The butte county probation department (bcpd) is requesting FY22 adult drug court discretionary grant program funds in the amount of $750,000.00, category 2. To enhance evidence-based programming to…

The County of Butte, California will receive $750,000 from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585) to enhance evidence-based programming for participants in the Butte County Treatment Court Program from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2026. The Butte County Probation Department will use the funding to provide intensive case management, medication-assisted treatment, drug and alcohol testing, community supervision, and recovery support services including housing assistance, childcare, education, and recovery residence housing to approximately 70 non-violent adult offenders with substance use disorders. The goal is to improve outcomes for these high-risk individuals by reinforcing early sobriety and ensuring continuity of care through collaboration with local behavioral health and criminal justice partners.

The butte county probation department (bcpd) is requesting FY22 adult drug court discretionary grant program funds in the amount of $750,000.00, category 2. To enhance evidence-based programming to participants in the butte county treatment court program (bctc). Butte county is a semi-rural county in northern california, approximately 75 miles north of sacramento, california (page 3). The bctc is a post-adjudication model that serves adult drug court participants who are found to be eligible based on their assessments and prior criminal records. The current capacity is 35 participants per probation officer, for a total of 70. The minimum length of the program is 18 months to 24 months and maximum of 60 months. Participants are convicted of non-violent offenses and found to be high risk/high need offenders with substance abuse disorder treatment needs. Bctc targets the behavior of substance abuse, not the charge for which the individual is on probation. Bctc will explore how the target population compared to the arrestee population and work to bridge the eligibility criteria GAP of any discriminatory discrepancies. Participants in need of medication assisted treatment (mat) begin treatment upon acceptance through butte county department of behavioral health. Bctc proposes to address recovery support services by reinforcing sobriety early and vigorous through assistance with housing, childcare, education, and recovery residence housing. Bctc advocates for a continuum of care for substance use DI services for participants and their families (nadcp adult drug court best practice standards, VOL. I, standard v, page 38), incorporate intensive case management to ensure continuity of care with mat and CO-occurring substance use issues (nadcp best practice standards, VOL. I, standard VII, page 5), enhancement of drug and alcohol testing (nadcp adult drug court best practice standards VOL II, standard VII, page 26); enhancement of community supervision services (nadcp adult drug court best practice standards VOL II, standard VIII, PAGE38). The bcpd utilizes a forward thinking case management system that has the capability to capture the required participant level BJA performance measures and has partnerships to share data with local criminal justice partners to share date that enhance the ability to track multiple recidivism measures. Butte county treatment court 42 county center drive oroville, CA. 95965 other federal funding sources: none previous BJA grant information: 2018-DC-BX-0009 period: 10/1/2018 - 9/30/2024 butte county is not an empowerment zone or renewal community bctc has never participated in the drug court planning initiative or DWI foundational training.