TAMARACK | NEKCA COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
Offers a diversion-like program that connects participants with substance use, mental health, and other community-based service supports, regardless of the participants criminal history, with the aim of improving the person's health and reducing future adverse involvement in the justice system. Successful completion of program results in a dismissal of the criminal charge.
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Last Assured
01/31/2025
Physical Address
371 Main Street, Newport, VT 05855
Hours
Monday-Friday: 8:00am-4:00pm
Voice
Application process
By Telephone; In Person; Appointment Required
Fee
Fixed Fees
Eligibility
Adults Ages 18 and above charged with a crime and have a substance use or mental health treatment need; Referrals must come from State Attorney's Office
Service area
Orleans County, Vermont Essex County, Vermont
Agency info
NEKCA COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
Newport Community and Social Justice Center, a department of NEKCA, is a non-profit restorative justice program that works with citizens, local and state government, and law enforcement agencies to provide restorative responses to crime and conflict for Orleans and Northern Essex Counties. Programs promote restorative practices by increasing community involvement in finding solutions to crime through Reparative Panels, Court Diversion, Conflict Assistance, Community Dialogue, Education and Crime Prevention, as well as Victim Support Services.