Sunday, May 11, 2025
5/11/2025
Jefferson County Family Drug Court Program - The Jefferson County Family Drug Court proposes the implementation of the Jefferson County Family Drug Court Initiative, an effort to enhance service delivery to approximately 200 families. The population to be served is parents who have lost custody or are at risk of losing custody of their children due to a diagnosis of substance abuse or substance dependence. Of these parents, 60% are African-American and 96% are female. The proposed program seeks to strengthen family drug court services through the adoption of the following components: (1) enhanced gender-specific, family-centered residential treatment services to serve both women and their children, (2) enhanced treatment intervention for opioid addiction, (3) enhanced peer recovery support services through the hiring of a peer advocate, (4) rigorous evaluation to provide outcomes related to the effectiveness of project components, (5) utilization of a project team to provide guidance in the planning, implementation and evaluation of the initiative. In addition, program eligibility will be expanded to include the Bessemer division of Jefferson County and additional unserved families. The impact on the participants will be increased abstinence, higher rates of treatment completion and expedited reunification/permanency of families. The Jefferson County Family Drug Court meets all 10 key elements of a drug court. The initiative will be implemented in conjunction with the University of Alabama at Birmingham's (UAB) Treatment Alternatives for Safer Communities (TASC), Jefferson County Department of Human Resources, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Centers and the Jefferson County Family Court.
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