The Colorado Judicial Department 18th Judicial District Wellness Court has developed Project Wellness. The Wellness Court is requesting funds in the amount of $963,169.39 (three year total) to enhance the Wellness Court to better serve adult, dually-diagnosed, high risk/high need, probation revoked, felony offenders with successful rehabilitation from the use of drugs, improved mental health symptomology and reduced involvement in criminal behavior. Project Wellness will serve 61 unduplicated clients over the grant period; 41 in Year 1 (20 new and 21 already admitted into the Wellness Court); 11 new clients in Year 2; and 11 new clients in Year 3. Because clients will be in the program for approximately two years, when the number of carryover clients in Years 2 and 3 are considered (including attrition), there will be approximately 30 clients being served at any given time throughout the project. Each year, a total of 41 clients will be served.
The proposed project will allow the Wellness Court to implement the following interventions: 1) Employ a clinical case manager (CM) dedicated to the Wellness Court, 2) Provide SSI/SSDI Outreach Access and Recovery (SOAR) interventions if clients are in need, 3) Obtain funding to provide the necessary treatment services for participants, 4) Obtain funding for the Wellness Court team to attend NADCP Conference, 5) Provide training on historically disadvantaged groups, 6) Provide training and coaching on trauma, organizational trauma, secondary trauma, and resiliency, and 7) Employ a dedicated problem solving court coordinator (PSCC) to facilitate treatment referrals, oversee treatment contracts and ensure team is adhering to best practices.
Goal 1: Enhance program operations
Objective 1.1: Recruit, hire, and train a 1.0 FTE problem solving court coordinator
Objective 1.2: Recruit, hire, and train a 1.0 FTE clinical case manager
Objective 1.3: Send Wellness Court staff to NADCP Conference
Goal 2: Improve Wellness Court participant outcomes
Objective 2.1: Enroll 61 dually-diagnosed participants in Project Wellness over three years
Objective 2.2: Ensure 80% of participants receive treatment appropriate to their ASAM level of
care needed within two weeks of sentencing
Objective 2.3: At least 50% of participants in residential treatment will complete treatment
Objective 2.4: At least 60% of participants in transitional residential treatment will complete
treatment
Objective 2.5: At least 65% of participants will graduate from Project Wellness
Objective 2.6 At least 70% of participants will report reduced use, improved mental health and
reduced trauma symptoms