Friday, May 23, 2025
5/23/2025
406th Judicial District Adult Drug Court ProgramSAMHSA Treatment Drug Courts - The Webb County 406th District Drug Court Program (DCP) is proposing to expand the program's capacity for felony and misdemeanor participants from a baseline of 360 participants to 460 participants by adding 100 clients who are primarily alcohol and opiate dependent and who have co-occurring psychiatric and substance disorders during the 5 year grant period beginning in FY'19. the DCP will not only provide services to participants from Webb County, but will also expand DCP services to the adjacent rural counties within 100 mile catchment are of Webb County,which includes Zapata, Jim Hogg, and Starr counties that are currently not being services due to lack of treatment resources in those communities. The DCP is proposing to incrementally increase the number of clients receiving expanded services from 70 in FY'19 to 85 in FY'20, 95 in FY'21 and 105 in FY'22 and FY'23 totaling 460 participants. The DCP is a problem-solvig court which uses the treatment drug-court model in order to provide services supporting co-occurring psychiatrist and substance treatment, screening, assessment, case management, and program coordination to adult defendant/offenders. The DCP, which is the only felony DWI felony court in Webb County, is adjudicated by Oscar J. Hale, Jr. who was sworn in as District Judge on January 1, 2005. The DCP's therapeutic treatment milieu includes Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Solution -Focused Group therapy, and Seeking Safety to specifically treat co-occurring psychiatrist and substance use disorders, address trauma, personality disorders and suicide ideations which are commonly presented in the DCP, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), Broad Spectrum Treatment/VIVITROL in order to reduce relapse, improve abstinence rates, reduce recidivism, and improve treatment retention for opiate and alcohol dependent participants, Motivational Enhancement Therapy, the Matrix Model, and Relapse Prevention therapy to build self efficacy in recovery. Goals and objectives are to :1) Increase the DCP from a baseline of 360 participants to 460, 2) expand the DCP to the adjacent rural counties within a 100 mile catchment area, 3) Promote self-sufficiency and public safety by reducing drug and alcohol use and reducing recidivism through comprehensive drug court treatment, 4) Provide integrated treatment in order to improve the mental health status for DCP participants with co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders, 5) provide prevention and treatment of infections diseases for DCP participants. The target population includes felony and misdemeanors drug offenders over the age of 17 who reside primarily in Webb County, have drug-related crimes, or history of drug use, an who are not felony assault offenders, violent offenders, or have weapons offenses. Demographics are 1) 96 5 Hispanic, 2) 65% male, 3)majority live below the federal poverty level, 4) average age is 29, 5) average of 12 years of drug use, 6) less than 50% are high school graduates, 7) less than 40% are employed, 8) 25% married, 90 primary drugs of addiction include heroin, alcohol cocaine and marijuana, 10) 100% have co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).