed or improved program structures, policy and procedure manuals, and team dynamics built from the latest evidence-based best practices.
Before You Apply
What you need to apply:
- The full treatment court team (at minimum: judge, prosecutor, defense counsel, court coordinator, community supervision, substance use treatment provider, law enforcement, evaluator/researcher, as well as the veterans justice outreach specialist and veteran mentor coordinator)
- The full team’s commitment to participate in every step, including completing the pre-workshop online modules and attending the entire workshop
- One point of contact for all coordination
- The ability to secure adequate training space and technology
What’s covered:
- Pre-workshop consultation
- Discipline-specific training
- Selecting the right participants
- Designing your program from arrest to graduation
- Overview of substance use disorder and its treatment
- Sustaining your program through the long term
- Incorporating service-oriented elements into your program
- Team building and dynamics
- And more!
Important Dates
The application deadline is Friday, November 14, 2025. Justice for Vets will contact each accepted program individually to schedule 2026 workshop dates.
Cost
There is no cost to your jurisdiction for this workshop. This project is supported by BJA Grant No. 15PBJA-23-GK-02424-VTCX, which was awarded by the Bureau of Justice (BJA). BJA is a component of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the SMART Office. Points of view or opinions in this project are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Apply
The application deadline for 2026 foundational workshops is Friday, November 14, 2025. Don’t wait! These workshops fill up quickly.
Contact Us
Marie Lane
Project director, Justice for Vets