My health my resources of tarrant county (mhmr) requests funding for the adult drug court opportunity to enhance and improve drug court operations and behavioral health treatment through the…

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585) to My Health My Resources of Tarrant County (MHMR), a local government entity in Texas. The grant will fund the enhancement and improvement of the Tarrant County Adult Drug Court (Direct to Recovery, or DTR) program through the implementation of Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT). The project aims to reduce substance use and recidivism among high-risk participants by providing evidence-based treatment and recovery support services, including expanding peer support/case management, expediting treatment access, and addressing housing needs. The grant will also support program evaluation activities to track participant outcomes, drug testing results, graduation rates, and other performance measures. The grant term is from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2027.

My health my resources of tarrant county (mhmr) requests funding for the adult drug court opportunity to enhance and improve drug court operations and behavioral health treatment through the implementation of moral resonation treatment (MRT). MRT is designed to reduce substance use and recidivism among high-risk participants, specifically in the tarrant county adult drug court (direct to recovery, or DTR). This project seeks to provide treatment and services to address substance-use disorders (suds) and CO-occurring disorders (cods) through a range of evidence-based treatment modalities and interventions, prioritizing HR/HN persons involved in the tarrant county court system. The direct to recovery enhancement project will address four gaps in the current courts response to people with SUD. GAP 1: addressing criminal thinking tendencies with MRT, at the beginning of the treatment process as opposed to post-violation, will substantially curb the number of individuals sent to long-term state treatment. GAP 2: expanding of peer support/case management services staff. GAP 3: challenges in expediting treatment to residential services. GAP 4: inadequate stable housing. DTR seeks to strengthen ATC operations, treatment, and recovery support services for HR/HN offenders with the addition of MRT, hiring of peer support specialists to perform case management services, retainment of a residential bed at pine street treatment facility, and recovery housing. Research division (RD), an independent division of mhmr, will evaluate this project. RD will assign a project evaluator to monitor the projects adherence to best practices and standards and its effectiveness, as well as track participant outcomes, drug testing results, graduation rates, lengths of stay, new arrests, probation violations, and demographic information. The evaluator will compile and distribute reports to project management, and data collected will be reported as required.