QMTC Mission
Mission
Queens Misdemeanor Treatment Court (QMTC), through intensive court intervention, seeks to promote public safety, reduce recidivism and improve the quality of life in the community, by identifying and treating qualified misdemeanor offenders with a history of substance abuse.
Goal, QMTC seeks to:
- Intervene by mandating drugaddicted offenders to court supervised treatment as an alternative to incarceration;
- Provide intensive case management in an effort to promote compliance with court mandates;
- Educate the drugaddicted offender about relapse, recovery, sobriety through workshops conducted with community treatment providers;
- Provide the offender with appropriate tools needed for longterm sobriety;
- Through health education, reducing highrisk behaviors and identifying and treating the health problems of highrisk offenders;
- and Address vocational, educational, or employment needs.
Administration
125-01 Queens Blvd
Kew Gardens, NY 11415
Phone: 718-298-0914
Fax: 212-419-8443
Facts
517
number of misdemeanor cases referred to QMTC in 2009
98
number of QMTC participants in 2009
92
number of QMTC participants that graduated in 2009
Mission
Queens Misdemeanor Treatment Court (QMTC), through intensive court intervention, seeks to promote public safety, reduce recidivism and improve the quality of life in the community, by identifying and treating qualified misdemeanor offenders with a history of substance abuse.
Goal, QMTC seeks to:
- Intervene by mandating drugaddicted offenders to court supervised treatment as an alternative to incarceration;
- Provide intensive case management in an effort to promote compliance with court mandates;
- Educate the drugaddicted offender about relapse, recovery, sobriety through workshops conducted with community treatment providers;
- Provide the offender with appropriate tools needed for longterm sobriety;
- Through health education, reducing highrisk behaviors and identifying and treating the health problems of highrisk offenders;
- and Address vocational, educational, or employment needs.
Administration
125-01 Queens Blvd
Kew Gardens, NY 11415
Phone: 718-298-0914
Fax: 212-419-8443
Facts
517
number of misdemeanor cases referred to QMTC in 2009
98
number of QMTC participants in 2009
92
number of QMTC participants that graduated in 2009