Appalachian Judicial Circuit Veterans Treatment Court serving Pickens County (Chief Judge Brenda S. Weaver)

The court. The Appalachian Circuit's own Veterans Treatment Court page: "The Appalachian Judicial Circuit’s Veterans Treatment Court was established in 2013 by Chief Superior Court Judge Brenda S. Weaver and is based on the model originally established by Judge Robert Russell in Buffalo New York. The VTC utilizes local treatment providers in addition to the resources from the US Dept Of Veterans Affairs." The contact: "Superior Court Chief Judge Brenda S. Weaver, P.O. Box 545, Jasper, Georgia, 30143. Contact: Chris Holt, Coordinator, [email protected], 706-301-8483." The circuit's counties are "Fannin, Gilmer, and Pickens", and the Council of Accountability Court Judges' directory row carries the same court for the three counties, implemented October 2013. The programme. The page's programme description: a hybrid of the Drug and Mental Health Court models, a voluntary programme that includes regular court appearances, drug and alcohol treatment, mental-health treatment, community service, random drug screening, recovery-support meetings, educational classes and community supervision; "Veterans who elect to participate in the program must plea-in. Successful completion of the program can result in dismissal of charges." Phases one through five run four to six months each, minimum completion 24 months, and "Only Veterans court has mentors and to be called a Veterans court you must have capable, qualified prior service individuals as mentors." The statute and the route. Georgia's accountability courts rest on Code section 15-1-17; see the Georgia entry. A Pickens case enters through defence counsel, the District Attorney or the coordinator; the circuit's own courthouse is the Pickens County courthouse at Jasper.