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PROGRAM ABSTRACT BJA-2019-15084 Competition ID BJA-2019-15131 Category 2 — Enhancement Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program Indian River County, Florida is seeking Category 2: Enhancement Funding for its Indian River County Adult Drug Court (ADC) Program, which is both pre -and post -adjudication. Indian River County Florida is located in an urban area in the Treasure Coast region of Florida with a population of 154,383. The Indian River County Drug Court operates at the Indian River County Courthouse, 2000 — 16t Avenue, Vero Beach, Florida 32960 with Judge Michael Linn presiding. The Drug Court Program Office is located at 2550 NW Country Club Drive, Port St. Lucie, FL 34986; Drug Court Program Manager: Wendy Parent; 772-807-4388; parentw@circuit19.org. The Indian River County Drug Court began operations in May, 2002. The amount requested is $406,525 over 3 years to serve 45 eligible indigent participants per year; for a total of 135 participants over 36 months. The minimum program length is 1 year, the average is 15 months and there is no maximum. Eligible applicants targeted will be over 18 years of age, charged with non-violent crimes of a low income who suffer from substance abuse or co-occurring disorders whose criminality can be attributed to these disorders and are at risk of becoming repeat offenders unless treatment options are available to them; referred at arrest or arraignment, screened using the ORAS risk/needs assessment and for indigency (i.e. 200% of federal poverty guidelines). The goal is to immediately refer and identify eligible participants to be referred to assessment and treatment. The opioid abuser will be immediately referred to our MAT program and treatment providers. The Grant will specifically address the Adult Drug Court Best Practice Standards II (Equity and Inclusion); Standard V (Substance Abuse Disorder Treatment) and VII (Drug & Alcohol Testing). However, the Grant's application and purpose will assist in our goal to implement all Ten of the NADCP Adult Drug Court Best Practice Standards and will be addressed and followed: Standard I, pages ; II on pages ; III on pages ; IV on pages ; V on pages ; VI on pages ; VII on pages ; VIII on pages ; IX on pages and X on pages . All of our data and records, including recidivism information for post -graduate arrest are maintained on our in- house database software system and will be maintained by the Drug Court Case Manager and Drug Court Program Manager. To date, the Indian River County Drug Court has never applied for or received a Grant from OJP or anywhere else and has no federal funding. The National Drug Institute will be conducting an "Operational Tuneup Training" in Port St. Lucie for the Team(s) on May 9-10, 2019. Program Administrator is Wendy Parent. @ parentw@ circuit19.org; Phone: 772-807-4733 114