Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services
Augusta, ME
AWARD AMOUNT:
$177,911*
PURPOSE: The Maine Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services will use grant
funds to provide comprehensive, state-of- the-art training on juvenile drug court operations and
treatment issues for all juvenile drug courts in the state's multi-site drug court system. Sixteen
one-day training programs will be provided for practitioners and key partnering organizations
from all 6 of Maine's juvenile drug courts. An additional workshop will be provided for new
juvenile drug court judges. On average, 45 participants will take part in each workshop. The
goals and objectives of the statewide training program are: (1) to ensure that the Maine Juvenile
Drug Treatment Court's (MJDTC) judges employ the most current "best practices" with regard
to the operation of their juvenile drug treatment courts and understand the fundamentals of
addiction and treatment; (2) to ensure that drug court partners foster better collaboration and
develop better understanding of each other's mission and operations; (3) to train new judges to
provide back-up for existing judges; and (4) to facilitate and monitor the implementation of
Maine's new standard of care for juvenile substance abuse treatment throughout the MJDTC
system. Each workshop will be evaluated according to its effectiveness as an individual training
and its overall impact on the effectiveness of the juvenile drug court program. The Department
of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Office of Substance Abuse will coordinate
this statewide effort with the following agencies or organizations: the Maine District Court of the
Maine Judicial Branch; the Department of Corrections, Juvenile Services Division; Day One
(treatment provider); AdCare Educational Institute, Inc.; and the University of Southern Maine,
Center for Social and Behavioral Research.
LOCAL CONTACT:
Kimberly A. Johnson, Director
Departmentof Behavioral and Developmental Services
Office of Substance Abuse
159 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0159
207/287-2595
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS CONTACT:
Linda Mansour
202/616-3534
* This is a tentative award amount pending final budget review.
