In January, Autumn Wilson stepped into a newly created position as a peer recovery support specialist with McHenry County’s Specialty Courts. Many of her 10 clients – who are enrolled in Drug Court, DUI Court, or Mental Health Court – struggle with the community engagement portion of the program, she said. “They don’t have the […]
As part of his Mental Health Court graduation speech, James R. made a confession. When he entered Mental Health Court one year before, he said, Circuit Judge Michael W. Feetterer, overseer of the county’s specialty courts, asked James whether he had volunteered for the program simply as a way to get the charges pending against […]
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