Transcript Family Drug Court - University of Minnesota Duluth

Family Dependency
Treatment Court
An Introduction
Contents
 Purpose and Goal
 FDTC Team
 Participants
 Phases – Goals, Expectations,
Advancement
 Incentives
 Sanctions
Purpose - Goal
 Promote recovery through a coordinated
response to participants dependent on
alcohol and other drugs
 Improve outcomes for alcohol and other
drug addicted individuals in the courts
through collaboration, thereby:
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Enhancing public safety, ensuring
participant accountability, and reducing
costs to society system
FDTC Team
 FDTC – comprehensive and inclusive
collaboration between core team members:
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Judge
Drug Court Coordinator
County Attorney/Prosecutor
Public Defender
Probation Officer/Social Worker
Law Enforcment
Chemical Dependency Expert/Clinical
Tribal
Participants
 Currently open in CHIPS Court
 Screened by the FDTC Team
 Volunteers to participate in good faith
 Signs terms of participation
Phase One Goals
 Assessments
 Detoxification
 Primary Treatment
 Put into practice recovery skills and
relapse prevention skills
Phase One Expectations
 Absolute sobriety
 Cooperate w/daily call in & random UA’s
 Enter & complete primary Tx
 Begin aftercare plan + recommended
support group meetings
 Court attendance on time weekly
 Cooperate with team
 Establish & maintain chemical free home
Minimum Required To
Advance To Phase Two
 Successful completion of primary
treatment
 Minimum of 12 weeks documented clean
UA’s under family drug court-type regime
 Team recommendation
Phase Two Goals
 Continued sobriety
 Aftercare programming
 Re-integration into sober community
 Successful implementation of recovery
skills and relapse prevention skills
 Employment and/or schooling
Phase Two Expectations
 Absolute sobriety
 Enter into & complete aftercare programming
 Continue any recommended support group
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meetings
Cooperate w/daily call in and random UA’s
Court attendance on time every other week
Cooperate with team members
Make good faith effort to further employment
and/or schooling
Minimum Requirements to
Advance to Phase Three
 Participation in aftercare programming
 Minimum of 12 weeks documented clean
UA’s under family drug court regime
since advancement to phase two
 Team recommendation
Phase Three Goals
 Continued aftercare programming
 Cognitive Skills programming and sober
parenting programming if recommended
 Successful implementation of recovery
skills and relapse prevention skills
 Employment and/or schooling
 Be a sober role model for other family
drug court participants
Phase Three Expectations
 Absolute sobriety
 Complete cognitive skills or sober parenting
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programming
Cooperate w/daily call in & random UA’s
Court attendance on time every four weeks
Make a good faith effort to further employment
and/or schooling
Cooperate with team
Model sober behaviors for other family drug
court participants
Minimum Requirements to
Advance and Graduate
 Successful completion of aftercare
programming
 Successful completion of cognitive skills
or sober parenting programming if
recommended
 Complete 52 weeks sobriety as
documented by clean UA’s under family
drug court regime
Incentives
 Praise/recognition by the Court
 Gift certificates
 Bus passes
 Treatment medallions
 Certificates of accomplishment
 Clothing vouchers
 Gas cards,
 Respite care
 Recognition of birthdays; birthdays of children
Sanctions
 Graduation from FDC requires 52 weeks
of clean UA’s
 Any positive UA or documented use –
back to phase one reporting
 Any failure to call in for a UA, failure to
report for a UA or failure to provide a UA
will be deemed a positive UA and will
result in sanctions.
Sanction – 1st Incident
 Before or During Primary Treatment
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Contempt – 90 days county jail, stayed;
participant is allowed to purge the
contempt without serving time with
compliance of rules
 After Primary Treatment
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Contempt – 90 days county jail, stayed; if
previous contempt then updated Rule 25
and 48 hours in jail
Sanction – 2nd Incident
 Before and During Primary Treatment
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Updated Rule 25/CD Assessment; 48
hours jail; detention or work release
 After Primary Treatment
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Updated Rule 25 assessment; 5 days jail;
detention or work release
Sanction – 3rd Incident
 Before and During Primary Treatment
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Updated Rule 25/CD Assessment; 48
hours jail; detention or work release
 After Primary Treatment
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Updated Rule 25/CD Assessment; 10 days
jail; detention or work release
Sanctions – 4th Incident
 Before and During Primary Treatment
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Updated Rule 25/CD Assessment; Hold in
jail; detention or work release pending
placement in recommended treatment
 After Primary Treatment
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Updated Rule 25/CD Assessment; 15 days
jail; detention or work release
Sanctions - Thereafter
 Additional drug or alcohol use dealt with
on an individual basis
 Termination from Family Drug Court
program
 Report of unsuccessful completion to the
CHIPS Court Judge
Sanctions - Intermediate
 Failure to report to: Court, SW, Rule 25,
Programs
 Late report to: Court, treatment, or Court
ordered appointments
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May include but not limited to: reprimand from
judge, implementation of curfew, detention/jail time,
STS or other volunteer hours, increased BA’s/UA’s,
increased Court appearances, increased
monitoring by SW, increased support groups, or
electronic monitoring or Drug Court UA/BA pager