Wednesday, February 5, 2025
2/5/2025
In response to SAMHSA's Family Treatment Drug Court FOA (No.:TI-19-001) the Eighth Judicial District Court (EJDC) proposes to expand and enhance the Family Treatment Drug Court (FTDC) located in Clark County, Nevada by adding to traditional office based outpatient treatment services an in-home substance abuse, mental health, and child/family based treatment program to serve a minimum of 35 new and unduplicated parents and their children per year, and a minimum of 175 unduplicated parents/families over the life of the project. The in-home treatment provider will use the evidence based practice of Multi-systemic Therapy (MST) in conjunction with traditional child welfare case management and safety planning, and nationally recognized FTDC interventions and practices, such as regular random drug testing, regular court monitoring, the use of incentives and graduated sanctions, parent peer monitoring, and frequent collaboration and communication between the courts, child welfare agency, treatment provider and community partners. Proposed enhancements include in-home treatment services, assessing and treating children, family therapy, and the use of supportive services of Peer Parent Mentors. The FTDC embraces the 7 Essential Practices to Improving Child Welfare and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Outcomes found in the National Strategic Plan for Family Drug Courts (Child and Family Futures, 2017), as well as the Drug Court 10 Key Components (NADCP, 1997). The FTDC's anticipated outcomes include: fewer families experiencing child removals; children in foster/relative care placements transitioning home sooner; more parents and families engaging in the FTDC program; a reduction in or the elimination of the use of illicit substances; more children receiving assessments and appropriate treatment; and families demonstrating improved family functioning.
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