Delaware Veterans Treatment Court

Delaware's Veterans Treatment Court is a problem-solving court, not a statutory benefit, and the Office of Veterans Services describes how it works. Who can enter. Veterans and members of the active duty and reserve components; the Office says "we accept all those who have served in the military" and that honorable and other than honorable discharges are accepted. Acceptance also depends on past criminal history, and participation is voluntary. What it asks. Following treatment recommendations from VA and from TASC, the state's treatment access and case management provider, and appearing in court for regular status conferences. Non-compliance brings sanctions from a warning up to 48 hours in custody, and continued non-compliance can end participation. Why it matters. It is one of the few Delaware programs expressly open to a veteran with an other than honorable discharge, and it connects the veteran with VA health care that the veteran may not know they can get. VA makes its own character of discharge determination for health care, which can find a veteran with an other than honorable discharge eligible. Ask defence counsel or the public defender about a referral as early in the case as possible.