Northern California Co-Occurring Drug Court Program (CODC) - The Northern California Co-Occurring Drug Court Program (CODC) is a comprehensive drug court program that addresses the needs of substance-abusing adult offenders with significant co-occurring disorders who are involved in Tehama County’s criminal justice system. CODC is expanding and enhancing substance use disorder treatment through Tehama County’s existing behavioral health specialty court program which is funded entirely through local and state funding streams. CODC addresses current gaps in the existing specialty court program by providing a comprehensive continuum of treatment for clients with co-occurring substance use and mental disorder treatment needs. CODC will only serve high-risk, high-need individuals diagnosed with a substance use disorder as their primary condition.
CODC’s primary goals are to reduce substance use/dependence and subsequent recidivism among adult offenders with co-occurring disorders. These goals are accomplished through a) evidence-based, immediate, continuous, and intensive judicially-supervised treatment, b) regular random computerized drug testing, c) interagency supervision and monitoring, d) graduated sanctions, incentives and restitution, and e) mental health services for co-occurring disorders.
CODC, under this initiative, is proposing to increase access and availability of services to a total of 40 clients with co-occurring disorders each per year for a grant total of 120 clients. Simultaneously, CODC is proposing to improve the quality and intensity of treatment and recovery support services. To accomplish this expansion and enhancement, the program will add the following: a) an evidence-based, integrated trauma-informed cognitive processing treatment program; b) medication-assisted treatment (MAT); c) integrated family-based programming; d) Seeking Safety evidence-based program; e) tobacco cessation programming; and f) recovery support services including peer-to-peer relapse prevention, employment/education support, linkage to community support groups, housing, transportation and other needs as identified through ongoing assessment; g) providing specialized services for veterans. The support services are designed to remove barriers to each participant’s successful recovery.
CODC’s proposed expansion and enhancements were born out of a self-study of the existing behavioral health specialty court program. CODC will ensure that all of the Adult Drug Court Best Practice Standards and Ten Key Components are implemented. CODC is not only increasing the number of individuals that can be served, but will also increase measurable outcomes pertaining to: a) abstinence from substance use; b) program graduation rates c) employment rates; d) housing stability; e) individual and family functioning and well-being; f) social connectedness; and, g) decreased number of re-arrests post-graduation. These positive changes in individuals and families will lead to prolonged recovery, decreased risky behaviors, decreased criminal justice involvement, and ultimately significant decreases in recidivism rates.
