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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS SERIES: Strategies for Identifying Defendants Who Are Veterans for Potential Participation in Veterans Court Programs

Are you looking for some ideas on how to identify potential participants for your veteran drug court? This this is a great place to start. “This FAQ presents a compilation of responses received from veterans court programs to the following question: (1) How do you identify defendants who are veterans and potentially eligible for your veterans court program? (2) Is there any systematic process that has been put in place to screen arrestees to identify those who are veterans?” Attachments to this document are: Veterans Court Criteria (Placer County, CA); Memorandum on the Pretrial Diversion of Veterans (Trial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, District Court Department”; Probation Protocol for Enforcement of Veterans’ Pretrial Diversion Program Pursuant to the Valor Act (MA); and Valor Act Form (MA).