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Application for Funding Assistance Florida Department of Law Enforcement Justice Assistance Grant - County-wide General Project Information Project Title : INDIAN RIVER COUNTY DRUG TESTING Project Sequence No: 1 Subgrant Recipient: Indian River County Board of Commissioners Implementing Agency : Indian River Board of County Commissioners Project Start Date: 10/ 1 /2007 End Date : 9/30/2008 Problem Identification The Substance Abuse Council of Indian River County is seeking funding to continue to support Indian River County's Juvenile Drug Court and Juvenile Court by providing frequent and valid drug testing for Indian River County Juvenile's whose criminal justice involvement stems from Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD ) use. Indian River County continues to experience a high level of drug related activity. For several decades, drug use has shaped the criminal justice system . Drug and drug-related offenses are the most common crime in nearly every community. Drug offenders move through the criminal justice system in a predictable pattern : arrest, prosecution , conviction , incarceration , release. In a few days, weeks, or months, the same person may be picked up on a new charge and the process begins again . These actions do little to curtail the illicit use of drugs and alcohol especially among our youth . As offenders flood the criminal justice system , many are not identified as having problems. In response, a few forward-thinking and innovative jurisdictions began to re-examine the relationship between criminal justice processing and ADD treatment services . Several common sense improvements sprang up spontaneously throughout the Nation . It became increasingly apparent that treatment providers and criminal justice practitioners shared common goals: stopping the illicit use and abuse of all addictive substances and curtailing related criminal activity. Each system possessed unique capabilities and resources that could complement the other and enhance the effectiveness of both if combined in partnership . Thus, the concept of treatment- oriented drug court was born . Drug courts were first implemented in the late 1980's , but they did not develop in a vacuum . They are an outgrowth of the continuing development of community-based team-oriented approaches that have their roots in innovative programs developed by pretrial , probation , and parole agencies , as well as treatment-based and law enforcement innovations such as community policing programs. It following this thought process that Indian River County has established a juvenile drug court. Project Summary Indian River County Drug Testing Program The mission of Indian River County's Drug Testing program is to support juvenile drug court and juvenile court to stop the use and abuse of alcohol and other drugs and related criminal activity in ourjuveniles . Indian River County's juvenile drug courts offer a compelling choice for juveniles whose criminal justice involvement stems from ACD use: participation in treatment. In exchange for successful completion of the treatment program, the court may dismiss the original charge , reduce or set aside a sentence, offer some lesser penalty, or offer a combination of these . Drug courts transform the roles of Application Ref # 2008-JAGC-646 Section #2 Page 1 of 3 Contract -JAGC-INRI- - -