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Ryan S. Boyce, Director of the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts, recently made a visit to the Recovery Court presided over by Judge Beth Heath in Lenoir County. Recovery Courts aim to assist individuals with court-ordered treatment plans related to chemical dependence.
Lenoir, Wayne, and Greene Counties, North Carolina (October 20, 2022) - Rural community leaders from all over the United States traveled to Lenoir, Wayne, and Greene Counties this week to learn how to improve justice systems in their own communities. “It’s a real testament to our communities’ partnerships and creative problem-solving abilities that others want to learn from us,” said District 8 Court Judge Elizabeth Heath.
The Rural Justice Collaborative (RJC) Advisory Council has selected The Family Accountability and Recovery Court (FARC) in Lenoir, Wayne and Greene Counties as one of nine Rural Innovation Sites. These are the country’s most innovative rural justice programs which will serve as models for other communities
The Lenoir County Alliance for a Healthy Community today announced the recipient of the latest Healthy Community Hero Award. Individuals or organizations are being recognized for demonstrating excellence through a project or program of action within recent history that results in exemplary effort and impact in improving the health of the community.
Judge Beth Heath thought she was being interviewed by Neuse News but was presented with the Community Health Hero Award instead. The Lenoir County Alliance for a Healthy Community recognized Heath for her dedication to Drug Court.
Keeping children safe and helping families become healthy is at the heart of the 8th District Family Accountability and Recovery Court (FARC). This district wide family drug court is held in Lenoir, Wayne, and Greene Counties and is overseen by Judge Beth Heath, Chief District Court Judge of the 8th Judicial District.
The month of April is known as National Child Abuse Awareness Month. This year Kinston has decided to dedicate a bench in honor of the children lost to childhood abuse. Many officials feel as though this issue is very near and dear to their hearts.
For seven years, Judge Beth Heath sought to get the support needed to maintain the Drug Court program after the state pulled the program’s funding. Recently those efforts received grants totaling more than 1.7 million dollars. "We had been operating our court for several years," said Judge Beth Heath. "We didn’t want to shut it down. We started looking for alternatives to be able to continue the court and to have funding to do that."
