Lauderdale county juvenile drug treatment court seeks funding to enhance its existing juvenile treatment court program by providing enhanced and expanded services to justice-involved youth through…

The Lauderdale County Judge O Community Corrections Division received a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585) to enhance and expand the county's existing Juvenile Drug Treatment Court program. The funded activities include:

1. Expanding adolescent substance use and co-occurring disorder treatment services, including in-home treatment, psychological evaluations, equine therapy, and trauma evaluations;
2. Hiring a program coordinator;
3. Providing training on best practices and evidence-based programs;
4. Facilitating evidence-based life skills classes for participants and evidence-informed parenting classes for families;
5. Implementing a mentoring program; and
6. Monitoring and evaluating the program for fidelity and accountability.

The grant award period is from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2027. This funding builds upon Lauderdale County's previous experience administering treatment court programs, including a $471,390 Bureau of Justice Assistance grant to establish a Veterans Treatment Court from 2020-2023.

Lauderdale county juvenile drug treatment court seeks funding to enhance its existing juvenile treatment court program by providing enhanced and expanded services to justice-involved youth through court interaction and supervision, mandatory drug testing and medication monitoring, substance use or CO-occurring disorder (COD) treatment, and prosocial family engagement activities. The goals of the project are to (1) expand adolescent treatment services; (2) hire a coordinator; (3) provide training related to best practices and evidence-based programs; (4) facilitate evidence-based life skill classes for participants and evidence-informed parenting classes for parents, caregivers, and families to support prosocial family engagement activities; (5) expand access to evidence-based substance use and/or COD treatment for participants to include expansion of in-home services, psychological evaluations for parents/custodians, equine therapy, and trauma evaluations; (6) implement a mentoring program; and (7) monitor and evaluate the family treatment court program for fidelity and accountability.