Veterans Court is a diversion program for Justice-Involved Veterans (JIV) who are facing prosecution for one or more criminal cases. 
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The program offers offenders a treatment option that is judicially supervised. It is designed to divert JIV out of the traditional criminal justice process and into appropriate treatment/rehabilitative alternatives.
 
​Once the JIV has been screened, assessed, and approved for participation in the program, he/she will promptly begin a treatment regimen that is specific to his/her needs

•  Criminal case/charge pending in either Collin, Rockwall, Grayson, Kaufman or Fannin County;​
• Veteran or current member of the U.S. Armed Forces, including a member of the Reserves, National Guard, or State Guard. 
•  Connection between military service and current offense; issues resulting from military service materially affected the criminal conduct at issue in the case.