21st District Recovery Court Inc

21ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT RECOVERY COURT TREATMENT EXPANSION - THE 21ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT RECOVERY COURT'S EXPAND TREATMENT CAPACITY PROJECT AIMS TO EXPAND MUCH-NEEDED FELONY TREATMENT COURT AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES TO HIGH-RISK, HIGH-NEEDS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE-INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER OR CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH FRANKLIN RECOVERY CENTER. THIS PROJECT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND DRUG ADDICTION BEHAVIORS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE 21ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT RECOVERY COURT'S POPULATION OF FOCUS FOR THE EXPAND TREATMENT CAPABILITY PROJECT IS HIGH-RISK, HIGH-NEEDS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE-INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS OR CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES PRIMARILY LIVING IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO SERVE HICKMAN, LEWIS, AND PERRY COUNTIES THROUGH A SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE 32ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT. WILLIAMSON COUNTY IS PRIMARILY WHITE (~88%), WITH A MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE TENNESSEE’S MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF $64,035 (IN 2022 DOLLARS). WHILE MANY OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY’S SOCIOECONOMIC METRICS ARE AMONG THE HIGHEST-IF NOT THE HIGHEST-IN THE STATE, SO ARE THE COUNTY’S RENT PRICES AND DEMAND FOR HOUSING. IT MAY BE PARADOXICAL, BUT THE COUNTY’S PROSPERITY IS ONE OF ITS BIGGEST PITFALLS FOR RECOVERY COURT PARTICIPANTS, WHO TEND TO BE LOW-INCOME, UNDER-EDUCATED, AND UN- OR UNDER-EMPLOYED. INDIVIDUALS IN THE 21ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT RECOVERY COURT WHO ARE DEALING WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, AND/OR JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT ARE AT A DISTINCT DISADVANTAGE IN FINDING SAFE, PERMANENT, AFFORDABLE, AND QUALITY HOUSING IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY FOR THE RENTS THEY CAN AFFORD. UP TO 80% OF COURT PARTICIPANTS HAVE NO HOUSING OPTIONS, MEANING THEY ARE LITERALLY HOMELESS. COUPLED WITH THEIR OTHER LIFE ISSUES, THESE INDIVIDUALS DESPERATELY NEED ADDITIONAL TREATMENT OPTIONS AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES, INCLUDING HOUSING ASSISTANCE. THE 21ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT RECOVERY COURT IS PROUD TO CONTINUE ITS 9+ YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FRANKLIN RECOVERY CENTER DURING THIS EXPANSION PROJECT. FRANKLIN RECOVERY CENTER’S GOAL IS TO PROVIDE A SPACE WHERE INDIVIDUALS CAN EXPLORE TREATMENT OPTIONS THAT HELP IMPROVE SELF-ESTEEM AND PROMOTE SELF-EFFICACY WHILE INCREASING HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. IT PROVIDES VARIOUS SERVICES TO ITS JUSTICE PARTNERS, INCLUDING A GROWING INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT PROGRAM, ALCOHOL AND DRUG ASSESSMENTS, MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS, INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING, AND CASE MANAGEMENT. FRANKLIN RECOVERY CENTER IS ONE OF JUST TWO AGENCIES SERVING CRIMINAL JUSTICE-INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS AND UNINSURED INDIVIDUALS IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND THE ONLY AGENCY OFFERING IN-PERSON INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT TREATMENT SERVICES. WITH FUNDING FROM THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT RECOVERY COURT AIMS TO: 1. CONTRACT WITH FRANKLIN RECOVERY COURT TO INCREASE ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY TO ASSESS AND TREAT PROGRAM APPLICANTS FOR SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS. 2. IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY BY REDUCING RECIDIVISM AMONG PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. 3. PROVIDE QUALITY, EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT SERVICES TO AN AVERAGE OF 24 NONVIOLENT FELONY OFFENDERS WHO HAVE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS OR CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES ANNUALLY (120 INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE FIVE-YEAR GRANT PERIOD).