-- Seven mothers will graduate to lives without drugs and with their children – 
 
WHAT: Family Treatment Court Graduation 

WHEN:   Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 11: 00 AM- 1:00 PM 

WHERE: Moultrie Courthouse, Courtroom JM-8 500 Indiana Avenue, NW 
 
WHO:  Magistrate Judge S. Pamela Gray, Family Treatment Court judge 
 
Program details: 

• Family Treatment Court has a comprehensive substance abuse treatment program for mothers and female guardians of children who are the subject of a child neglect allegations. Those who participate stipulate to the allegations of neglect. The program is fifteen (15) months long. 
 • The first six months of treatment take place in a treatment facility in which the  women reside along with up to four of their children, who are either ten or younger. 
 • The treatment facility provides on-site services as well as community-based services, including: substance abuse education and treatment, relapse prevention, parenting classes, counseling, and childcare. 
 • If the participants successfully complete the residential phase, they participate in a formal graduation ceremony and proceed to the community-based after care phase. It is this formal ceremony – the eleventh such ceremony – that will take place Tuesday, September 28th. 
 
NOTE: Judges will be available for interviews. Mothers and children may also be available for interviews, with their permission. Cameras and recorders must be cleared in advance.