OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS
FY 2002 DRUG COURT GRANT PROGRAM
Juvenile Implementation Grant Award
California
AWARD RECIPIENT:
San Luis Obispo County Probation Department
San Luis Obispo, CA
AWARD AMOUNT:
$483,000*
PURPOSE: The San Luis Obispo County Probation Department will use grant funds to
implement a drug court for nonviolent, substance-abusing male and female juvenile offenders. The
post-adjudication juvenile drug court will serve more than 210 individuals (105 juveniles and at
least one family member for each juvenile) through a multi-phase treatment program lasting at least
12 months, including 3 months of aftercare, over the 3-year grant period. The main goals and
objectives of the program are to: (1) strengthen families; (2) improve school performance;
(3) reduce client involvement in the juvenile/criminal justice system; (4) establish a shared database
for both case management and juvenile justice information; (5) reduce substance abuse; and
(6) retain youthful offenders in the county for treatment and prevent out-of-home and out-of-county
placements. Juvenile drug court services will include intensive judicial supervision, treatment,
graduated sanctions and incentives, and frequent, mandatory drug testing. The drug court program
will coordinate collateral services such as educational development, job readiness, independent
living skills training, primary and mental health care services, teenage parenting programs,
transportation and housing assistance, mentoring programs, community service, and recreational
activities. The San Luis Obispo County Probation Department will acquire existing drug court
management information system software, which will be customized for interagency operational
use and evaluation purposes. An independent evaluator will conduct a process and outcome
evaluation to gauge program effectiveness. The grant recipient will coordinate the juvenile drug
court effort with the following: the San Luis Obispo County Juvenile Court, the Office of the
District Attorney, a defense attorney, San Luis Obispo County Behavioral Health Services - Drug
and Alcohol Services, the County Office of Education, the County Information Services Division,
and Don Maruska and Company, Inc. (program evaluator).
LOCAL CONTACT:
Dana Patrick Fahey
San Luis Obispo County Probation Department
Government Center Casa Loma
2176 Johnson Avenue
San Luis Obispo, CA 93408-0002
805/781-5300
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS CONTACT:
Linda Mansour
202/616-3534
* This is a tentative award amount pending final budget review.
