Partnership Resource Network
Project Name: South Dallas Family Drug Court
Applicant: South Dallas Community Court, City of Dallas
Applicant Type: Town
Application Number: 2012-50350-TX-DC
Funding Request: $306,092
Focus: Courts, Specialized and Problem Solving Courts
Location: TX
Areas Covered: Dallas, TX
Summary: The City of Dallas is requesting funding under the OJJDP FY 2012 Family Drug Court Program in the amount of $306,092.12 over a three-year performance period to expand its existing South Dallas Community Court to include a Family Drug Court docket. The expansion addresses three primary issues: (1) the inability to provide substance abuse treatment to docket cases involving substance abuse; (2) inefficient/ineffective outreach and case management to substance abusers and their families; and, (3) a waste of federal/state/local resources because of a revolving door of re-arrests. The Family Drug Court will assist 180 (60 per year) non-violent offenders with successful rehabilitation from substance abuse. Working partnership with Child Protective Services, Homeward Bound, the Urban League of Greater Dallas, Nexus Recovery, and APPA, the City will implement a family dependency treatment court docket that incorporates a collaborative approach to treatment and child welfare. The docket will address the comprehensive issues of both the parents and their children, utilizing an integrative court-based collaborative continuum of service providers who work jointly to provide coordinated treatment and ancillary services, judicial oversight, and safe/permanent placements.
For Further Information:
Dianne Gibson
Assistant Director
1500 Marilla 4EN
Dallas, TX 75201
dianne.gibson@dallascityhall.com
(214) 670-7129
Application Submitted in Response to Solicitation: Family Drug Court Programs
Grants.gov Assigned Number: OJJDP-2012-3217