South dallas drug court expansion - they city of dallas is seeking samhsa funding to expand the south dallas drug court (sddc) through providing expanded services for adults and graduates of the…

South dallas drug court expansion - they city of dallas is seeking samhsa funding to expand the south dallas drug court (sddc) through providing expanded services for adults and graduates of the program, and by creating a second docket at the primary municipal court location in downtown dallas. The target population for this expansion is persons aged 18 or over, who are diagnosed with substance use disorder (SUD) as their primary condition and who are referred to the sddc for adjudication and processing to promote treatment, instead of incarceration. The total request for a 5-year period is $1,931,540. Dockets will be located at the downtown and sddc locations to provide greater connection to those high-risk, high need individuals. These locations are nearby various shelters, social service agencies and will alleviate transportation barriers. Participants are eligible for the sddc program if they have a SUD and/or CO-occurring disorder and a city of dallas class c misdemeanor citation. The goals and objectives for the expanded project are as follows: goal 1: increase the capacity of the sddc to reduce criminal recidivism that may contribute to substance use disorder and other health factors. Goal 2: increase the number of individuals assessed through the sddc by 25%. Goal 3: increase the number of program graduates by providing a continuum of care, including prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services for individuals with SUD. Goal 4: ensure graduates are self-sufficient long term by implementing supervised post-graduate case management services. The expanded dockets are designed to identify eligible participants early, and place them in the treatment drug court program the day they are arraigned and enter a plea of guilty or no contest. The program requires intensive supervision based on frequent alcohol and drug testing and court appearances, along with tightly structured regimes of treatment and recovery services, permitting the program to actively support the recovery process and react swiftly to impose appropriate therapeutic sanctions or to reinstate criminal proceedings when clients cannot/will not comply with the program. Sddc will assess 65 clients per year for year 1 and year 2, an increase of 25% of current activities, and sddc will assess 80 clients per year for years 3 - 5, an increase of 25% from year 1 and year 2.