Pinellas drug dependency court expansion - populations served: pinellas county, on behalf of florida's sixth judicial circuit, is requesting funding in response to FOA no

TI-19-004, to enhance services for drug-involved parents participating in the pinellas dependency drug court (DDC) over five years (2024-2029), particularly those with neurotrauma. The population of focus is drug-involved adults (18+) residing in pinellas county that meet american society of addiction medicine (ASAM) criteria for outpatient substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5) criteria for SUD. These adults must have either a dependency adjudication or an open CPI case where the child maltreatment or neglect is due to parental SUD. Strategies/interventions: the purpose of the proposed project is to expand services in the existing DDC to offer an enhanced treatment drug court model, community-based SUD treatment, and recovery support services (RSS) to drug-involved parents and their families in pinellas county, including enhanced services for those experiencing neurotrauma. DDC is proposing to add a voluntary pre-petition track for families where a removal has not occurred, but where a CPI case is open related to parental substance use. The proposed treatment provider, westcare gulfcoast-florida, INC., will deliver the following evidence-based practices: cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing/motivational enhancement therapy, relapse prevention, living in balance, seeking safety, helping women recover/helping men recover, and nurturing parenting. Goals (G) and objectives (O): G-1: increase the availability of, access to, and engagement in evidence-based treatment services to reduce substance use and recidivism of drug-involved parents. O-1.1: provide outpatient SUD treatment and RSS to 175 unduplicated adults (35/YR). O-1.2: 60% of participants will complete treatment as evidenced by discharge status. O-1.3: 85% of participants will complete the aftercare component. O-1.4: 80% completing treatment will be substance free during the 30 days prior to discharge, and 70% of those will remain substance free at 6-months post admission. O-1.5: 80% completing treatment will not be RE-arrested while in the program, and 60% will not recidivate at 6-months post intake. G-2: reduce the behavioral and social consequences related to substance use/misuse by increasing access to and availability of recovery support services. O-2.1: 80% of participants completing services who have anxiety, depression, or trauma symptoms at intake will exhibit fewer symptoms at discharge, and 70% of those will maintain at 6-months post admission. O-2.2: 90% of participants completing services and not having stable living arrangement at intake will have stable living arrangements at discharge, and 70% of those will maintain at 6-months post intake. O-2.3: 80% of participants completing services will have improved social connectedness at discharge, and 70% of those will maintain at 6-months post intake. O-2.4: 60% of those participating in educational (ED)/vocational (VOC) activities will be employed or enrolled in ED/VOC training at discharge, and 70% will complete their ED/training, or remain employed at 6-months post admission. G-3: improve the mental, behavioral, and social functioning among parents and families participating in DDC. O-3.1: 90% of DDC parents in nurturing parenting sessions will improve their parenting and child-rearing attitudes. O-3.2: 90% of parents will not generate any new child maltreatment reports prior to discharge, and 70% will not generate new reports at 6-months post-admissions. O-3.3: incidents of parental rights terminations will decrease by 20% among parents completing treatment. O-3.4: 60% of children removed from their homes will be returned to their families, when appropriate, by completion. O-3.5: 70% of families will regain permanent custody of their children within 12-15 months of enrollment.