Chart II-L-1: Program Costs Per Client/Family: Juvenile and Family Drug Courts

Chart II-L-1: Program Costs Per Client/Family: Juvenile and Family Drug Courts

Jurisdiction

Juv

Fam

<$500

$501-900

$901-1200

$1201-1500

$1501-1800

$1801-2100

$2101-2500

$2501-3000

$3001-3500

$3501-4000

Over 4000

Birmingham

Phoenix

Auburn

French camp

San Jose

Wilmington

Bartow

Orlando

Pensacola (family)

Pensacola (juvenile)

Tampa

Chicago

Louisville

Benton

New Jersey

Las Cruces

Duckwater

Las Vegas

Reno

Lancaster (juvenile)

Lancaster (family)

Charleston

Salt Lake City

2. Fees assessed

Approximately one quarter of the juvenile drug courts assess a participation fee which the juvenile must pay in order to graduate. These fees range from $ 30 per day for detox in Tampa (usually up to three days but sliding scale applies) to $ 1,050 in San Francisco. In Missoula, the fee is assessed for urinalysis costs. In Duckwater, the fee is assessed only on non-tribal members. Several jurisdictions apply the fee to participants on a sliding scale basis.

3. Funding Sources

Approximately half of the reporting juvenile drug courts have received federal funding, most of which has come from the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Courts Program Office. Several programs have also received federal funds from the Bureau of Justice Assistance Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Program; the Comprehensive Communities Program; and the Byrne Memorial Block Grant Program. Approximately one quarter of the programs have received state funds and twenty percent have received local funds. Only three programs (Tulare County; Greenfield and Charleston) indicate receipt of medicaid and/or insurance reimbursement funds for drug court services. One program (Reno) has received funds from a private foundation. A summary of the funding sources used by the reporting juvenile and family drug courts is provided in Chart II-L-2 which follows.

Chart II-L-2(1): Juvenile Drug Court Funding Sources

State	Jurisdiction	Serious Problems	How Resolved
AL	Birmingham	Drug Court has out grown the capacity of treatment providers	Added staff for secondary prevention and treatment readiness groups
AZ	Phoenix	Little or no financing - involving the families
CA	Auburn	1)Consistent parental involvement 2)Communication between P.O./Case Manager with treatment provider 3)Identifying what population is appropriate	Not yet resolved
CA	EL Dorado	From a Probation standpoint, referring qualified participants to the program has been an issue; at this time our number of participants is low.	We are re-evaluating our criteria for the program in referring appropriate minors.
CA	San Francisco	No significant impediment to planning
CA	San Jose	lack of resources	have not been
DE	Wilmington	freeing up enough judge time waiting list - more clients than resources family participation in treatment with some clients is non-existent	additional judicial pressure from/at intake process improved family participation
FL	Bartow	Ensuring family participation.	Still working on it.
FL	Ft. Lauderdale	Establishing the criteria for eligibility - than creating an incentive for juvenile participation in drug court	still being addressed
FL	Jacksonville	Female Prostitutes Dual Diagnosed Clients
FL	Key West	understaffed developing policies and procedures for treatment that meet the needs of families. Judge understanding things like under funding. Working with families who have limited parenting skills and who use drugs and alcohol	1) closer relationship with the school and business community 2) educating the community that juvenile drug court is a viable option for youth who have been assessed to having a substance abuse problem. 3) to develop resources for youth who have drug charges but do not use
FL	Orlando	1) Lack of client cooperation 2) Low referral rates	#1 Clients can be court ordered to participate #2 Expand criteria for admission
FL	Pensacola (juvenile)	The largest problem has been the merging of the Family Intervention Specialist and treatment.	Continual meetings and assessment.
FL	Tampa	We did not encounter any serious problems. We were fortunate to have 5 years experience with two adult drug courts.	This year we have a few minor problems caused by a (drastic) change in State Attorney staff. These are being worked out by the team continuing to offer "invitations" (& regrets) to all of out team meetings & letting them know we feel that are an important team member.
IL	Chicago	1. Motivating an essentially pre-adjudicated population 2. Convincing marijuana/alcohol users they have substance addiction issues	1. Potential solutions are being explored. 2. Work with treatment providers.
KY	Louisville	Getting referrals	Still working on it with the Department of Juvenile Justice
MT	Missoula	1. Coordination with state program utilized by Youth Drug Court including access to services. 2. Working with conduct disorder youth 3. Finding jobs for juveniles	1. Closer working relationships with program 2. Utilizing group treatment homes 3. Working with job training programs
NM	Las Cruces	The county wants control, we want program judicial/court oversight	A.O.C. awarded grant to District Court
NV	Duckwater	Interaction with juveniles in program	Not sure they have been.
NV	Las Vegas	Funding of treatment	Funding from State
OH	Lancaster	1. We initially gave you a choice to participate: this was effective because most of the youth chose no to (due to length of program & stringent rules). The judge is now ordering participation based on recommendations of counselors, P.O.'s 2. Due to the confidentiality ruling for all court hearings, we devised a form that juveniles/parents must sign waiving confidentiality during status hearings. 3. Space requirements for Drug Court staff 4. Lack of time for team staffings; we are attempting to modify our schedules in order to accommodate this. 5. Educating other staff, and dealing with resentment from other staff. Has become necessary to have frequent meetings and educate them, involve them in process.	Within each explanation
SC	Charleston	a)minor procedural changes b)goal to become more efficient	Frequent meetings - talking out problems, brainstorming
UT	Salt Lake City	Funding--non grant funding	Continue to seek permanent funding

Chart V- C (2): Most Serious Implementation Problems Encountered and Their Resolution: Family Drug Courts

State	Jurisdiction	Serious Problems	How Resolved
MA	Greenfield	Incentives for parents and their attorneys
NY	Central Islip	Since this is not a criminal court OJP $ is not available.	Local County legislature and county executive appropriated start up funding.

D. Modifications and/or Enhancements Planned for Juvenile or Family Drug Courts

Respondents were asked to indicate what modifications and/or enhancements, if any, they anticipated making in their juvenile drug court programs during future years. Although some programs did not have sufficient operational experience to yet note needed modifications, a number of programs responded with the following comments:

Chart V-D(1): Modifications and/or Enhancements Planned: Juvenile Drug Courts

State	Jurisdiction	Modifications/Enhancement Planned
AL	Birmingham	We would like to serve low-level violent offenders who have substance issues and are not complying with Juvenile TASC
AZ	Phoenix	Hope to expand with federally funded grant
CA	Auburn	School sanctions, employment/school required for 18 year old participants, inclusion of family counseling as a requirement of program
CA	EL Dorado	It is too early to know at this time.
CA	French camp	1. Acupuncture component 2. "Family Wellness Counseling
CA	San Francisco	Addition of more family workers and a family pieces
CA	San Jose	Expansion, mentorship program, self evaluation tool, possibly get our own day treatment program
CA	Tulare	Plan to create a Family Drug Court Program to service cases in juvenile dependency.
FL	Bartow	Addition of a drug testing lab on site
FL	Jacksonville	Provide serves for Dually Diagnosed participants
FL	Orlando	Expansion into other counties in Central Florida; gain local funding to continue the program.
FL	Pensacola (juvenile)	The juvenile treatment program is being re-written. A more holistic treatment approach is being developed. The integration of computers and study time with treatment is being addressed.
FL	Tampa	We will possibly look towards expanding our program to include post adjudication cases, also adding additional treatment alternatives, more incentives to phases (& graduation) & work towards developing a more comprehensive job placement component.
IL	Chicago	1. Develop More Girls' Programming. 2. Develop Supplemental specific issue groups.
MT	Missoula	1. Enlarge literacy volunteer program and better interface with school. 2. Work to educate and expand community support 3. Implement computerized tracking of UA's and program performance
NJ	Jersey City	nothing yet
NM	Las Cruces	Extend time juveniles participate Further develop all components Enhance funding opportunities
NV	Duckwater	Create an Adolescent NA/AA program on the reservation.
NV	Las Vegas	Hiring a Drug Court Coordinator
OH	Lancaster	1. Increased parental insolvent through groups, education. 2. More immediate drug testing. 3. Developing mentor program with graduates who have remained substance-free. 4. Enhancement of education/vocational training through our Alternative School. 5. Securing additional space for out Drug Court.
SC	Charleston	1) Increase family counseling 2) More school involvement 3) Extra curriculum activities 4) More positive sanctions
UT	Salt Lake City	More extensive pre and post testing

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