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Tarrant County Veterans Treatment Court — Policy and Procedure Manual (rev. Sept. 1, 2022)

High confidence· verified September 6, 2026Divisional InstructionsTarrant County Veterans Treatment Court Policy and Procedure Manual (revised September 1, 2022) — posted on the Tarrant County Criminal Courts veterans-treatment-court page, tarrantcountytx.gov

Summary

The manual governs the Tarrant County Veterans Treatment Court (TCVTC), a post-arrest diversion program in lieu of prosecution: eligibility, the participant agreement's required and prohibited acts, treatment phases, drug screening, sanctions and incentives, fees, and graduation.

Applies to

Applies to participants, counsel, and the program team in the Tarrant County Veterans Treatment Court, a criminal specialty docket. Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Requirement

TARRANT COUNTY VETERANS TREATMENT COURT (TCVTC) POLICY AND PROCEDURE MANUAL (Revised September 1, 2022). Eligibility is determined by the attorney for the state, and "the court must verify that the defendant is a veteran or current member of the U.S. armed forces and suffers from a traumatic brain injury (TBI), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or other mental illness or disorder that is a result of military service in a combat zone or other hazardous area, and that condition affected the pending criminal behavior." Eligible participants complete an 8–24 month court-supervised treatment program in lieu of prosecution and a criminal record. Required acts from the Participant Agreement and Performance Contract include: appear in court on all scheduled dates, on time and dressed appropriately; attend all required meetings and appointments; tell the truth; complete any required diagnostic evaluation and any rehabilitative, medical, or psychological program required by the team; contact the case manager as directed; follow the treatment plan; report any change of address, telephone, or employment before it occurs; and submit urine samples for testing upon request. The manual also sets prohibited acts, sanctions and incentives, drug screening, case management, docket and pre-docket staffings, fees, graduation requirements, and early-termination procedures.

Source of truth

TARRANT COUNTY VETERANS TREATMENT COURT (TCVTC) POLICY AND PROCEDURE MANUAL (Revised September 1, 2022). Eligibility is determined by the attorney for the state, and "the court must verify that the defendant is a veteran or current member of the U.S. armed forces and suffers from a traumatic brain injury (TBI), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or other mental illness or disorder that is a re

Official source: Tarrant County Criminal Courts — shared documents and magistrates (tarrantcountytx.gov tree)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 6, 2026
Effective date: September 1, 2022
Last verified: September 6, 2026benchpath-tx-ajr8-tarrant-ownsite-2026-09-06

Reviewer note: Composed from the county's Criminal Courts veterans-treatment-court document tree — "Tarrant County Veterans Treatment Court Policy and Procedure Manual," revised September 1, 2022, fetched 2026-09-05/06 (robots Crawl-delay 30 honored). Specialty-court program manual under Government Code Chapter 124; scoped division_family to the criminal specialty docket. Verbatim quotations preserved. [benchpath-tx-ajr8-tarrant-ownsite-2026-09-06]