Judge Dale Creitz of the 31st Judicial District and Ruth St. Clair of Thrive Allen County asked County Commissioners Tuesday for their blessing in pursuing a grant to establish a drug court in Allen County.
The grant, which Thrive will apply for through the Healthcare Foundation of Greater Kansas City, would pay for a consultant to research the viability of establishing such a court here.
“We need to make sure we have the caseloads to support that,” St. Clair said.
There are 11 drug courts in Kansas, Creitz said. The smallest is in Geary County, which has 30,000…
