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Best Practices in Treatment Court Evaluation
[...]most obviously, program evaluation feedback may help identify places for program improvement or enhancement, and bolster practices and policies to address them. [...]inprogram outcomes do not entirely account for the cyclical, multi-system impact of long-term outcomes, such as criminal recidivism (discussed below). Depending on the availability of data, evaluators may measure recidivism in terms of new arrests, convictions, or incarceration (or all three) within the 2- to 5-year period following program entry. Because of the different social and fiscal costs associated with different crimes, offenses should be disaggregated by severity (i.e., felony vs. misdemeanor, or summary offense) and type (e.g., person, property, drug). [...]while this article focuses on adult treatment drug courts, generally, other treatment court programs (such as family courts, mental health courts, etc.) should define recidivism both in terms of criminal justice recidivism and according to the specific goals of those programs and ensure that observation periods match those measures.
Trade Publication Article
The Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Suicide Prevention Program
In response to calls for greater efforts to reduce youth suicide, the Garrett Lee Smith (GLS) Memorial Act has provided funding for 68 state, territory, and tribal community grants, and 74 college campus grants for suicide prevention efforts. Suicide prevention activities supported by GLS grantees have included education, training programs (including gatekeeper training), screening activities, infrastructure for improved linkages to services, crisis hotlines, and community partnerships. Through participation in both local‐ and cross‐site evaluations, GLS grantees are generating data regarding the local context, proximal outcomes, and implementation of programs, as well as opportunities for improvement of suicide prevention efforts.
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Promising Results for Cross-Systems Collaborative Efforts to Meet the Needs of Families Impacted by Substance Use
This study is based on data regarding more than 15,000 families served by 53 federal grantees showing that child safety and permanency, parental recovery, and family well-being improve when agencies work together to address the complex needs of families at the intersection of substance abuse treatment and child welfare. Strategies summarized here offer promising collaborative approaches to mitigate the negative outcomes too often experienced by families impacted by substance use disorders.
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New Approaches for Working with Children and Families Involved in Family Treatment Drug Courts
This is a descriptive study of the Children Affected by Methamphetamine (CAM) grant program, a federally funded effort to improve outcomes through the addition of targeted interventions for 1,940 families, including 2,596 adults and 4,245 children involved in 12 diverse Family Treatment Drug Courts (FTDCs) located across six U.S. states. The majority were children of parents with a primary methamphetamine use disorder. Findings reflect grantees’ reporting on 18 performance indicators of child safety and permanency, adult recovery, and family well-being. Additional information gleaned from grantees’ biannual reports provides insights about program implementation. Results, drawn from this large and complex dataset, indicate that comprehensively addressing families’ needs is associated with better outcomes than those experienced by similarly situated families in grantees’ communities and the nation overall. In addition to describing common program components and outcomes, this article presents important lessons learned about implementing evidence-based children’s services in the FTDC context, as well as future directions for research and evaluation in this arena.
Journal Article
Characteristics of Family Treatment Courts, the Families Th ey Serve, and Th eir Capacity to Meet the Demands of their Communities
Family Treatment Courts (FTCs) seek to address the substance use and other behavioral healthcare treatment needs of parents involved with, or at risk of involvement with the child welfare system. This article is intended to establish a baseline understanding of current FTC operations in terms of their design, capacities, locations, and the participant populations they serve across the United States. Researchers sent each of 360 known FTC programs in the United States a link to the online study survey. This study relied on the Family Treatment Court Best Practice Self-Assessment Tool (FTC BeST). The FTC BeST is a Web-based survey that includes 171 items and takes approximately 45 minutes to complete. Survey results indicated that FTCs vary substantially in structure, size, and implementation. Furthermore, findings indicate that the scope (in terms of services) and scale (in terms of program capacity) fall short of potential need. This study, based on a survey of all FTCs in the United States, provides signifi cant insight into the operations of these programs, and uncovers structural and implementation variability. This variability may indicate that there is a need for research regarding what programs work best. Furthermore, the size and distribution of programs suggest that communities need more information about the strengths and limitations of FTCs and how they fit into the continuum of services for families who are vulnerable.
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Machtverschiebungen in der Europäischen Union im Rahmen der Finanzkrise und Fragen der demokratischen Legitimation
Im Rahmen der europäischen Finanzkrise ist das Recht dem Faktum Euro gelegentlich auch praeter oder contra legem gefolgt. Dies hat zu einer nachhaltigen Vertrauenskrise der Rechtsunion und der Rechtsstaatlichkeit geführt. Zunehmend wird deutlich, dass dabei auch die demokratischen Legitimationsgrundlagen des Projektes Europa erodieren. Der folgende Beitrag zeigt institutionelle Fehlentwicklungen zu Lasten des Demokratieprinzips auf und gibt einen (wenig optimistischen) Ausblick auf Abhilfemöglichkeiten.
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