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Application for Funding Assistance Florida Department of Law Enforcement Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Pro ram the court's monitoring of participant compliance . It is a main objective of the program . It gives the participant immediate information about his or her own progress , making the participant active and involved in the treatment process rather than a passive recipient of services . Performance Objectives : The Indian River County Drug Testing Program proposes to provide IRC juveniles frequent drug testing according to the following standards . 1 . AOD testing policies and procedures are based on established and tested guidelines . 2 . Testing may be administered randomly or at scheduled intervals , but occurs no less than once a week during the first several months of an individual 's enrollment . Frequency thereafter will vary depending on participant progress . 3 . The scope of testing is sufficiently broad to detect the participant' s primary drug of choice as well as other potential drugs of abuse , including alcohol . 4 . The drug -testing procedure will be certain . Elements contributing to the reliability and validity of a urinalysis testing process include , but are not limited to : • Direct observation of urine sample collection • Verification temperature and measurement of adulterants ie : creatinine levels , specific gravity , nitrite levels , PH , oxidants and chromate to determine the extent of water loading and other adulteration techniques • Specific , detailed , written procedures regarding all aspects of urine sample collection , sample analysis , and result reporting ; • A documented chain of custody for each sample collected • Quality control and quality assurance procedures for ensuring the integrity of the process • Procedures for verifying accuracy when drug test results are contested . 5 . Ideally , test results are available and communicated to the court and the participant within one day. The court functions best when it can to respond immediately to noncompliance ; the time between sample collection and availability of results should be short . 6 . The court is immediately notified when a participant has tested positive , has failed to submit to AOD testing , has submitted the sample of another, or has adulterated a sample . 7 . The coordinated strategy for responding to noncompliance includes prompt responses to positive tests , missed tests , and fraudulent tests . FDLE Byrne Formula Grant Application Package Grant Application Section 11 - Page 6 Rule 11 D-9 .006 OCJG — 005 (rev. April 2004)