The Comprehensive Drug Court Implementation (CDCI) Act created a funding stream for state drug courts (Assembly Bill 1111, Chapter 147, 2999 Statutes, Health and Safety Code Section 11970.1-11970.4). CDCI was originally designed to serve adult pre-plea and post-plea offenders and misdemeanants; any juveniles and parents of children who are detained by, or are dependents of, the juvenile court. In the year of 2003, CDCI was amended to focus exclusively on convicted felons placed on formal probation.
At present, there is inadequate capacity to provide treatment for persons eligible under our existing Adult Felony Drug Court. Non-Violent Offenders who can be helped through substance treatment to achieve sobriety and recovery and break the cycle of recidivism are not able to find that help.
The Health Services Department Alcohol and Other Drugs Services Division’s application to Cal EMA would allow Alcohol and Other Drugs Services (AODS) to expand treatment capacity for our existing Adult Felony Drug Court and to strengthen the existing countywide drug collaborative structure. Through this project, AODS expects to divert non-violent offenders and probationers charged with non-violent offenses, drug possessions, low level possessions for sales, sales, or transportation and other possible offenses from incarceration into community-based treatment including case management and sober living. Approval of this funding application will allow the Alcohol and Drugs Services to: 1) Expand residential treatment; 2) Provide case management and coordination of support services necessary to achieve recovery; and 3) Provide sober living housing combined with outpatient treatment for after care support.
The goal of the program will be to enhance treatment services; increase proportion of offenders who enter, remain in, and complete treatment; reduce delays in the availability of appropriate services based on our existing drug court model, including a dedicated court calendars with regularly scheduled reviews of individual’s performance in treatment, and strong collaboration by the courts, probation and treatment, through December 31, 2011.
If this contract is not approved, the County’s Alcohol and Other Drugs Services will not receive funding to be able to: 1) Expand residential treatment; 2) Provide case management and coordination of support services necessary to achieve recovery; and 3) Provide sober living housing combined with outpatient treatment for after care support.