AWARD RECIPIENT:

St. John's County Board of County Commissioners
St. Augustine, FL

AWARD AMOUNT:

$499,999*

PURPOSE: St. John's County Drug Court will use grant funds to implement a drug court to treat nonviolent, substance-abusing, male and female adult felony offenders who are residents of St. John's County. The drug court will serve 200 clients in a 12-month minimum post-adjudication/probation violator program over a 3-year period. Program services will include early, continuous, and intensive, judicially-supervised treatment, mandatory drug testing, graduated sanctions, incentives, and other rehabilitative services such as education, primary health care, housing, employment, and aftercare. St. John's County Drug Court's goals include reducing substance abuse, criminal behavior, incarceration, and recidivism, as well as expediting entry into treatment, and increasing offender involvement in the community. The drug court will use a management information system to collect and maintain data for operational and evaluation purposes. An independent evaluator will conduct a process and outcome evaluation to gauge program effectiveness and determine whether the program is meeting its goals and objectives. St. John's County Drug Court will coordinate with local and state organizations such as EPIC Community Services, Inc., County Health and Mental Health Departments, First Step, Inc., vocational and adult equivalency educational programs, and Worksource, Inc.

LOCAL CONTACT:

Michael Jewell, Drug Court Coordinator
Justice Center
251 North Ridgewood, Room 131
Daytona Beach, FL 32114
386/239-7770

OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS CONTACT:

Linda Mansour
202/616-3534

* This is a tentative award amount pending final budget review.