MICHIGAN SENATE
Senate Resolution No. 114
Offered by Senators Shink, McCann, Chang, Bayer, Wojno, Geiss, Anthony,
McMorrow, Santana, Polehanki, Brinks, Cherry and Klinefelt
A RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE MAY 2024
AS TREATMENT COURT MONTH
WHEREAS, Treatment courts are the cornerstone of justice reform
sweeping the nation and are recognized as the most successful justice system
intervention in our nation’s history; and
WHEREAS, Nearly 4,000 treatment courts nationwide, including
Michigan’s 210 treatment courts, have restored the lives and families of more
than 1.5 million individuals; and
WHEREAS, Outcomes have shown significant improvements to substance
use disorder treatment, substantially reduced addiction and related crime,
and do so at less expense than any other criminal justice strategy with a
savings of an average of $6,000 for every individual they serve; and
WHEREAS, Treatment courts facilitate community-wide partnerships,
bringing together judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, substance use disorder
treatment and rehabilitation professionals, law enforcement and community
supervision personnel, researchers and educators, national and community
leaders, and others dedicated to drug courts and similar types of treatment
programs are healing families and communities across the country; and
WHEREAS, Treatment courts improve public safety, education,
employment, housing, financial stability, promote family reunification, reduce
foster care placements, and increase the rate of mothers delivering babies
who are drug-free; and
WHEREAS, Treatment courts demonstrate that when one person rises
out of substance use and crime, we all rise; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the members of this legislative body
recognize May 2024 as Treatment Court Month.
Adopted by the Senate, May 1, 2024.
Secretary of the Senate