Tuesday, April 29, 2025
4/29/2025
Expanding Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity in Lackawanna County Treatment Court - Project Name: Expanding Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity in Lackawanna County Treatment Court. Populations to be served: Individuals with Substance Use Disorders (SUDs), who are at-risk for or have a history of involvement with justice system-related penalties, those with probation/parole violations related to drug/alcohol use, returning veterans, and offenders with co-occurring mental health and SUDs. Demographics and clinical characteristics of target populations: Approximately 29% are female; 71% are male; all participants reside in Lackawanna County, which has a higher percentage of driving deaths due to DUI than the rest of the nation, as well as a higher drug-induced/overdose death rate than the rest of PA or the nation. In addition to drug addiction, common clinical characteristics include co-occurring mental health disorders and PTSD. Strategies and interventions: Implement an automatic screening of all probation and parole violators for SUD and Mental Health issues to place them in Treatment Court, rather than prison. Project goals include: Promote public safety and reduce substance abuse and recidivism among non-violent adult offenders; provide timely court intervention, screening, and assessment for non-violent addicted offenders; provide treatment-based judicially supervised program for rehabilitation; provide ancillary and collateral services to help offender attain sobriety and become a productive member of the community; and establish a monitoring and evaluative measure to further demonstrate the effectiveness of Treatment Court. Measurable objectives include: 1) Over the course of this 5-year project, Lackawanna County Adult Drug Treatment Court will maintain or exceed its 81% successful program graduation rate; 2) For the duration of this 5-year grant, Lackawanna County Treatment Court will provide 100% of potential participants with intervention, screening, and assessment to non-violent drug addicted offenders within 2 weeks from application to decision; 3) During the first 12 months of this grant, Lackawanna County Treatment Court will work with Parole and Probations to develop a system for screening 100% of violations for Treatment Court eligibility; 4) Over the course of this 5-year grant period, Lackawanna County Treatment Court will provide a treatment-based judicially supervised program to more than 1,626 unduplicated individuals; 5) For the duration of this 5-year grant, Lackawanna County Treatment Court will ensure 100% of participants have reasonable access to services for attaining sobriety and becoming a productive member of the community; 6) Within the first 4 months of this grant, Lackawanna County Treatment Court will work with SAMHSA to refine monitoring and evaluation measures and processes; and 6) By the end of this 5-year grant, Lackawanna County Treatment Court will have gathered, monitored, and evaluated participant data, demonstrating its effectiveness in rehabilitating non-violent adult substance abusing offenders. Number to be served annually: 323. Number to be served over lifetime of project: 1,626.
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