Butler County's Veterans Treatment Court aims to help veterans with treatment, diversion

Описание: Butler County Common Pleas Judge Michael Oster Jr. now presides over Butler County's new Veterans Treatment Court. The court is a diversion program to help veterans get treatment for drug- and alcohol-related problems. Municipal judges in Hamilton and Middletown have been operating Veterans Treatment Courts for several years, but Oster's court is the first for the county. "It's there to get them engaged in the VA, it's there to get them help for their issues and really walk them through so they can have a much more productive (life)," Oster said. "These were people who have served us all, who gave the greatest sacrifice. What we're here to do is put them back on track."