The akron municipal recovery court and summit county turning point collaborative drug court program - the akron municipal-summit county drug court collaboration project will serve adult clients at the…

The akron municipal recovery court and summit county turning point collaborative drug court program - the akron municipal-summit county drug court collaboration project will serve adult clients at the misdemeanor akron recovery court (ARC) and the felony turning point program (TPP) in collaboration with their primary treatment provider, oriana house, INC. As outlined in the MOU. We are seeking $2,000,000 to enhance services for CO-occurring disorders, evaluation for disparities and increasing compliance with key component 5 & best practice standard VII. The project adds two behavioral health clinicians to assess and treat CO-occurring disorders; researcher to evaluate disparities for ARC court; resident supervisor to oversee enhanced features of the reconnect mobile application and increase weekend testing days; and a PTE project director. Disparity evaluation is limited to the ARC program so as not to duplicate work or supplant funding received by TPP in a 2021 BJA adult drug court grant award. Target population and demographics. Our population is high risk/high need, post-adjudicated, adult misdemeanor & felony offenders with a primary substance use disorder diagnosis (SUD) of intensive outpatient or higher with a qualifying drug-related offense conviction in either the ARC or TPP program. The demographics of the target population is anticipated to be a 86% caucasian, 55% male, 98% non-hispanic, 990% heterosexual with an average age of 32 at intake based on court data between 2018-2022. We also anticipate over 50% will be diagnosed with CO-occurring disorders based on the 2022 rate of occurrence with all drug court clients from the participating courts. Number served. The project will serve 45 existing clients and 30 new clients totaling 75 clients in year one. Each consecutive year, an additional 40 new clients will be served for a total of 255 unduplicated clients over the five year project. Strategies and interventions. With over 50% of drug court clients having CO-occurring disorders, OHI in collaboration with ARC & TPP will hire licensed clinicians to assess clients for SUD and mental health disorders prior to entering ARC & TPP. Clients will work with one of the two dedicated clinicians as their primary counselor for the CO-occurring disorders. OHI will implement new CO-occurring group curriculums as well as individual sessions to meet this need. Additionally, OHI is proposing a full time dedicated research specialist to conduct gpras and evaluate referral and intake client data to assess for any disparities that may exist in the eligibility process. Finally, with the addition of a resident supervisor, OHI will be able to conduct urine drug screenings on additional weekend days bringing the courts into compliance with key component 5 and best practice standard VII. OHI will also offer enhanced features with the reconnect mobile application to assist clients with urine drug screen compliance. Goals and objectives. The five goals and corresponding objectives of the project are as follows: 1. Clients diagnosed with CO-occurring disorders will attend at least one individual session with a licensed clinician: 1.1) 100% of clients found in need will be referred 1.2) 80% of clients diagnosed with a CO-occurring mental health disorder will attend at least one individual session with a licensed clinician. 2. Conduct gpra interviews: 2.1) 100% of all clients will complete an intake gpra. 2.2) 80% of all clients will complete a 6 month gpra. 2.3) 80% of all clients will complete the discharge gpra. 3. Conduct disparity evaluation for ARC municipal court: 3.1) complete quarterly review of potential disparities and share with the ARC drug court team. 4. Implement new mobile APP features: 4.1) add additional client features for reconnect APP by 4TH month of award. 5. Increase the number of weekend days for urine drug screens: 5.1) add 1 weekend day by end of each grant year increasing to 3 by end of 1ST year, 4 at end of 2ND year, 5 at end of 3RD year, 6 at end of 4TH year and 7 weekend days by end of 5TH year.