This proposed project is submitted by the stevens county district court to enhance the therapeutic court programs

This Project Grant award, valued at $450,000 and awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance, is intended to enhance the Stevens County District Court's Therapeutic Court Programs, including the Behavioral Health Adult Therapeutic Drug Court and Veterans Treatment Court. The goal is to ensure quality programs that reach all justice-involved Stevens County residents with substance abuse, co-occurring, PTSD, or TBI issues, providing them opportunities to enter recovery and address their conditions while preventing or managing criminal convictions. Key activities include maintaining the multidisciplinary team, providing training, implementing additional risk/need assessment tools, promoting complementary services, and enabling supervision adjustments. Expected outcomes are an informed and educated multidisciplinary team delivering evidence-based services, assisting participants in building recovery capital, and reducing recidivism in Stevens County. This award is funded through the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753), which aims to improve criminal justice system functioning, prevent juvenile delinquency, and assist crime victims.

These programs include a behavior health adult therapeutic drug court and veterans treatment court. The goal of this project is to ensure quality programs that reach all of stevens county residents that are both justice involved and have an underlying substance abuse disorder, CO-occurring disorder, or underlying ptsd or TBI in respect to veterans treatment court; and to give these individuals the opportunity to enter recovery and address their SUD and/or mental health while preventing or managing criminal convictions on their record in the hopes that they will take the opportunity to turn their life around, utilizing the resources and support provided to be a positive member for society. Funding for this project will be utilized to maximize compliance with best practice standards as outlined by all rise for justice. Project activities include maintaining key members of the multidisciplinary team, continuing education and training for various roles within the multidisciplinary team, implementing additional risk and need assessment tools, promoting and providing complimentary services for program participants and implementing the ability for supervision adjustments. Expected outcomes include maintaining an informed and educated multidisciplinary team to address participants program compliance and progress, while providing evidence-based services; assisting program participants in building recovery capital by providing complimentary services; creating opportunities for supervision adjustments to meet participants where they are, assist participants in creating and achieving goals, and expand supervision tools to allow for less invasive drug testing procedures; and reduce recidivism in stevens county.