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The State Court Administrative Office recently announced that $18,491,203 million in grants for Fiscal Year 2026 has been awarded to problem-solving court programs statewide, including veterans treatment, drug, family treatment, and mental health courts. The recent awards include more than $1 million to help fund 30 veterans treatment courts. Data show year after year that PSCs are successful in lowering crime and unemployment rates, and improving the quality of life of graduates.
PSC grant totals and recipients by court type:
Veterans Treatment Courts $1,064,216 (recipients)*
Drug Courts $11,411,051 (recipients)*
Family Treatment Courts $656,535 (recipients)*
Mental Health Courts $5,359,401 (recipients)*
Key findings in the FY 2024 PSC Annual Report:
- Unemployment among VTC graduates dropped by 92 percent.
- Graduates of adult drug court programs were, on average, 3 times less likely to be convicted of a new offense within three years of admission to a program
- Graduates of sobriety court programs were, on average, 5 times less likely to be convicted of a new offense within three years of admission to a program.
- Unemployment dropped by 84 percent among adult drug court graduates.
- Adult circuit mental health court (MHC) graduates were on average more than 2 times less likely to commit another crime within three years of admission to a program.
- MHC graduates showed a 99 percent improvement in their overall mental health and a 99 percent improvement in their quality of life following completion of a program.
