Friday, November 22, 2024
11/22/2024
The McHenry County Adult Drug Court Service Enhancement Project aims to create the McHenry County Treatment Network and expand access to residential, intensive outpatient and medication-assisted treatment. The project will also address case management, recovery support services, skill building, HIV and Hepatitis B and C testing with referrals for coordinating medical treatment, for participants with a primary diagnosis of substance dependence, co-occurring mental illness and trauma. The project goal is to increase stable recovery for participants leading to improved quality of life, while reducing recidivism rates within the community. While aiming to expand access to appropriate treatment, the project includes recovery support services, which will link participants to programs including group trauma therapy, cognitive therapy support groups aimed at users of heroin and opioids. McHenry County's Adult Drug Court began in 2011 and continues to uphold the Key Components of Drug Courts. Participants of Adult Drug Court meet primary diagnostic criteria for substance dependence, while also being nonviolent felony offenders, which may include drug offenses, and probationable felony drug related charges. Participants also have to meet other eligibility criteria set forth in the Illinois Drug Court Act. Many of the participants live in poverty and have inadequate education. According to the 2010 U.S. Census data, McHenry County is now the sixth-largest county in Illinois by population. Since 2010, McHenry County's growth stayed relatively flat and reached 307,409 residents. Of those residents, a 2014 Healthy Community Study found that 83.7% was non-Hispanic Whites. Hispanics (of any race) comprised the second largest race/ethnic group at 12.4%, followed by non-Hispanic Asians at 2.8% and non-Hispanic Blacks at 1.4%. McHenry County Drug Court will serve 50 participants per year over the next three years.
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