Wednesday, May 28, 2025
5/28/2025
39th Judicial Circuit Treatment Court Expansion and Enhancement - The 39th Judicial Circuit, nested in the rural Ozark Mountains located in southwest Missouri, is requesting federal assistance to expand and enhance Adult Drug Court programming to serve high risk/high need offenders diagnosed with substance dependence or addiction. Circuit-wide trend data reveals that from 2013-2015 that 62% of all criminal felony filings involved AOD-related offenses. The population of focus is non-violent, felony repeat offenders, who have committed offenses directly or indirectly motivated by alcohol and/or drug use who are screened with high prognostic risk and high criminogenic need diagnosed with substance dependence or addiction. Majority of active Treatment Court participants do not have health insurance and/or suffer from co-occurring disorders and a significant percentage are unemployed and/or have a history of IV drug use. Local assessment data also reveals that 72% (234/325) of participants served have been impacted by a lifetime history of victimization/trauma. The 39th Judicial Circuit will adhere to the Drug Court Standards and utilize the following evidenced-based strategies to ensure success: 1)standardized screening/assessment tools; 2) cognitive behavioral treatment approaches; 3) procedural and distributive justice; 4) medication assisted treatment; 5) frequent judicial monitoring; 6) trauma-informed practices; 7) recovery support services, aftercare, and 8) community integration; and 8) routine program evaluation. Project goals include: 1) Adult Drug Court expansion circuit-wide; 2) provide substance abuse and mental health treatment services 3) provide recovery support services 4) provide viral hepatitis B and C testing for at risk participants; and (5) maintain an electronic data infrastructure for sound program evaluation. Substance abuse treatment and recovery support services will be provided to an estimated sixty 60 participants annually.
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