Solano parolee adult drug court and peer support project - the superior court of california, county of solano, proposes the "solano parolee adult drug court (PADC) and peer support project" to serve a…

Solano parolee adult drug court and peer support project - the superior court of california, county of solano, proposes the "solano parolee adult drug court (PADC) and peer support project" to serve a total of 75 adult parolees from targeted under-represented populations with culturally-appropriate, gender-responsive, trauma-informed interventions in solano parolee adult drug court, and to offer peer support services in the form of peer mentoring to 185 solano treatment court participants in eight treatment courts. The courts that will be served by peer mentors includes two each of parolee adult drug courts, adult drug courts for probationers, military diversion/veterans treatment courts, and mental health diversion/courts. The court will operate this project at two courthouses, fairfield (county seat) and vallejo (solano's largest city). The solano superior court is located in the eastern SAN francisco BAY area and has operated collaborative courts 2007. PADC participants are adults who have a violation of their parole conditions, and an active solano county criminal case. The target for the parolee court and for peer recovery support are of any race/ethnicity, gender identity, and sexual orientation who are high risk and high needs, as determined by evidence-based assessment tools. Solano population is 449,218, with 58.2% white (including hispanic) and 34.4% white alone, 14.4% black, 1.3% american indian or alaska native, 17.4% asian, 1.1% native hawaiian or pacific islander, 7.5% two or more races, and 29.1% hispanic. The PADC's population reflects this diversity with 34.5% white, 41.4% african american, 3.4% asian, 6.9% hawaiian/pacific islander, 13.8% other, and 31.0% hispanic. The court serves 33.6% females, 66.3% males. Court participants suffer from housing instability and lack of a family or community support. Six percent of the PADC population lives in dependent living, 65% lives independently, and 29% reported as homeless. The project's goals are to improve treatment outcomes and retention rates for participants of the PADC, strengthen cross system collaborations and quality improvement efforts in PADC, and lastly, to create and implement a volunteer peer mentor program at eight solano treatment courts. These goals will be tackled by a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency court teams using evidence-based and promising practices. Those practices include gender-responsive, culturally appropriate treatment, intensive case management, habilitation empowerment accountability therapy, treatment for CO-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, medication assisted treatment, tobacco cessation, interim housing for homeless prevention and diversion, recovery housing, employment services, motivational interviewing, and peer support services and mentoring. The court will serve 15 unduplicated participants per year in PADC, 75 over the five-year grant period. With its planned peer support program, the court will serve 25 adult treatment court clients in year 1, and 40 clients in years 2 through 5, for a total of 185 unduplicated clients being served with mentorship services. Mentors will be recruited primarily from past treatment court graduates who have at least two years in recovery. This project will serve a total of 260 people. By achieving these goals, solano superior court will improve participant outcomes, leading to improved public health, reduced recidivism and enhanced public safety. These outcomes will also increase the socio-economic well-being of the target population.