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Colorado Problem Solving Courts Adult Unified Standards Best Practices Manual

            Topics:                           Principles and guidelines, recommended training and education, historically disadvantaged groups, team member roles and responsibilities

            Description:                  An overview of the recommended eligibility, identification/assessment, treatment, case management, evaluation, and coordination of services in a problem-solving court based upon the review of research and national guidelines.

             Resource Type:            Guidance Document

             Length:                           41 pages

             Agency/Author:            Colorado Problem Solving Court Advisory Committee

             Year Published:            2022

Defining Drug Courts: The Key Components

            Topics:                          10-Key Component, drug court best practices, performance benchmarks

            Description:                 “Defining Drug Courts – The Key Components” – is a 32 page document that explains in specifics of each of the 10 Key Components for multidisciplinary teams to follow.

           Resource Type:            Guidance Document

           Length:                          32 Pages

           Agency/Author:            National Association of Drug Court Professionals

           Year Published:           1997

Defining Drug Courts: The Ten Key Components and Why They Matter

            Topics:                          10-key components, research, history

            Description:                 This presentation walks through the background and basis for the rise of drug courts and how using the 10 Key Components leads to successful drug court programs.  The presentation includes statistical data and presents evidence based practices and explanations.

            Resource Type:             PowerPoint Slides

            Length:                           37 slides

            Agency/Author:            Magistrate Marla Garrett

            Year Published:            Unknown

National Drug Court Institute Best Practice Standards Vol. I & II

            Topics:                          Target population, historically disadvantaged groups, roles and responsibilities of the judge, incentives/sanctions/therapeutic adjustments, substance abuse treatment, complementary treatment/social services, drug and alcohol testing, multidisciplinary team, census and caseloads, monitoring and evaluation

            Description:                 This groundbreaking set of evidence-based standards is your blueprint to dramatically improve outcomes for individuals involved in the justice system due to substance use disorders and mental health conditions. Representing 25 years of empirical study on addiction, pharmacology, behavioral health, and criminal justice, these Standards are the foundation upon which all adult drug courts must operate. They hold the keys to transform how the justice system responds to people in crisis.

            Resource Type:              Guidance Documents

            Length:                            72 pages (Vol. I) & 92 pages (Vol. II)

            Agency/Author:             2013 (Vol. I) & 2015 (Vol. II)

            Year Published:             National Association of Drug Court Professionals

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