The Northern California Co-Occurring Drug Court Program - Expansion Grant - The Northern California Co-Occurring Drug Court Program (CODC) is a comprehensive Adult Treatment Drug Court program in good standing with SAMHSA that addresses the unique needs of substance-abusing adult offenders with co-occurring mental health disorders who are involved in Tehama County's criminal justice system. The CODC population of focus is exclusively high risk, high-need adult offenders diagnosed with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders. These adults have a substance abuse disorder as their primary condition, as well as a severe and persistent mental health diagnosis. This funding opportunity expands the substance abuse treatment capacity be expanding outreach to referral sources targeting potential participants who are engaged in law enforcement supervision, and by providing services that specifically address the needs of CODC participants and their family members who suffer from Adverse Childhood experiences (ACE's) related to parental substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders.
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) evidenced based, immediate, continuous, and intensive judicially-supervised treatment, b)regular random computerized drug testing, c)inter-agency supervision and monitoring, d) graduated sanctions, incentives and restitution, and e) mental health services for co-occurring disorders.
Service Gap 1: Adult offenders who commit state prison eligible offenses within the community are underrepresented in the CODE program. In 2011 California's 'Realignment" law Assembly BIll 109 (AB 109) created community supervision under which adult offenders are monitored by county probation departments instead of state parole. Many of these adult offenders who commit state prison eligible offenses fit the CODC population profile as substance abusing adult offenders with co-occurring mental health disorders, however they have been underrepresented in the CODC program. Under this proposal, the service gap will be addressed through the implementation of the intentional strategies designed to screen all potential participants who are engaged in law enforcement supervision for CODC program suitability.
Service Gap 2 : Adult offenders with addiction are frequently in families that deal with multiple ACE's including substance abuse, neglect, family violence and emotional , physical, and sexual abuse. Commonly there is parental separation or divorce and often one or both parents are dealing with addiction, mental health illness, and incarceration. Their children are among those at highest risk for future physical and ta health problems. Treatment that focuses on these children offers a solution to the inter generational cycle of substance use and related consequences by helping adult offenders reduce their substance use and be an engaged contributor to improving their children's health and safety Under this proposal, the service gap will be addressed by the implementation of specific ACEs evidenced based strategies.
CODC's design embodies the Adult Drug Court Best Practice Standards and Ten Key Components. The measurable outcomes include: a) abstinence from substance use; b) program graduation rates; c)employment rates; d)housing stability; 3) individual and family functioning and well-being; 4)social contentedness; and g) decreased number of re-arrests post =graduation. These posiitive changes in individuals and their families will lead to prolonged recover, decreased risky behaviors, decreased criminal justice involvement, and ultimately significant decreases in recidivism rates.
