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LUBBOCK, TX (PRESS RELEASE) — The Texas Bar Foundation is pleased to announce a $2,500 grant to the Lubbock County Drug Court Foundation.

Since its inception in 1965, the Texas Bar Foundation has awarded more than $16 million in grants to law-related programs. Supported by members of the State Bar of Texas, the Texas Bar Foundation is the nation’s largest charitably-funded bar foundation.

Started in 2004, more than 125 convicted drug users have completed the Drug Court program, which helps them gain skills to stay drug free, enter the workforce, and establish a stable home life.

Eligible drug-addicted persons may be sent to Drug Court in lieu of the traditional justice system. Drug Courts keep individuals in treatment for 18 24 months, with close supervision.

“We are grateful to the Texas Bar Foundation for this generous donation,” said LCDCF President Delbert McDougal. “Every dollar of this grant will go directly to the graduates who have committed to changing their lives.”

Eighty one percent of graduates from the Lubbock program do not re-offend.

The Lubbock County Drug Court Foundation has been supported by numerous local individuals and companies.

(Press release from HighPlainsResearch.com)