# Presentation: 708867

## Fourth Judicial CircuitDependency Drug Court

**330 East Bay Street**
**Jacksonville, Florida 32202**
**(904) 357-8086**

**Honorable Donald R. Moran, Jr.**
**Chief Judge**

## MISSION STATEMENT 

**To assist and encourage adult and**
**juvenile participants in their substance**
**abuse rehabilitation process through**
**constructive and innovative court**
**supervision.**
**To enhance the participants lives **
**Through sobriety support programs, **
**educational incentives, employment and**
**family reunification.**

## HISTORY

**Dependency Drug Court began in May 2003 by a collaboration of the courts, community substance abuse treatment providers, the State of Florida, Community Based Care Providers and other agencies.**
**The Duval County Dependency Drug Court presiding Circuit Court Judges are Linda McCallum and ****	****W. Gregg McCaulie.  The Hearing Officers are Lester Bass and Kathryn Boone.  **

## Overview 

**Dependency Drug Court is designed to intervene with: **
**Intensive substance abuse treatment**
**Legal accountability**
**Ancillary resources needed to ensure permanent lifestyle change**
**This is achieved through:**
**Weekly judicial monitoring**
**Case management**
**Upon successful graduation from the program, the**
**court may reinstate parental custody**

## PROGRAM FLOW

## Treatment phases

**PHASE I: ****Day Treatment**
**PHASE II: ****Intensive Residential**
**PHASE III:  ****Intensive Strength-Based Drug Treatment and Life Skills Development**
**PHASE IV:  ****Aftercare**

**Notes:**
Phase I:  Day Treatment
Four (4) hours per day, four (4) days per week for four (4) to six (6) weeks

Phase II: Residential Treatment
Four (4) hours per day, three (3) days per week for two weeks and two (2) days per week for two weeks, for four (4) weeks

Phase III: Intensive Strength-Based Drug Treatment and Life Skills Development
Approximately one and one half (1.5) hours per day, one (1) day per week for up to thirty-nine (39) weeks

Phase IV: Aftercare
Two (2) hours a week, every week for up to six (6) weeks

## Collaborative process

**Bi-Monthly Drug Court Review**
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**Participation in the Dependency Drug Court Substance Abuse Treatment Program**
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**Community Based Care Providers**
**Bi-Annual Judicial Review**

**Notes:**
Bi-monthly Judicial Review
Client appears before Hearing Officer for review of progress in their recovery

Participation in the Dependency Drug Court Treatment Program
Bi-weekly random drug screens
Attendance at all required sessions to include but not limited to group therapy, individual sessions, family therapy, vocational rehab and parenting classes
Mandatory attendance at 12-Step Sobriety Support Program meetings

Community Based Care Providers
Development of Individualized Case Plan targeting family reunification
Including but not limited to: Intense case management, home visits, child visitation

## Outcome

**Drug Free Life**
**Employment**
**Improved Parenting Skills **
**Substance Abuse Treatment Program Completion and Graduation**
**Successful Completion of all Case Plan Requirements**
**Family Reunification**
**Termination of State Supervision**

## Questions & answers