Hardin County Veterans Treatment Court

Kentucky's Department of Specialty Courts operates a Veterans Treatment Court in Hardin County, one of its seven programme counties, taking referrals from judges, prosecutors, defenders, probation and pretrial officers, Veterans Justice Outreach coordinators or the team itself, regardless of county of residence.

Also called: veterans court, veterans treatment court, VTC, Elizabethtown, KRS 531.010, Department of Specialty Courts, Fort Knox.

For: Veteran or service member.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Hardin County, KYCounty

Kentucky's veterans treatment courts are Department of Specialty Courts programmes of the Court of Justice, which the State catalog has no entry for, so each county's entry carries the department's own words. The department's own page: "The Department of Specialty Courts launched Kentucky's first VTC in Jefferson County in 2012 and operates programs in Boone, Campbell, Christian, Fayette, Floyd, Hardin and Kenton counties and provides direct services and resource connections to surrounding areas. Veterans interested in being considered for VTC, regardless of county of residence, can be referred by a judge, prosecutor, defense attorney, probation officer, pretrial officer, Veterans Justice Outreach coordinator or a VTC team member." And: "Veterans Treatment Courts offer a specialized treatment-oriented solution for veterans with open criminal cases." Referral. A Hardin County veteran with an open criminal case asks any of those referrers - at the Hardin County Justice Center or through VA's Veterans Justice Outreach - and there is no dishonourable-discharge bar on the page; the team decides.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Hardin County Veterans Treatment Court
Gate	Rule
Justice-involved veteran	The court is for a veteran with an open criminal case who volunteers and is accepted. A disability rating is not the test.

Sources

Kentucky Court of Justice, Department of Specialty Courts, Veterans Treatment Court (read October 8, 2026)Official

Updated

Last updated 2026-10-23.

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