AWARD RECIPIENT:

State of Tennessee, Administrative Office of the Courts -
Williamson County
Nashville, TN

AWARD AMOUNT:

$500,000*

PURPOSE: The State of Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts will use grant funds to implement an adult drug court in a suburban and rural jurisdiction. The court will serve felony substance-abusing offenders. The program will serve 200 adults and family members over a 3-year period. The program will last approximately 12 months and will operate a combined pre-adjudication, post-adjudication, and deferred prosecution model. The program will provide defendants intensive judicial supervision, treatment, sanctions and incentives, mandatory drug testing, and aftercare. The drug court program is designed to achieve recovery, eliminate criminal behavior, decrease costs to the community, and increase public safety. The court will conduct process and outcome evaluations to evaluate the court's operations and impact on the surrounding community. The court has established relationships with the John I. Easley Criminal Justice Center, Vision Ministries, Community Housing Partnership, WorkForce Essentials, Inc., Williamson County Literacy Council, the District Attorney General, Behavioral Health Care Systems, Office of Public Defender, the Guidance Center, Inc., and Williamson County Sheriff's Office.

LOCAL CONTACT:

The Honorable Timothy L. Easter, Circuit Judge
Twenty-first Judicial District
P.O. Box 1469
Franklin, TN 37065
615/790-5426

OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS CONTACT:

Linda Mansour
202/616-3534

* This is a tentative award amount pending final budget review.