Friday, May 23, 2025
5/23/2025
Webb County Adult Drug Court - The Webb County Adult Drug Court (DCP) is proposing to expand the program's capacity for felony and misdemeanor participants from a baseline of 360 participants to 460 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'24. The DCP will not only provide services to participants from Webb County, but also will expand DCP services to the adjacent rural counties within a 100 mile catchment area of Webb County, which includes Zapata, Jim Hogg, and Starr Counties and that are not being serviced 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 FY24 to 85 in FY'25, 95 in FY26', and 105 in FY '27 and 28' totaling 460 participants. The DCP is a problem-solving court which uses the treatment drug-court model in order to provide services supporting co-occurring psychiatric and substance treatment, screening, assessment, case management, and program coordination to adult defendants/offenders. The DCP under the administration of the Honorable County Judge Tano E. Tijerina is adjudicated by the Honorable Associate District Court Judge David E. Garcia, and is the only felony DWI court in Webb County. PILLAR, a TXDSHS Licensed Provider supports the DCP goals by providing comprehensive screenings, assessment, and treatment planning as well as a comprehensive therapeutic milieu of individual and group counseling to 100% of participants which includes the following evidenced based models Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Solution-Focused Group Therapy (SFGT), and Seeking Safety to specifically treat co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders, address trauma, personality disorders and suicidal ideations which are commonly presented in DCP, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), Broad Spectrum Treatment (BST-Vivitrol) in order to reduce relapse, improve abstinence rates, reduce recidivism, and improve treatment retention for opiate alcohol dependent participants, Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET), the Matrix Model, and Relapse Prevention therapy (RPT) to build self efficacy in recovery, and Thinking for a Change (T4C) to reframe distorted thinking patterns. Goals and objectives are to 1) promote self-sufficiency by reducing drug use through Drug Court treatment; 2) provide a comprehensive integrated program for co-occurring psychiatric and substance treatment; 3) promote public safety by reducing recidivism; 4) improve mental health and health including prevention and treatment of infectious diseases; and 5) evaluate the DCP's cost-effectiveness to promote future funding and development. The target population for the DCP includes felony and misdemeanors drug offenders over the age of 17 who primarily reside in Webb County, have drug-related crimes, or history of drug use, and who are not felony assault offenders, violent offenders or have weapons offenses. Demographics are: 1) 95% 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% are married; 9) primary drugs of addiction includes alcohol. heroin, marijuana, and cocaine; 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).