By ROGER AMSDEN, for THE LACONIA DAILY SUNLACONIA — The Belknap County Recovery Court is in the process of applying for $300,000 in state funding as it transitions from a volunteer program at the Circuit Court level to a full-fledged Drug Court at the Superior Court level. Jacqui Abikoff of Horizons Counseling Center, a member of the volunteer group which oversees the Recovery Court, said she is working on the grant application with members of the Recovery Court team and expects it will be filed by the end of the month. Abikoff said that state funding comes from HB 464, which was signed into law last year by Gov. Maggie Hassan and provides more than $2 million in matching state grants for counties to establish new drug courts and expand existing ones. Abikoff said that approach was abandoned after it was determined that a the court would only be eligible for those funds after it had been functioning as a state approved Drug Court for three years.

Source: Daily Sun May 02, 2017 07:41 UTC