MIDDLEBURG -- Union and Snyder counties have received a $350,000 federal grant to fund its newly created drug treatment court for three years.
The grant was provided to the 17th Judicial District, serving both Union and Snyder counties, by the Bureau of Justice Assistance of U.S. Department of Justice to provide strict supervision and treatment to non-violent defendants convicted of drug-related crimes instead of jail.
The money will be used to pay salary and benefits of probation officers assigned to drug court, which was launched in June, as well as for treatment provided to participants, drug-testing materials and tracking devices.
The grant application was prepared primarily by Union County probation officer Scott Kerstetter, with assistance from other members of the drug court team, including representatives of Columbia Montour Snyder Union Mental Health/Mental Retardation Drug and Alcohol programming, both district attorneys and the court.
"While our program is only in its infancy, based upon the information provided to Bureau of Justice Assistance, (the agency) obviously concluded that we are on the right path with our program," President Judge Harold F. Woelfel Jr. said. "This funding assures the continued viability of the drug treatment court in Snyder and Union counties."
News
Drug court funded
- News
-
-
BREAKING NEWS: Masked gunman robs McClure bank
McCLURE - Police said a man displaying a handgun entered the MCS bank in Mcclure Borough just after 9 a.m., Tuesday and demanded money from a teller before making off with an undisclosed amount of cash.
-
'To Do': Carnival
MILTON -The Lions Carnival held from 6 to 9 p.m. May 30 at Brown Avenue Park.
-
Electronic fingerprinting soon needed to provide long-term elder care
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Aging will soon begin using an electronic fingerprinting process to screen people applying to work in a long-term care facility or home health care agency.
-
Buggy driver falls asleep in Lancaster County; collides with bus
NEW PROVIDENCE — Pennsylvania State Police say the 15-year-old driver of a horse and buggy fell asleep at the reins and collided with a school bus.
-
17-year-old New Columbia boy in critical condition after Sunday crash
WATSONTOWN -- State police said a 17-year-old New Columbia boy is in the hospital in critical condition after the car he was driving crossed the center line on Route 405 and slammed into an oncoming car.
-
60 and Counting
The singer John Prine wrote these lines in a song titled ‘The Late John Garfield Blues: “An old man sleeps with his conscience at night. Young kids sleep with their dreams.”
-
Police Log 05.29.12
A roundup of police news reported by departments across the Central Susquehanna Valley.
-
Powerball ticket worth $1 million sold in Northumberland County
One Powerball ticket worth $1 million from the May 26 drawing was sold at Turkey Hill, 140 W. Lincoln St., Shamokin, Northumberland County.
- Water main break closes county government center
-
75-year-old Sunbury Armory for sale
SUNBURY— The Sunbury Armory is now on the market. The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs wants to sell the 75-year-old building and grounds.
-
Bloomsburg Fair roars back after 2012 flooding shutdown
BLOOMSBURG — The 157th annual Bloomsburg Fair was canceled for the first time last year because of flooding but organizers said the tradition is returning.
-
Trial starts for alleged Penn State serial flasher
STATE COLLEGE — A trial is getting under way for a man police say is a serial flasher who assaulted women inside Penn State residence halls and off-campus apartments over two years.
- More News Headlines
-
BREAKING NEWS: Masked gunman robs McClure bank
