Enhancing adult & family treatment courts in van buren county (MI) - van buren county courts (VBCC) proposes to expand the treatment & recovery support services available to participants enrolled in…

Enhancing adult & family treatment courts in van buren county (MI) - van buren county courts (VBCC) proposes to expand the treatment & recovery support services available to participants enrolled in the ATC, FTC, & sobriety court programs in van buren county (MI). All three treatment court programs have been in operation since 2008, 2012, & 2017 respectively. The population of focus is adults (18+) with a substance use or cooccurring disorder involved with the criminal justice (ATC & sobriety court) or child welfare system (FTC) & at high-risk of recidivism. The proposed project has four goals: 1) expand participants' access to treatment services in van buren county; 2) expand participants' access to recovery support services; 3) increase the capacity of the programs to meet the needs of participants; & 4) conduct an annual process & outcome evaluation of the project. In order to accomplish these goals, participants will be screened & assessed using tools validated for the target population, for SUD, COD, primary & behavioral health conditions, trauma, & criminogenic risk/need. Participants will receive coordinated case management services, mobile drug testing, integrated evidence-based treatment services (including FDA-approved medications, culturally appropriate curricula, language assistance), harm reduction services, recovery support services, & peer recovery support services. With regard to treatment services, participants will have access to act, DBT, matrix model, CBT, gender-specific trauma curricula (seeking safety & helping men recover), gender-specific criminal thinking curricula (i.e., MRT & moving on), culturally appropriate curricula (HEAT/her), parenting classes, etc. In terms of program capacity building, VBCC will convene quarterly steering committee meetings of program staff & stakeholders, as well as representatives from community partner agencies to identify strategies for meeting the needs of participants. In addition, staff & stakeholders will receive training on substance use trends, harm reduction principles, culturally appropriate services, etc. Finally, treatment court staff will attend professional development/training opportunities (e.g., all rise, michigan association of treatment court professionals (MATCP), discipline-specific training) to increase their knowledge/skills in working with the target population. This project also seeks to expand upon the existing program evaluation model to include an examination of racial/ethnic & gender disparities in terms of program referrals, enrollments, individuals retained, & graduations. Thus, the evaluation will also include an examination of the larger criminal justice & child welfare system processes & intercept points. The proposed project will serve 60 individuals per year across the five-year grant period. Thus, a total of 300 adults will be served with grant funds.