New Hampshire’s first court dedicated to helping veterans charged with crimes won’t be its last. Veterans’ advocates and health care providers will meet this month to begin planning a similar court for Grafton County, located near Vermont’s White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The first session of the Veterans Behavioral Health Track program was held last week in Nashua District Court, where three veterans facing various misdemeanor charges faced a judge. Jo Moncher, chief of community-based military programs for the state Department of Health and Human Services, said the mental health courts operating in many counties are not enough. She said veterans have unique issues. “They’re exposed to the horrors of war,” Moncher said. “They’re exposed to seeing men and women lose their lives.”
Posted on: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:40:34 +0000