Pam Casey
Fred Cheesman
Jennifer Elek
Scott Graves
Mary Beth Kirven
Tara Kunkel
Jim McMillan
David Rottman
Deborah W. Saunders
Richard Van Duizend
Nicole Waters
Larry Webster
Problem-Solving Justice Toolkit
Problem-Solving Courts: Models and Trends
Mental Health Courts Performance Measures
Looking for funding for drug courts?
The Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program FY 2012 Competitive Grant Solicitation can help establish or enhance drug court services, coordination, offender management and recovery support services. Details
Census of Problem-Solving Courts
In this project, the NCSC will compile programmatic data on all problem-solving courts nationwide. The Census will be the first to capture such data in order to better understand the wide array of problem-solving courts and their practices. Census questions will focus on key components of problem-solving courts including: underlying social problems addressed, community collaboration, and services offered. Funded by Bureau of Justice Statistics, the data are expected to be released for public access.
To be included in the Census, please send your contact information to: CensusPSC@ncsc.org. The Census survey will be conducted in the fall/winter of 2012.
For questions, email the Project Director Nicole Waters, or call her at 800-616-6109.
Mental Health Court Culture: Leaving Your Hat at the Door
In this project, the NCSC explored the complex communication and collaboration processes of seven mental health court dockets. The NCSC developed a communication model that integrates the mental health court team, representing multiple cooperating agencies, and presents a set of best practices to foster better managed mental health courts.
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Judicial Decision-Making in Mental Health Courts
This project, funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, presents communication models for mental health court teams, examines the adaptive culture required for managing such a docket, and recommends best practices for both established mental health courts and those in the initial planning stages. The project staff, with the guidance of an advisory council, based these findings on data from seven mental health court dockets across the nation.
PAST PROJECTS
2010
Feasibility Study of Increasing the Development of Drug Courts for the State of Kansas (SJI Grant), 2010
Develop an Evaluation Plan for Sherburne County, Minnesota District Court’s New Beginnings Program at Elk River, 2010
2009
Process Evaluation of the Fathering Reentry Court Program for the District of Columbia Courts, 2009
Develop Statewide Drug Court Performance Measures for Nebraska (Bureau of Justice Assistance Grant), 2009
Develop Statewide Drug Court and DUI Court Performance Measures for Pennsylvania Courts (Bureau of Justice Assistance Grant), 2009
2008
Develop Strategies to Strengthen Juvenile Drug Courts for Delaware (Bureau of Justice Assistance Grant), 2008
Develop a Plan for the Statewide Evaluation of Florida’s Drug Courts (Bureau of Justice Assistance Grant), 2008
Develop Statewide Adult Drug Court Performance Measures for Kentucky (Bureau of Justice Assistance Grant), 2008
Develop of Statewide Standards for Michigan Drug Court Participants (Bureau of Justice Assistance Grant), 2008
Develop Statewide Treatment Standards for Juvenile Drug Courts in North Dakota (Bureau of Justice Assistance Grant), 2008
Develop Long-term Administration and Evaluation Plan for Oregon Drug Courts (Bureau of Justice Assistance Grant), 2008
2007
Develop a Drug Court Evaluation Plan for the State of Wyoming, Department of Health Substance Abuse Division, 2007
Hawai’i Statewide Drug Courts Evaluation, Phase 2, 2007
Operations and Staffing Assessment of the Atlanta, Georgia Municipal Court’s Solicitor’s Office, 2007
Outcome Evaluation of Cumberland County Safe-Link Integrated Domestic Violence Court for the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts, 2007
2006
Hawai’i Drug Courts: Statewide Process Evaluation, Phase 1, 2006
Missouri Ninth Judicial Circuit Court, Drug Court Evaluation, 2006
2004
Carroll County, Georgia, Evaluation of the Drug Court, 2004
Drug Court Program Office, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Develop Training Programs on Drug Court Evaluation Concepts and Strategies, 2004
Establishing Evaluation Criteria for the Adult Drug Treatment Court in the 6th Judicial Circuit, Oakland County, Michigan, 2004
Evaluation of the Colorado DUI/DWAI System, 2004
Michigan Administrative Office of the Courts, Develop Drug Court Case Management System RFP, 2004
Oakland County, Michigan 6th Judicial Circuit Court, Assist with the Design of an RFP for Evaluation of the Oakland County Adult Treatment Court (Technical Assistance), 2004