The BMC Homeless Court is held at the Pine Street Inn at 11 a.m. on the third Thursday of each month. Started in 2010 as a pilot program, the purpose of the courts is to assist defendants who are homeless or at risk of being homeless secure permanent housing, employment, and government benefits.
Participants work closely with case managers employed by the Pine Street Inn. Upon the completion of a substance addiction treatment program, job training program or mental health treatment, a defendant's pending or open default warrants are removed in misdemeanor and non-violent felony cases. The cases are dismissed or terminated in consideration of the defendant's work and efforts to address their behaviors and substance addictions that caused the criminal conduct.