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: Enhancing public safety, ensuring

participant accountability, and reducing costs to society system

FDTC Team

FDTC – comprehensive and inclusive collaboration between core team members: 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

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

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 Contempt – 90 days county jail, stayed;

participant is allowed to purge the contempt without serving time with compliance of rules

After Primary Treatment 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 Updated Rule 25/CD Assessment; 48

hours jail; detention or work release

After Primary Treatment Updated Rule 25 assessment; 5 days jail;

detention or work release

Sanction – 3rd Incident

Before and During Primary Treatment Updated Rule 25/CD Assessment; 48

hours jail; detention or work release

After Primary Treatment Updated Rule 25/CD Assessment; 10 days

jail; detention or work release

Sanctions – 4th Incident

Before and During Primary Treatment Updated Rule 25/CD Assessment; Hold in

jail; detention or work release pending placement in recommended treatment

After Primary Treatment 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 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