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A Veterans Court on Two Islands, Sitting Every Friday

The judiciary runs a veterans treatment court in the First Circuit since 2013 and the Third Circuit since 2014. Participants report to court every Friday afternoon, are drug tested, and are paired with a volunteer veteran mentor.

Verified August 23, 2026

What this benefit is

The judiciary runs a veterans treatment court in the First Circuit since 2013 and the Third Circuit since 2014. Participants report to court every Friday afternoon, are drug tested, and are paired with a volunteer veteran mentor.

What it's worth: A veterans docket in two circuits, with treatment, housing help and a mentor

  • The judiciary states the veterans treatment court began in the First Circuit in 2013 and launched in the Third Circuit in 2014.
  • Participants have all served in the United States armed forces and have experienced difficulties acclimating back into society; many have mental health conditions including post-traumatic stress disorder, and the majority also struggle with substance abuse.
  • Participants are required to report to the court every Friday at 2pm unless otherwise directed by the judge.
  • The programme includes regular urinalysis testing, mental health and substance abuse evaluation and treatment through named community providers, housing assistance, job training, and pairing with a volunteer veteran mentor.
  • A referral process document is published by the judiciary.
  • The programme coordinator is named on the page with a direct telephone number, 808-441-8914.
  • Discharge status requirements, accepted charge types, the number of phases, the length of the programme and what completion earns are not stated on the page.

Who is entitled to it

  • You served, which is the gate here.
  • A veterans docket sits in your circuit.
  • The First Circuit court sits on your island.
  • The Third Circuit court sits in your county.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

How to claim it

Deadline: Set by the court
  1. 1Ring the coordinator on 808-441-8914 and ask for the referral process document rather than waiting for the court to raise it.
  2. 2Ask the two questions the page does not answer: what discharge status the programme requires, and what successful completion earns. Both decide whether entering is worth it.
  3. 3Plan around a weekly Friday afternoon court appearance and regular testing. That is the shape of the commitment, and employment has to bend around it.
  4. 4Ask to be paired with a mentor at the start rather than at the end. The mentor pairing is described as part of the programme, not an extra.
  5. 5If the case sits outside the First or Third Circuit, ask what the equivalent is. On the published position there is no veterans docket in the other circuits.
File with
The veterans treatment court coordinator in the circuit where the case sits
Documents you will need
dd214
No renewal
Once granted it does not need renewing.
CorrectionThis is a two-island programme, not a statewide one. A veteran charged on Maui, Kauai or Molokai has no veterans docket on the published position, and any guide implying statewide coverage is overstating it.
Worth knowingWhat completion earns is the question a defendant actually needs answered, and the judiciary’s page does not answer it. That is carried as a research candidate rather than guessed at.

Sources

Why only one source type: The judiciary’s own programme page is the only source read this session; the statutory authority was not located and the referral process document was not opened.

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