Essex County Veterans Diversion Program

"The Veterans Diversion Program (VDP) was established in 2017 by N.J.S.A. 2C:43-26b. This program offers eligible service members with a mental illness the opportunity to participate in a diversion program to receive help with their illness and not be incarcerated. To receive assistance the service member must be charged with a non-violent offense from a crime of the fourth or third degree. (The ECPO on a case-by-case basis will review crimes of the 2nd degree to determine if the service member may be eligible to participate in the ECPO MHDP.) The Essex County Veterans Diversion Program is incorporated into the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Mental Health Diversion Program." How to apply. "The following forms for the ECPO Veterans Diversion Program can be downloaded and printed. VETERAN STATUS FORM APPLICATION TO PARTICIPATE RELEASE HEALTH INFORMATION FORM All applications with completed forms are to be emailed to: [email protected] and [email protected] for consideration." The prosecutor is Theodore N. Stephens, II; the prosecutor's offices are in the Veterans Court House, 3rd floor, Newark. New Jersey has no per-county veterans treatment court list on njcourts.gov; the prosecutor-run diversion program is the state's veteran criminal-justice mechanism, and this is the county's own page for it.