Kay County Family Drug Court

The Drug Treatment Courts Program builds the capacity of states, state and local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized tribal governments to enhance pre-existing drug courts or implement new drug courts for individuals with substance abuse problems or co-occurring mental health disorders. Category 3: Family Drug Courts Implementation will support jurisdictions that are ready to implement a family drug court. Grant awards will support jurisdictions where either no family drug court currently exists or a family drug court has been operational for less than 1 year.

The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, acting as the lead agency in a collaborative effort with the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, community based treatment provider, Bridgeway, Inc., and Kay County District Judge propose to implement a family drug treatment court (FDTC) program for Kay County. Project goals include: (1) implementing a Kay County-specific FDTC program that integrates community level understanding of strengths, challenges, and barriers with known information about FDTC best practices and protocol; (2) improving permanency outcomes for participant families; (3) effectively intervening in adult, child, and family risk factors for the target group through the provision of evidence-based services, thereby decreasing risk for negative child and parent outcomes and increasing protective factors; and, (4) improving substance abuse treatment outcomes for participant families. CA/NCF