The General Assembly enacted the North Carolina Drug Treatment Act in 1995. North Carolina General Statute Chapter 7A, Subchapter XIV, Article 62, established the North Carolina Drug Treatment Court Program in the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC), and provided guidance on the implementation and operation of local Drug Treatment Courts (DTC). North Carolina Drug Treatment Courts have since been renamed North Carolina Recovery Courts as they have expanded to work with participants classified as veterans, those with a mental health diagnosis, and those convicted of driving while impaired.

Recovery Courts are an intensive, judicially supervised court intervention that targets individuals involved in the criminal and juvenile court systems with a substance use, mental health, or co-occurring disorder. This includes high-risk and high-need adult offenders, juveniles adjudicated in delinquency court, veterans, and parents involved in the abuse/neglect/dependency cases. A Recovery Court is comprised of a team of court and community professionals who closely manage cases so participants can become healthy, law-abiding, and productive family and community members.

Goals of Recovery Courts

• Adult Recovery Courts are an intermediate punishment that targets
  repeat offenders who have a substance use, mental health, or
  co-occurring disorder.
• Family Recovery Courts work with parents and guardians who are in
  danger of termination of parental rights due to the abuse or neglect of
  their children resulting from substance misuse.
• Youth Recovery Courts work with community-based, high-risk,
  high-need juvenile offenders whose drug and/or alcohol use is
  negatively impacting their lives at home, in school, and in their
  community.
• Mental Health Courts work with nonviolent offenders who have been
  diagnosed with a substance use, mental health, or co-occurring
  disorder.
• Veterans Treatment Courts work with military service veterans with a
  substance use, mental health, or co-occurring disorder.
• DWI Courts work with repeat impaired drivers.
   

All Things Judicial Focuses on Brunswick County Recovery Courts - August 2023

Chief Justice Paul Newby Proclaims May 2024 as Treatment Court Month for the North Carolina Judicial Branch

Source: National Drug Court Resource Center

Recovery Courts Map (PDF)

Telephone(919) 890-1216 or (919) 890-1264
EmailRecovery Courts

Mailing AddressPO Box 2448
Raleigh, NC 27602

Physical Address901 Corporate Center Drive
Raleigh, NC 27607