Robert Gibson, the Green County Alcohol and Drug Supervisor, and Drug Court Judge James R. Beer have announced that the Green County Drug Court has received a grant from the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration. The award for the “Grants to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity in Adult Treatment Drug Courts and Adult Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts” (TI-19-002) was for $400,000 for year for five years, for a total of $2,000,000.

The grant will be used to expand the number of participants, and to include participants from Lafayette County. The grant will also in...