Moore and Hoke Counties Veterans Treatment Court

The North Carolina Judicial Branch lists Moore (District 29) among the counties with an operating veterans treatment court. The court serves Judicial District 29, Moore and Hoke counties, and Moore County is its fiscal agent: it is a county budget department ($230,839 in the fiscal 2027 budget) with a Veterans Treatment Court Director, Kristin Gosztonyi. Like other veterans treatment courts it connects veterans in the criminal courts who have substance use, mental health or co-occurring disorders with treatment and the benefits their service earned, under court supervision. Funding. A federal veterans treatment court grant of $900,000 runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2028 and pays for the director's office and a second position. On October 21, 2025 the commissioners approved a contract with the District Attorney and the Administrative Office of the Courts under which the District Attorney hires a legal assistant for the court's cases, as a State employee, from July 2025 to June 2027, paid from the grant. In August 2026 Trillium Health Resources added $50,000 of one-time State money for the court's personnel for fiscal 2027. Entry. Neither the court nor the county publishes written eligibility rules, so no discharge or rating test is stated. Ask the defence lawyer about referral, or the court's director through the county.