Kenton County Veterans Treatment Court

The Kentucky Court of Justice's Department of Specialty Courts runs a Veterans Treatment Court in Kenton County, with VA staff and volunteer veteran mentors, for justice-involved veterans with substance use or mental health needs; a judge, prosecutor, defence attorney, probation or pretrial officer or VA justice outreach coordinator can refer.

Also called: veterans court, veterans treatment court, VTC, Covington, Specialty Courts, mentor, Northern Kentucky.

For: Veteran or service member.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Kenton County, KYCounty

Kentucky's veterans treatment courts are Court of Justice programmes, which the State catalog has no entry for, so each county's entry carries the department's own words. The Department of Specialty Courts' 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." How it works. "VTC combines the principles used in Drug Court and Mental Health Court to help veterans achieve stable mental health and recover from substance use disorder," with a team of judge, prosecutors, defence, treatment providers, probation, volunteer veteran peer mentors and VA representatives. Referral. "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." Kenton County's own sites publish no separate page.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Kenton County Veterans Treatment Court
Gate	Rule
Justice-involved veteran	For a veteran in the criminal courts who is referred and accepted. A disability rating is not the test.

Sources

Kentucky Court of Justice, Department of Specialty Courts, Veterans Treatment Court (read October 9, 2026)Official

Updated

Last updated 2026-10-23.

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