Harrison Co. starts family drug court program
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) – Harrison County is launching a program to help parents struggling with drug problems who have children in the Department of Human Services system.
The Sun Herald reports it will be known as family drug court, the third in the state.
The county will receive a $65,000 reimbursement from the state to hire a therapist for drug treatment and for drug testing.
Youth Court Judge Margaret Alfonso didn’t immediately have specific numbers on how many parents in Harrison County’s youth court system suffered from drug addiction but said it was a high percentage.
They plan to start slow, with 10 or 15 participants, and scale up to 30 once the program is up and running.
