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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 392 Draft 01 2006-2008 Mii os NVi ,~Bi COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII Of ~M~~ RESOLUTION NO. 3~2 O~ RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PURSUANT TO HRS 46-7, FOR THE COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES (COPS) METHAMPHETAMINE INITIATIVE GRANT WHEREAS, the Big Island Drug Court (BIDC) is a collaborative effort of judiciary, probation, prosecutors, public defenders and treatment providers to help address societal problems related to substance abuse by providing timely and effective treatment for drug offenders with appropriate sanctions and incentives. WHEREAS, the crystal methamphetamine problem is devastating Hawaii diverse ethnic, socio-economic, cultural and geographic arenas; and WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) has approved funding for the County of Hawai'i's Methamphetamine Initiative Program; and WHEREAS, the County of Hawai'i's Office of the Prosecuting Attorney had applied for the funds to improve the Drug Court's efforts to more effectively intervene and engage the methamphetamine offender in a timely manner; and WHEREAS, current personnel limitations within the prosecutors and public defenders offices, coupled with police backlogs and court delays, allow meth users to continue their drug usage while out on bail or until they are incarcerated; and WHEREAS, other meth related problems and issues that will be addressed with this grant are 1) delays in screening and charging meth cases that are referred by the police, 2) need for monitoring and support after graduation from the formal Big Island Drug Court program, 3) development of relapse prevention and intervention strategies through evaluation of current practices, 4) additional training and technical assistance, and 5) increased capacity for Big Island Drug Court; and WHEREAS, funding provided by this grant, which the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney will administer, also benefits the Hawaii State Judiciary and the Office of the Public Defender; and WHEREAS, to improve the efforts in Drug Court, the Meth Initiative Program will fund the creation of one (1) paralegal position for the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney and one for the Office of the Public Defender; will create two (2) probation officers for the Big Island Drug Court; will provide substance abuse treatment and drug testing for twenty (20) new additional clients that will be admitted to the program; will allow the BIDC team to attend the Annual National Association of Drug Court Professionals Workshop; and will provide on-site education and technical assistance training for criminal justice and treatment professionals; and WHEREAS, Hawaii Revised Statutes, Section 46-7, requires that county departments obtain the consent of the council to enter into agreements with the federal or state governments respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by law to furnish, expend, and receive any funds or other assistance in connection with projects being or to be undertaken pursuant to those powers. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII, in accordance with section 46-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, that the Mayor of the County of Hawaii is authorized to execute, on behalf of the County, an agreement and related documents, to enable the County to use the COPS Meth Initiative Grant funds to implement the programs as described in the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney's executive summary and project description submitted as part of its application, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit "A". BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk of the County of Hawaii shall transmit copies of this resolution to the Office of the Mayor, the Finance Department, and the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney. Dated at xona ,Hawaii, this 2otb day of November , 2007. INTRODUCED BY: COUNCIL MEMBE CO T OF HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE County of Hawaii Hilo, Hawaii AYES NOES ABS EX FORD I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by the wGA X vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of HoFFMANN X the County of Hawaii on November 20, 2007 JKEDA X JACOBSON y, ATTEST NAEOLE X PILAGO X YAGONG X YOSHIMO'f0 X 8 0 1 0 ' Reference C-767/F'C -195 ~COt~'IWT~CLERK CHAIRMAN& ~~SIDIN~FFICER RESOLUTION NO. `~92 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Funding provided by this grant will address the gaps and barriers identified by the Big Island Drug Court Planning Team to more effectively intervene and engage the methamphetamine using offender. The following are needed to improve our efforts in Drug Court to break the bondage of meth and eliminate its grasp in our community. 1. Two probation officers -one for East Hawaii and one for West Hawaii for the Big Island Drug Court (BIDC) to provide intensive supervision of meth users through their probationary period following "graduation" from Drug Court. 2. Substance abuse treatment and drug testing for twenty (20) new additional clients that will be admitted to the program. 3. Two paralegal positions -one for the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney and one for the Public Defender's Office. The position in the Prosecutor's Office will help coordinate law enforcement efforts by streamlining the flow of communication and information between agencies and will improve efficiency and effectiveness in processing and handling meth related cases. The position in the Public Defender's Office will assist in identifying potential BIDC clients, processing of admission requests, developing necessary administrative and clerical tracking systems of BIDC applicants and participants and assist BIDC assigned deputy public defender with technical and legal issues arising out of the legal representation of clients involved in the BIDC. 4. BIDC team attendance at the Annual National Association of Drug Court Professionals Workshop to provide them information on the current practices and emerging trends in the treatment of addiction, such as co-occurring mental health disorders. 5. On-site education and technical assistance training for criminal justice and treatment professionals to review emerging evidence-based practices for the meth offender with mental illness or drug-driven violence. This project will address the needs of the meth user as well as insure the safety of this community. The BIDC new participant capacity will increase in East and West Hawaii and enforcement will be enhanced by thoughtful, expedited prosecution of meth laws and defense case evaluation. EXHIBIT "A" PROJECT DESCRIPTION A. PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND JUSTIFICATION The Crystal methamphetamine problem is devastating Hawaii's diverse ethnic, socio-economic, cultural and geographic azenas. Meth drug arrests in Hawaii County have exploded since 1998, from 58 to 668 in 2005. Although the arrests for meth on the Island of Hawaii shows a steady increase since 1998 from 58, with a dramatic jump in 2005 to 668, there has been a reduction in 2004, when Big Island Drug Court was fully staffed. On January 28, 2000, the Chief Justice of the State of Hawaii, Ronald T. Moon, signed a Supreme Court of Appointment creating a Drug Coordinating Committee to assist in planning, and enhancing drug courts throughout the State to address this problem. In Mazch of 2000, Chief Judge Ronald Ibarra of the Third Circuit, submitted an application with letters of commitments from key community stakeholders expressing their willingness to complete the training and to follow through with the planning and implementation. Since December 2000, the Big Island Drug Court Planning Team consisting of eleven (11) members which include a judge, prosecutor, public defender and treatment provider from the East and West side of the island, aMIS/evaluator, coordinator and police representative has met monthly to plan, develop and implement a drug court program for the Big Island. Throughout the process, the Planning Team has developed a strong collaboration to develop partnerships with each other, other stakeholders, and the community at lazge. However, this partnership has been challenged by the geography of Hawaii County known as the "Big Island", which encompasses 4,000 square miles, having several heavily populated azeas, one in Hilo in East Hawaii, and Kona in West Hawaii. The two and half hour drive between the two felony circuit courthouses, the rural nature of the community, the dispersed residences of the meth users, the decentralization ofthe probation services, the distance and separate locations for the police investigate services, prosecution services, and public defender services for East versus West Hawaii, and the different service providers, who serve different parts of the island, make the coordination of the team effort for this Big Island Drug Court a management challenge. Big Island Drug Court currently has four days set aside for drug court calendazs and staffings. From February 2001 to October 2001, the drug court planning team attended and completed three (3) training tracks under the Adult Drug Court Planning Initiative. In October 2002, the Big Island Drug Court (BIDC) of the Third Circuit, implemented operation island wide (Hilo and Kona) providing a continuum of comprehensive services, substance abuse treatment and intensive judicial supervision to fifty (50) non-violent adult substance abusing offenders. Presently, the BIDC services a hundred (100) adult defendants island wide. From Januazy 2003 to August 2003, the drug court planning team attended and completed three (3) training tracks under the Juvenile Drug Court Planning Initiative. In March of 2005, the BIDC of the Third Circuit, implemented operation island wide (Hilo and Kona) providing a continuum of comprehensive services, substance abuse treatment and intensive judicial supervision to sixteen (16) juvenile participants. Since the implementation ofboth the adult and juvenile drug court program here on the Island of Hawaii, 95% of the clients admitted into the program were meth users. Hawaii has a methamphetamine epidemic. However, the Big Island Drug Court and its partners have proven that the Drug Court model with an active planning teazn have been an effective intervention to protect the community by keeping high risk drug offenders clean and sober, as well as insuring that drug court participants develop the chazacteristics of law abiding citizens. The criminal recidivism rate for the graduates is less than 2%, which is well below the national average. The relapse rate may be higher, but this data has not been effectively documented, because of the current lack of verifiable means. While in drug court, meth offenders are law abiding, pay their restitution, give back to their community through community service, obtain at least a high school equivalency, are employed, have stable residences, and re-establish relationships with their non-drug using family and friends. The grant funding would address the gaps and barriers identified by the Big Island Drug Court Planning Team to more effectively intervene and engage the meth using offender in a timely manner. Current personnel limitations within the prosecutors and public defenders offices, coupled with police backlogs and court delays, allow meth users to continue their drug usage while out on bail or until they are incarcerated. Meaningful treatment intervention is delayed as well. Another gap that grant funding would cover is that after the participant's "graduation" from Big Island Drug Court, an appropriate method of monitoring and support, when needed, will continue the law abiding behaviors and attitudes that were reinforced by personal achievements and a changed positive life while in drug court. Other meth related problems that will be addressed with this grant are: Delays: There is a systematic delay in screening and chazging meth cases that aze referred by the police, as compared to arrested and changed immediately. Although most meth cases aze arrested and charged, one quarter to one half aze referred. Currently, there is an estimated five month backlog within the police depaztment before a meth case is screened by the prosecutors. A meth offender's case must be screened and changed before the offender will be screened for drug court eligibility. Court delays and personnel shortages within the office of the public defender create a lag time before an offender is admitted into drug court and treated if eligible. The additional personnel within the offices of the public defenders and prosecutors will minunize these delays. Need for monitoring and support after graduation from the formal Big Island Drug Court ro am. Approximately 95% of the drug court clients are admitted meth users. The extremely addictive nature of the drug requires extraordinary vigilance, especially where most of the current drug court participants aze traditional courts' "probation failures" and have had some previous drug treatment attempt. With this grant, additional probation officers would be able to supervise additional meth users, who have graduated but remain on probationary status, and who would have otherwise been rejected if this grant would not be available. Development of relapse prevention and intervention strategies through evaluation of current practices based upon data collection and current reseazch in the field comparing strategies used in traditional courts compazed to those used in drug court. Monitoring those who have graduated from drug court, but remain on probation, will generate data that will provide information and guidance to develop or establish a system or `treatment" that could be used for future graduates. Appropriate data collection, review, and evaluation should be kept for all the meth offenders to compare responses to those similazly situated. The Big Island Drug Court evaluator can assist the Planning Team with future strategies for Big Island Drug Court. The strategies developed for those defendants receiving traditional treatment interventions could be enhanced by the drug court methods to prevent future relapses and recidivism, but at a lower cost than drug court. This project will be able to provide the system with information that will be helpful in dealing with meth users who are in drug court and who aze in traditional court for comparison. The project will also provide the information and system for related matters such as mental health and domestic violence issues in meth users. Additional training and technical assistance are needed to assist the Big Island Drug Court Planning Team in the formulation of appropriate system response to emerging gaps with the criminal justice response to meth offenders who have undetected mental health disorders or whose families want a continuing relationship with low level violent offender, whose violence appeazs to be drug-driven. Under this project, the existing collaboration of agencies and community networking, i.e. training, education, technical assistance, would continue. In this regazd, police officers, judges, prosecutors, public defenders, private attorneys, probation officers, treatment counselors, appropriate state/county and community agencies/organizations must be up to date in information and treatment modality. This can be achieved through regular training and workshops. Information sharing among collaborators to establish, develop and efficiently address future issues. Increased capacity for Big Island Dmg Court: With two (2) additional probation officers, twenty (20) new slots will expand the drug court program's current capacity to supervise meth users, especially those with previously, undiagnosed mental health issues. This grant will also provide necessary substance abuse treatments and other services for meth users, and drug testing to monitor abstinence and sobriety. Meth drug arrests were 58 in 1998, jumping to 159 in 1999, doubling to 414 in 2004, jumping to 668 azrests in 2005, then leveling off to 426 in 2006. Crystal Meth is the drug of choice for 414 Hawaii County residents who have been arrested in 2004 for crystal meth violations. (Source: Hawaii County Police Department, Hawaii Island Meth Initiative, 2004.) This represents a very high rate in comparison with the rest of the counties in the nation. Despite the very high arrest numbers, only a small numbers of meth users are admitted to Drug court because of program funding constraints. These meth users have not been monitored to determine the relationship between meth use and other violent crimes such as domestic violence, child endangerment, and other crimes. Likewise, meth users have not been monitored to determine the relationship between meth use and mental health issues. In this regard, approximately 95% of the drug court clients aze admitted meth users. It is uxIla~own at this time the percentage of non-drug court probationers who aze meth users. Data collection and evaluation with this project will help evaluate the factors establishing success of meth offenders, who do not have the intense probation supervision available through drug court. The following data will serve as the baseline for the performance measures of this project: Total number of adults accepted into program: 163 Total number of juveniles accepted into program: 20 Adults terminated from program: 16 Juveniles terminated from program: 0 Adults graduated: 53 Juveniles graduated: 6 Drug free babies born while in program: Adult - 8 Juvenile -1 Recidivism rate of graduates (new felony convictions): Adult -1.9% Juvenile - 0% B. PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES • To be able to address meth (substance abuse) problems through the collaboration of different agencies by providing timely and effective treatment for drug offenders with appropriate sanctions and incentives. • To be able to address the problems and the issues related to meth users and meth substance abuse, and to be able to enhance our capability to successfully and continually implement the projects and programs that have been started. • To be able to provide necessazy monitoring and support to meth users who have graduated from Drug Courts but remain on probation. • To provide the necessary monitoring and support to meth users who are at a very critical stage in their lives after graduation from the formal drug court program -that stage where they are tempted to, or into near relapse of meth use, or of going back to where they were before. • To increase personnel within the three drug court partners to identify the meth using offender earlier, expedite the screening and processing of the case throughout the entire process. From the current six -nine months, screening and chazging the offender within 60 days from the police referral of the case, and drug court eligibility screening and assessment to 30 days. • To develop tracking and appropriate data collection systems, and evaluation procedures of meth using offenders to provide the prosecutors, public defenders, and courts more detailed information to identify better strategies and responses to meth offenders and those affected by their substance abuse. The data collection could include those meth using offenders not admitted into Big Island Drug Court to better evaluate current eligibility requirements and drug court policies and procedures, and adopt modifications based upon data collected. • To provide training and technical assistance to enhance the current skills of probation officers and, additionally, assist the Big Island Drug Court Planning Team with areas that have emerged and need to be addressed through Big Island Drug Court Planning Team policies and procedures. For example, should an offender with co-existing conditions of meth abuse and mental illness be treated and supervised differently? Another example, should the Big Island Drug Court consider having a separate track for drug offenders who have a current misdemeanor violent offense when families request reunification and where the violence appears to beprimarilydrug-driven? What are the appropriate intervention and treatment strategies for meth offenders with drug driven violence? 1. Court's personnel and treatment funding objective under this project: Funding for two (2) additional probation officers (one [ 1 ]probation officer for East Hawaii and one [1] for West Hawaii) to provide the following services: a. Supervision of graduates who aze classified as meth users who remain on probationary status for aftercaze period as detennined by the court. In the past, clients that have graduated from the program and remain on probationary status have relapsed but not commit new crimes. These additional probation officers will assume the task of monitoring these clients until their probationary status is temunated by the court. Supervision of these clients will entail random drug testing and ongoing compliance monitoring. b. Probation officers will also assume case management of twenty (20) additional clients (10 for East Hawaii and 10 for West Hawaii) who aze meth users. If appropriate, these offenders may have mental health issues that were not diagnosed at the time of entry into the program or maybe first time abuse of family members/domestic abuse cases where meth was the contributing factor and the faznily is requesting to remain united. Substance abuse treatment for twenty (201 additional clients All of the Big Island Drug Court clients are required to be assessed by a certified substance abuse counselor and placed in an appropriate level of substance abuse treatment. The average cost for substance abuse treatment per client who has graduated is $7,398.00 which covered treatment levels from therapeutic living to aftercaze and individuaUfamilyeounseling sessions. Drug testing kits for 20 additional clients. Drug testing is mandatory as this is the only tool to determine whether a client is abstaining or drug free. On the average, a client that graduated from the program over a two (2) year period is tested approximately 200 times. 2. Funding to provide Education and Technical Assistance Training To Enhance Collaboration Between Local Law Enforcement Agency, Judges, Judicial Supervision, Community Treatment Providers and Community Agencies/Organizations Regarding Problem Solving and Effective Intervention with the Crystal Methamphetamine Drug and Users. A one (1) to two (2) day workshop to educate and offer TA to police officers, judges, prosecutors, public defenders, private attorneys, probation officers, treatment counselors, appropriate state/county and community agencies/organizations to enhance collaboration regazding problem solving and effective intervention of meth and the user within our communities. Paztnership development by collection and evaluation of data by all stakeholders based upon technical assistance received; development of strategies for appropriate interventions, etc. 3. Funding for the position of one full time pazalegal for the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney. 4. Funding for the position of one full time paralegal for the Office of the Public Defender This is to assist in the identification of potential BIDC clients, process admission requests, develop necessary administrative and clerical tracking systems of BIDC applicants and participants. The data gathered will be used to address future issues as they arise. The Mayor of Hawaii County and the Governor of Hawaii have waged a "war on ice." Drug Court has been seen statewide as an important intervention and treatment strategy to insure the public safety and to lower the socio-economic costs of the meth usage. The strategy incorporates building community and long-term partnerships to wage the "waz on ice" and breaking the meth bondage. The meth addict who goes through drug court has been given the tools and support to break free from the meth addiction, but only if the community continues to support and re-integrate the offender. The meth addict, remains an addict for the remainder of his life, but he chooses daily to be clean and sober and to live a law abiding life. The Big Island Drug Court and its many partners need to continue to develop strategies, polices and procedures, based upon monthly meetings, yearly trainings, collected data and appropriate evaluations. Adjustments must be made upon an on-going evidence based practices. The Big Island Drug Court participants and graduates have a far reaching "connection" to the people of the County and State of Hawaii, through family, friends, work associates, neighbors, and to the many looking at the success or failure of the participants and the drug court model itself. The funding of this project will assist the overall meth strategies that have been developed over the past four yeazs in Hawaii County through the "Healing Our Island" annual gatherings and Youth Builders' initiatives. Drug Court is a main piece in the overall strategy to reduce meth usage in Hawaii County. BiQ Island Drug Court Proogsam With additional funding, the Big Island Drug Court will have two (2) additional probation officers to monitor clients who aze classified as meth users that have graduated but remain on probationazy status until they aze terminated by the court. Without the additional probation officers, the program will not be able to accept new clients as the drug court officers will have to continue supervising the clients after graduating. With two (2) additional probation officers the program will also be able to expand its present capacity with 20 new slots (10 for East Hawaii and 10 for West Hawaii). Many meth offenders have not applied for drug court, because the drug court is at full capacity, although graduating participants at every quarter. Substance Abuse Treatment For Meth Users All drug court clients are assessed by certified substance abuse counselors from various contracted substance abuse treatment providers within the community. Based on the assessments, clients aze placed in appropriate level of care ranging from therapeutic living programs to aftercare levels. It should be noted that all treatment counselors are held accountable and attend weekly staffing of clients to report progress to the drug court team. Training The Big Island Drug Court team consisting of judges, coordinator, prosecutors, public defenders, police representative, probation officers and substance abuse treatment representative. Team members staff clients cases on a weekly basis, therefore the team should be educated on the drug court philosophy and principals. Although the individuals received national training prior to implementation, they were administrators of agencies and not individuals who work with clients directly. Additional gap areas require specific training, such as co-occumng mental illness or meth driven violent crime, for both the drug court operational team and planning team. Technical Assistance Partnership Development Prevention and Enforcement A workshop to educate and offer up to date TA as to the current meth situation to police officers, judges, prosecutors, public defenders, private attorneys, probation officers, treatment counselors, appropriate state/county and community agencies/organizations. The workshop aims to enhance collaboration and better coordination with regazd to solving meth problem, and effective intervention of meth and the meth user within our communities on the Island of Hawaii. Office of the Prosecutine Attomev (OPA) for one pazalegal position The pazalegal (law technician) will help coordinate law enforcement efforts by streamlining the flow of communication and information sharing between agencies -Police Department, Prosecutor's Office, Public Defender's Office, private attorneys, Probation Department, Courts - District, Family, Circuit; treatment providers, Department of Health, mental health providers, and other agencies. The pazalegal can set up a network between agencies to increase access to services and increase sharing of information. The paralegal will reduce the time that the meth case gets screened and chazged. Currently, a case that is not arrested and chazged immediately may take six to nine months to get chazged and assessed for drug court, because of the system backlog, including a five month police records backlog. The legal assistant would work with the respective Vice units to expedite the screening, chazging and drug court eligibility of the meth using offender. The legal assistants will need to do background checks, identify pending cases in all jurisdictions (all counties in Hawaii and in the United States), and determine the classification of cases of any convictions. The legal assistant can coordinate the defendant's cases in the different courts, monitor the pending cases, and obtain police reports, lab reports, and other supplementary reports. The legal duties will also include preparing discovery, motions, memos, declazations, and hearing and trial prepazation for meth cases that do not go to drug court. Office of the Public Defender (OPD) for one pazalegal position The above-request would enhance the mission of the Big Island Drug Court, Adult and Juvenile Divisions (BIDC), in the following manner: Assist in the identification of potential BIDC clients, process admission requests, develop necessary administrative and clerical tracking systems of BIDC applicants and participants, assist BIDC assigned deputy public defender with technical and legal issues arising out of the legal representation of clients involved in the BIDC, serve as liason personnel with other BIDC agency/partners, e.g. Friends of the BIDC, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, BIDC probation, law enforcement agencies and clinical service providers. Create a statistical data base for the OPD, tracking admission requests, the disposition of the admission requests, and the success/failure of OPD clients entering BIDC. C. COMMUNITY POLICING/CRIME PREVENTION ACTIVITIES Partnership and Collaboration The prevalence of the problem that this grant tries to address enhances the ability to collaborate with other government agencies, as well as other quasi public and private entities. Collaboration and sharing of information between and among law enforcement, prosecutors, public defenders/private attorneys, substance abuse treatment providers, probation officers and other ancillary service providers is one of the solutions to the meth problem in the community. More training, updated information and techniques, technical assistance and education, and more interaction among agency participants are the keys to the success of the project. Soliciting the input and the help and support from the public at lazge may prove to be another factor in more efficient policing and prevention of meth activities. Incomoration of Problem Solvine Techniques The training and technical assistance and updated information and techniques, data gathered and interpreted, and other material data, information, techniques that will be learned under this project will enhance the ability of the participating agency to identify and develop appropriate intervention plan regazding meth and meth user problems. D. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 1. How will we ensure effective implementation of the project -tracking of cases as a result of the grant and the outcomes of such cases. The Big Island Dmg Court program is an existing program, therefore, from the date of referral to the date of completion or termination, each client's progress under this project will be tracked (number of court hearings, supervision contacts, treatment sessions and positive/negative drug tests. Furthermore, eligible clients will immediately receive recommended substance abuse treatment and ancillary services that are already in place. 2. Brief timeline of activities for grant period (month, quarter, etc.). (1 yeaz) The Big Island Drug court will provide access to a comprehensive continuum of care for alcohol, drug and other related treatment and rehabilitation services. Treatment shall vary according to each individual as to the intensity of services required and the type of treatment approach which are best suited to them. Additional support services, such as employment, educational or dependent care needs can be implemented after primary treatment interventions aze completed or if relapse occurs. Once one has completed the legal screening and is considered eligible, a clinical screening will be conducted by a Drug Court Officer to determine his/her appropriateness, willingness, and readiness for treatment. All drug treatment and rehabilitation services shall be monitored by the Big Island Drug Court and Judge. Individualized treatment plans will consist of three (3) phases, which on average lasts 18 months: A. Phase I: Stabilization, Orientation, and Assessment 1. Orientation/Overview of the program. 2. Assessment and initial treatment plan and development. 3. Individual and group counseling sessions. 4. Regular attendance at 12-step meetings. 5. Urinalysis testing (two (2) test minimum -more maybe required). 6. Recreational fellowship. 7. Advancement Criteria: a. No positive urinalysis results for 30 consecutive days. b. No absences from scheduled treatmenUservices for 30 consecutive days. 8. Average completion period - 6 to 8 weeks. B. Phase II: Intensive Treatment 1. Individual and group counseling. 2. Emphasis placed on vocationaUeducational counseling and referral. 3. Urinalysis testing (1-2 times per week -more maybe required). 4. On-going review and updating of treatmenUtransition plans. 5. Continued attendance at 12-step meeting or community support system (a minimum of 3 meeting per week or a specified by substance abuse counselor). 6. Recreational fellowship. 7. Advancement Criteria: a. No positive urinalysis for 90 consecutive days. b. No absences from scheduled urinalysis testing for 90 consecutive days. c. No absences from scheduled treatmentrservices for 60 consecutive days. d. Employed or positive response to vocationaUeducational goals. e. Demonstrate adjustment to treatment. f. Participate in literacy. English as second language and GED classes if appropriate. 8. Average completion period - 16 to 18 weeks. C. Phase III: Transition 1. Individual and group counseling. 2. Greater emphasis on progress of vocationaUeducational plans. 3. Urinalysis testing (2-4 times per month or a specified by substance abuse counselor). 4. On-going review and updating of treatmenUtransition plans. 5. Continued attendance at 12-step meeting or other community support system. 6. Recreational fellowship. 7. Advancement Criteria: a. No positive urinalysis results for 120 consecutive days. b. No absences from urinalysis testing for 120 consecutive days. c. No absences from scheduled treatment/services for 90 consecutive days. d. Employed or positive response to vocationaUeducational goals. e. Fulfillment of goals as stated in individual's treatment plan. 8. Average completion period - 30 weeks minimum. Length of Program or Phase -The actual length of program and phase for each individual may vary depending on progress and drug test results. Total period of treatment, services, and drug court supervision SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN 12 MONTHS. Graduation Criteria 1. No positive urinalysis for a minimum of 90 consecutive days. 2. No unexpected absences from scheduled services. 3. Successful completion of all phases. 4. Consistent and gainful employment, enrollment in school, or community volunteerism for a minimum of 3-5 months, as determined by the Drug Court. Maintenance of stable housing for a period of 10-12 months, as determined by the Drug Court. 5. Complete payment of all treatment fees and, if necessary, reimbursement to the Drg Court for laboratory expenses and housing allowances. 6. Write an essay on "How I Plan To Live a Clean, Sober and Law Abiding Life: ' 7. Submit a Relapse Prevention Plan that you intend to use after graduating from Drg Court. 8. Completion of graduation interview. 9. Graduation is at the sole discretion of the Drg Court. OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER (OPD) The OPD has been and continues to be an active partner with the judiciary, law enforcement agencies, drug treatment providers and other social agencies in meeting the goals of the BIDC. The OPD has been active at the inception of the BIDC as a participating member of the BIDC planning team. The OPD continues to provide administrative services to the BIDC. For example, the OPD provides personnel for the BIDC planning team and the BIDC staffing team. The OPD continues to advocate for individual BIDC clients as well. The OPD has found in its extensive criminal practice on the Island of Hawaii, that methamphetamine has become the most prevalent "hazd drug" in the community. The majority of OPD narcotic cases involve either the possession and/or distribution of methamphetamine. In addition, the OPD has found that in cases of law violators with lengthy criminal records, that there is a history of methamphetamine use. The OPD has found that chronic property offenders have likewise chronic substance abuse problems. As the use of other drugs have lessened in the community, methamphetaminehaue become the drug of choice for these offenders. In cases of probation revocation cases, revocations for relapse most frequently involve relapse on methamphetamine. OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY This meth project will enhance the ability of the Prosecutor's Office to process and monitor meth cases in Drug Court more efficiently. The legal assistant will identify potential BIDC clients and determine the eligibility of applicants to BIDC. The pazalegal will need to do background checks, identify pending cases in all jurisdictions (all counties in Hawaii and in the United States), and determine the classification of cases of any convictions. The pazalegal will have to coordinate the defendant's cases in the different courts, monitor the pending cases, and obtain police reports, lab reports, and other supplementary reports. The paralegal duties will also include preparing discovery, motions, memos, declazations, and hearing and trial prepazation. A major part of the legal assistant's assignment will be creating a statistical data base tracking the meth cases in the court system. This will include tracking admission applications, dispositions of admission applications, and the types of reasons for the dispositions of applications. hi addition, statistics will be kept for the length of admission in BIDC, types of offenses participants have committed, status of criminal case at the time of admission (sentencing, revocation), length of substance abuse treatment, relapse rates, graduation rates, relapse after graduation, and recidivism rates before and after graduation. The paralegal will also be responsible for being the liaison between the different agencies and service providers used in BIDC to enhance collaboration between agencies that will increase the effectiveness of law enforcement activity. Training is needed for the BIDC team to improve their efficiency and effectiveness in processing and handling cases. The BIDC team can benefit from learning innovative ways to deal with meth users and their problems. E. EVALUATION PLAN/EFFECTIVENESS OF PROGRAM The effectiveness and outcomes of the implemented activities will be evaluated to determine whether the goals and objectives are met in accordance with the expected or desired results. Measures will be whether the stated objectives were met. Monthly reports will be provided to the Big Island Drug Court Planning Team. Included in the report will be documentation and data collected to measure the objective and activity, progress of and barriers encountered to the all the stated obj ectives of this project and timelines established by the Planning Team. For example, how many drug court participants were served post graduation and for how long were they monitored before dischazged from probation. Whether the Big Island Drug Court provided the necessary monitoring and support to meth users who have graduated.. The expected or desired results are that the criminal recidivism rate of graduates is zero while in the extended monitoring period and at less than the national average for one year after dischazge from probation. The following aze collaborators in this project: The Drug Court The Office of Prosecuting Attorney The Office of Public Defenders The Police Department Each of the above-mentioned agencies will submit a report stating their respective involvement in the project, the specific activities each performed, and whether they have achieved the expected results as a collaborator in the project. Should the grant be awazded for this project, an all day workshop will be held to establish how all the collaborators individually and as a group will evaluate their performance within two weeks of the award notice. The goals and objectives and each related objective and activity will put into a written form. A format will be used to state the specific activities performed, the actual results of such activities, and whether their goals and objectives have been met. Application Attachment to SF-424 OMB Number: 1103-0098 Expiration Date: 02/29/2008 BUDGET NARRATIVE (EXCLUDING SWORN OFFICER POSITIONS) Please refer to the COPS Application Guide: "How to Apply" secEon of the program for which you are applying to determine if a Budget Narredve /s required as part of your application. Check here if not applicable Please attach a budget narretive describing each item proposed for purchase, its purpose, and how the items relate to the overall project. Like items may be grouped together for ease of reporting. The structure of the Budget Narrative must minor the structure of the Budget Detail Worksheet included in this application. In other words, each item reported in the Budget Narrative must fall under one of the following budget categories: CivilianlOther Personnel, Equipment/Technology, Other Costs, Supplies, Trevell7raining, Contracts/Consultants, and Indirect Costs. For your information, a sample Budget Narrative and a sample Budget Detail Worksheet are included in the COPS Application Guide. Every item included on the Budget Detail Worksheet must be included in the Budget Narretive. Note that allowable/unallowable costs will vary widely between different COPS grant programs and cooperative agreements. Please ensure that you rater to the program-specific portion of the COPS Application Guide - "Federel Funding: Allowable & Unallowable Costs" section for a complete list of the allowable and unallowable costs associated with the particular program for which you are applying. Including unallowable Items on your application may delay the processing of your application and could ultimately result In the denial of your request. BUDGET NARRATIVE.doc field A'.;achment MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING Please refer to the COPS Application Guide: "How to Apply" section of the program for which you are applying to determine i/a Memorandum of Understanding is required as part o/ your applicatYon. Check here ii not applicable Please attach a Memorandum of Underetanding (MOU) to your application that defines the roles and responslblllties of the Individuals antl partner(s) Involved in your proposed project. Please refer to the program-specific portion of the Guitle for a complete description of Information pertaining to the required MOU. Drug Coun MOAtif Add A=iaGhment BUDGET NARRATNE CNILIAN/OTHER PERSONNEL: Social Worker IV (Drug Court Probation Officer) -Two Drug Court Probation Officers will perform social casework and services involving the intake/supervision/management for the most difficult and complex cases assigned to Drug Court. These positions will be responsible for short and long term determination and identification of client's substance abuse treatment needs, development and implementation of a service plan to meet individual client's personal, social, health and economic needs in a cost effective, timely and productive manner. Paralegal/Law Technician - One paralegaUlaw technician will be provided to the Public Defender and Prosecuting Attorney's offices to assist in identifying potential Big Island Drug Court (BIDC) cases, process admission requests and develop necessary administrative and clerical tracking systems. EQUIPMENT/TECHNOLOGY: Computer, desk, chair, data station and vertical file cabinet will be provided for each position. The Judiciary, Public Defender and Prosecuting Attorney will provide office space. OTHER COSTS: Substance abuse treatment will need to be provided to the additiona120 clients added to BIDC. This will include assessment by a certified substance abuse counselor for placement in an appropriate level of substance abuse treatment. Evaluation of the nroiect will occur at the outset of the program to develop measures and obtain baseline information and will continue throughout the project to monitor proeress and measure outcome. On-site technical assistance training will be coordinated to bring information on state-of--the-art substance abuse treatment practices and effective use of sanctions and incentives. Meeting room fees and audio visual costs for the training are included. SUPPLIES: A sufficient amount of drug testing kits is needed for monitoring new clients. Training materials is needed for the on-site technical assistance. TRAVEL/'fRAINING: The BIDC team consisting of judges, prosecutors, public defenders, probation officers, coordinator and substance abuse treatment representative will attend a National Association of Drug Court Professionals Workshop in 2008. This will provide them information on the current practices and trends in the treatment of addiction and will also provide opportunity to interact and network with other jurisdictions. CONTRACTS/CONSULTANTS: Technical assistance will be requested to have a 1-day training in Hawaii to provide criminal justice and treatment professionals information on best practices and promising approaches for dealing with the meth user.