Growth Works Inc

REDUCING RECIDIVISM AND IMPROVING OUTCOMES FOR ADULTS WITH SUD AND/OR CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS THROUGH ADULT TREATMENT DRUG COURTS. - GROWTH WORKS, A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) TREATMENT PROVIDER, AND THE ADULT TREATMENT COURTS FROM THE 16TH, 17TH, AND 23RD DISTRICT COURTS IN WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN, HAVE COME TOGETHER TO EXPAND TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ADULTS EXPERIENCING LEGAL CONTACT RELATED TO THEIR SUBSTANCE USE. UNDER THIS PROJECT, THE PARTNERS HAVE SET A GOAL TO SERVE A MINIMUM OF 220 ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS THROUGH THE TREATMENT COURT OVER THE SPAN OF FIVE YEARS. THE PROJECT AIMS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO TREATMENT SERVICES FOR COURT-INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS AND IMPROVE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM TO BETTER SERVE INDIVIDUALS WITH SUD, CO-OCCURRING, AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS. THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS CALLED REDUCING RECIDIVISM AND IMPROVING OUTCOMES FOR ADULTS WITH SUD AND CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS THROUGH TREATMENT DRUG COURTS. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO EXPAND ACCESS TO TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES TO REDUCE INCARCERATION AND RECIDIVISM, AND IT WILL SERVE ALL ELIGIBLE ADULTS IN THE THREE PARTNERED TREATMENT COURTS. UPON REFERRAL FROM A TREATMENT COURT, GROWTH WORKS WILL PROVIDE COMMUNITY-BASED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT UTILIZING EVIDENCE-BASED THERAPEUTIC BEST PRACTICES IN INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP SETTINGS AS WELL AS PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES TO ALLOW FOR A COMPREHENSIVE SPECTRUM OF CARE SUPPORTING IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE AND REDUCING THE RISK OF RECIDIVISM AND RELAPSE. ALL CLINICAL STAFF AND PEER COACHES HAVE THE REQUIRED EDUCATION, LICENSURE, AND CERTIFICATION RELATED TO THEIR POSITIONS. COLLABORATIVE PROCESSES BETWEEN GROWTH WORKS AND THE PARTNERED COURTS RELATED TO COMMUNICATION, DATA COLLECTION, TRAINING, AND QUALITY REVIEW WILL ALSO SUPPORT THE GOALS OF THIS PROJECT AND THE INDIVIDUALS SERVED BY IT. KEY TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT IS A FOCUS ON PROVIDING DIVERSE AND EQUITABLE SERVICES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS. BOTH GROWTH WORKS AND THE DISTRICT COURTS HAVE ESTABLISHED POLICY TO SERVE INDIVIDUALS FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS OF DIFFERENT RACES, ETHNICITY, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, SEXUAL IDENTITY, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY, RELIGIONS, OR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUSES. IN ADDITION, THE PARTNERED AGENCIES ALSO STRIVE TO MAINTAIN STAFF WITH DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND PROVIDE TRAINING AND EXPERIENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. GREAT EFFORT HAS ALSO BEEN PUT FORTH BY THE COURTS TO ENSURE THE EQUITABLE PROCESSES FOR SCREENING POTENTIAL PARTICIPANTS. THE PROJECT HAS SET A GOAL TO SERVE 35 PARTICIPANTS IN ITS FIRST YEAR, 40 PARTICIPANTS IN YEARS TWO AND THREE, AND 50 PARTICIPANTS IN YEAR FOUR, AND FOR THE LAST YEAR, THE PARTNERS HAVE AGREED TO SERVICE 55 CLIENTS. IN TOTAL, THE 220 PARTICIPANTS WILL BE GIVEN FREE TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES BECAUSE OF THE FUNDS OF THIS GRANT OPPORTUNITY.

THE GRANTS TO SUPPORT FAMILIES IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM PROGRAM (REFERRED TO AS THE JUSTICE FOR FAMILIES PROGRAM) WAS AUTHORIZED IN THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2013 TO IMPROVE THE RESPONSE OF THE CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM TO FAMILIES WITH A HISTORY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING, OR IN CASES INVOLVING ALLEGATIONS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE. THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES FOR IMPROVING THE CAPACITY OF COURTS AND COMMUNITIES TO RESPOND TO FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THE TARGETED CRIMES: COURT-BASED AND COURT-RELATED PROGRAMS; SUPERVISED VISITATION AND SAFE EXCHANGE BY AND BETWEEN PARENTS; TRAINING FOR PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH FAMILIES IN THE COURT SYSTEM; CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES; AND THE PROVISION OF RESOURCES IN JUVENILE COURT MATTERS. PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY THE JUSTICE FOR FAMILIES PROGRAM ARE THOSE THAT FOCUS ON KEEPING VICTIMS AND THEIR CHILDREN SAFE FROM FURTHER ABUSE AND HOLDING OFFENDERS ACCOUNTABLE. THROUGH THIS NEW JUSTICE FOR FAMILIES PROJECT, GROWTH WORKS, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FIRST STEP AND THE THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT OF MICHIGAN, WILL IMPLEMENT A STANDARD PROJECT ADDRESSING THE FOLLOWING PURPOSE AREAS: 1) SUPERVISED VISITATION AND SAFE EXCHANGE; 3) TRAINING FOR COURT-BASED AND COURT-RELATED PERSONNEL; AND 8) TRAINING WITHIN THE CIVIL JUSTICE SYSTEM FOR WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN. SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE: 1) HIRING A 1.0 FTE CASE MANAGER AND TWO PART-TIME PROGRAM MONITORS TO PROVIDE SAFE VISITATION AND EXCHANGES TO FAMILIES IMPACTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; AND 2) DEVELOPING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TRAININGS FOR JUDGES, COURT PERSONNEL, AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS SUPPORTING SURVIVORS INVOLVED WITH THE CIVIL JUSTICE SYSTEM.