Adult Drug Court Training Initiative

The The National Association of Drug Court Professionals/National Drug Court Institute (NDCI) will implement the Bureau of Justice Assistance's (BJA) Adult Drug Court Planning and Training Program to support the Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program (42 U.S.C. 3797u et seq.). The Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program assists communities to develop effective drug court strategies for nonviolent substance-abusing offenders through two components. The first component, the Adult Drug Court Planning Initiative, assists jurisdictions in the planning and development of new drug court programs through a standardized core curriculum based on adult learning theory and the 10 key components of a drug court. The second component, the Adult Drug Court Training Initiative, offers a menu of training options that can be accessed and incorporated into local, regional and, statewide drug court training events for improved drug court team functioning, and more effective services and better outcomes for drug court participants.

NDCI will plan, deliver, evaluate, market, and modify a menu of training courses for improved Drug Court team functioning, and more effective services and better outcomes for Drug Court participants. Specifically, this initiative will increase the knowledge of adult Drug Court practitioners through various training activities.

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