13th Judicial District Veterans Treatment Court (Putnam County)

The 13th Judicial District Veterans Treatment Court in Cookeville (931-372-1003) takes veterans with felony or misdemeanor charges and a substance use problem into a four-phase programme of at least twelve months, with veteran mentors, VA treatment and case management, for Putnam, Clay, Overton, Pickett and White counties.

Also called: veterans court, veterans treatment court, VTC, 13th Judicial District, recovery court, Holly Roysden, 931-372-1003, veteran mentor, DC4, Cookeville, Algood, Baxter, Monterey, Silver Point, Buffalo Valley, Double Springs.

For: Veteran or service member.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Putnam County, TNCounty

See the Tennessee entry on veterans treatment courts. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services' treatment court table (re-read 2026-10-24) lists the 13th Judicial District Veterans Treatment Court for Putnam, Clay, Overton, Pickett and White counties, with coordinator Holly Roysden in Cookeville (931-372-1003, [email protected]). The county budget carries veterans treatment court fee lines in both the Circuit and General Sessions courts. What it is. The court's page: "Veterans Treatment Court is a court-supervised, comprehensive treatment program for felony and misdemeanor offenders who are veterans." Its handbook: "a sentencing alternative for veterans who have serious problems with substance abuse and are involved with the criminal justice system", combining intensive probation supervision, chemical dependency treatment, veteran mentors and the VA. It runs in four phases over at least 12 months (one to two years), outpatient or, where the assessment calls for it, residential at the Morgan County Residential Recovery Court or the VA's Murfreesboro residential programme; participants pay supervision fees, court costs and restitution, take regular drug tests and keep work or school. How. The application and handbook are on the courts' site, run by the 13th Judicial District Recovery Courts Support Foundation; ask defence counsel or the coordinator.

Thresholds

Thresholds for 13th Judicial District Veterans Treatment Court (Putnam County)
Gate	Rule
Veteran with a criminal case and a substance use problem	Felony or misdemeanor charges and a substance use disorder; the court publishes no discharge test. No rating is needed.

Sources

Updated

Last updated 2026-10-24.

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