Seminole County Enhancement Grant

Seminole County Government proposes, with the 18th Judicial Circuit Court, to implement the Adult Treatment Court (ATC) Enhancement Program. ATC is both pre- and post-adjudication, addressing substance use disorder and co-occurring disorders. Beneficiaries are adult residents involved in the criminal justice system whose current charge is a non-violent felony and who have been diagnosed with a substance use disorder as their primary condition. The purpose is to expand and enhance best-practices treatment and community-based services; enhance operations and evaluation; and remove barriers to access to the ATC for historically underserved demographic groups. To promote equity and removal of barriers to access, ATC will: conduct public education outreach to communicate benefits of ATC; and examine the demographics of ATC participants against the County Sheriff’s Correctional Facility demographics. Project activities include: expanding treatment services and capacity, including residential and all types of medication-assisted therapy; improving ATC coordination and equity through community outreach by hiring a full-time case manager; expanding transportation, housing, educational and vocational support; adding a peer mentor program; expanding ATC team training; increasing drug testing capacity; and enhancing program evaluation and equity.