Abstract
The Jefferson County Adult Drug Court Enhancement project seeks to expand and enhance the treatment and recovery services available to Adult Treatment Court participants. The Jefferson County Adult Drug Court serves adults arrested in Jefferson County for drug-related offenses, excluding distribution and trafficking, as the population of focus. Most drug court participants are male, African American, college-educated, and diagnosed with an opioid use disorder (39%). The proposed expansion of the Jefferson County Drug Court will impact Jefferson County, the largest and most populous county in Alabama, encompassing the City of Birmingham and 29 additional municipalities. Client-level goals are to expand access to a continuum of care, including harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services for adult drug court participants, and expand access to comprehensive case management. By implementing these services, Jefferson County will reduce the use of incarceration and overdose deaths.
Seventy clients per year will be served for a cumulative total of 350 clients served over five years. Objectives include:
• 50 clients per year are expected to receive case management services, with 250 participants receiving case management services over the life of the grant.
• 14 clients per year are expected to receive recovery housing support.
• 45 clients per year are expected to receive peer recovery support, with 225 participants receiving peer recovery support over the life of the grant.
• Harm reduction services will be offered to 100% of the drug court participants by month 8 of the grant award