Friday, November 22, 2024
11/22/2024
Duval County Adult Drug Court Enhancement TI-23-007 Project Abstract Page 1 The Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida is requesting funding for the "Duval County Adult Drug Court Enhancement" project. This project supports the targeted application of evidence-based treatment modalities, medication assisted treatment, recovery support services, and harm reduction initiatives to Adult Drug Court participants. Through this project, the existing coordinated, multi-system approach will be expanded to include additional evidence-based practices, community organizations and coalitions, and increased public awareness to positively impact the continuum of care. Increased focus will be placed on the recruitment of those experiencing the adverse effects of the pervasive opioid epidemic and associated increase in overdose rates. By implementing the "Dare to Dream" recovery capital model developed by the National Drug Court Institute, this project will seek to address and remove barriers to long-term success. Utilizing validated trauma and risk assessments, this project will address the socioecological and cultural factors influencing trauma by adhering to trauma-informed approaches to further reduce dependence upon substances and improve outcomes. This project's efforts are aligned to expand diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, and will address behavioral health disparities. This project will increase the access to and availability of services to a larger number of participants, increasing the number of individuals serviced, and addressing gaps in the continuum of treatment. Positive outcomes will be achieved through early, continuous, and intense judicially supervised treatment, mandatory science-based drug testing for treatment compliance and therapeutic interventions, and by applying appropriate incentives, sanctions, and therapeutic responses, and other services. The goals for this project are to (1) provide services to 50 participants annually, 250 over the course of this project, who are non-violent, justice-involved adults identified as having a substance use disorder or co-occurring substance use and mental disorder and who score as high-risk/high-need on an evidence-based criminogenic risk assessment tool; (2)Ensure fidelity to evidence-based treatment models through observational data; (3) Partner with safe, stable, recovery housing providers; (4) Implement the "Dare to Dream" model developed by the National Drug Court Institute; (5) Address racial disparities by expanding the minority population of the program through completion of objectives designed to increase outreach and recruitment efforts; (6) Increase and expand upon the use of medication assisted treatment by initializing screening efforts on all new program participants, educating participants on the benefits of utilizing medication assisted treatment, and providing medication assisted treatment options throughout the continuum of care; (7) Provide overdose reversal training and materials to program participants, support systems, and project partners/stakeholders; and (8) Collect and evaluate relevant associated data utilizing programmatic and standardized data collection tools and bi-annual/annual reports to be used in sustainability funding efforts at the local and state level.
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