Jonathan Silva signs the Community Court banner as the 17th graduate of the program. He said he didn’t originally think he would make it through the program and thought he would end up in jail. However, after finding stability with the court and the Oxford House, he was able to complete the program and has been sober for over a year.
May 7, 2026
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‘The right push’
Silva becomes Community Court’s 17th graduate, finds a new path forward
MOSES LAKE — When Jonathan David Silva walked into Community Court months ago, he didn’t expect transformation. He expected to “jump through the hoops,” as he put it. Instead, he walked out last week as the program’s 17th graduate – sober, grounded and surrounded by a team he now calls “a second family.” “I was never really fully sober my whole life,” Silva said during an interview. “Community Court honestly gave me a different perspective… it geared me in a direction of what I should have been doing the whole time as an adult.”