Suffolk county new yorks office of court administration is seeking enhancement funding to expand services and increase the number of eligible participants enrolled in the suffolk county judicial…

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $963,415 Project Grant under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585) to the Unified Court System of New York State's Office of Court Administration. The grant will fund the expansion and enhancement of the Suffolk County Judicial Diversion Program (SCJDP), an adult drug court, over a 48-month period from October 2024 to September 2028.

The key products and services to be delivered include:

• Enrolling 45 eligible participants per year (180 total) facing felony drug charges in the SCJDP program, which provides a minimum of 18 months of judicially supervised substance use disorder treatment and recovery support services.
• Conducting a process and outcome evaluation of the SCJDP program in collaboration with Stony Brook University, which will include developing evaluation instruments, collecting and analyzing data, and preparing quarterly and annual evaluation reports.

The sub-award to Stony Brook University for $250,956 will support the design and implementation of the program evaluation, ensuring data collection for monitoring grant goals and objectives, and providing feedback to promote continuous quality improvement of the SCJDP.

Suffolk county new yorks office of court administration is seeking enhancement funding to expand services and increase the number of eligible participants enrolled in the suffolk county judicial diversion program (scjdp), an adult drug court. The target population for the scjdp include offenders facing felony drug charges. The scjdp is a collaborative effort between the tenth judicial district in suffolk county, new york, the empower, assist, care EAC network, a non-profit human service agency, treatment alternatives to safer communities program, and the suffolk county department of probation. The project proposes to enroll 45 participants per year, 180 total for the duration of the 48 month grant period. The minimum amount of time a client will spend in scjdp is 18 months.