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'Treatment Court' To Aid Troubled Veterans In DeKalb
Two-year program aims to provide assistance to former service members who have felonies.

DECATUR, GA -- DeKalb County veterans who have run afoul of the law will soon have a legal resource to help them cope with issues such as mental health and substance abuse.
The DeKalb County Veterans Treatment Court is slated to launch this month and will provide in addition to family counseling and trauma support sessions, food, housing, job placement and transportation.
The man behind the initiative, DeKalb County Superior Court Judge J. P. Boulee, said in a news release that he is "hopeful that the Court will work as intended: to help give those who have bravely served us all a second chance at leading healthy, productive lives.”
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The two-year judicially supervised treatment program will require veterans to submit to random drug tests, attend counseling and appear before Boulee once a week.
The program is funded by a $116,946 grant from the Council of Accountability Court Judges. The DeKalb County Superior Court chipped in $12,994, according to the news release.
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