What Are “Specialty Courts”?

 Our Kane County communities and families suffer from  the tragic effects of mental illness and substance abuse.   Crime, physical abuse, suicide, and  broken families are among the consequences. 

Kane County has designed and established four Specialty Courts to identify justice-involved  individuals with clinically diagnosed substance abuse and mental health disorders in order to  get them treatment so that they can return to being productive community members. 

These Courts include: 

-  Drug Rehabilitation Court (DRC) 

-  Treatment Alternative Court (TAC) 

-  Veterans Treatment Court (VTC) 

-  DUI Court 

These provide court-supervised treatment, accountability, and mentoring.  These programs are  12 to 24 months in duration and include intensive monitoring by specially trained probation  officers.