Louisiana Drug Court System

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Louisiana Drug Court System

• Selecting Qualified Treatment Providers
• SSA Provides Seamless System of Care
• Best Practices Task Force will specifically
  address IOP Treatment
• Drug Court Standards

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• The Evolution

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Louisiana Association of Drug Court Professionals
(LADCP)

• Founded 1996

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1997

• Five Drug Courts Were Established
• St. Mary (s)
• Jefferson Adult (s)
• Orleans
• Rapides (s)
• East Baton Rouge Adult

• Legislation Passed enacting Drug Court Law
• Drug Court Task Force was Established
• Legislative
• MIS
• Treatment

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1998

• Six Drug Courts were added, including the first
  Juvenile Court
• St. Tammany
• New Iberia (s)
• Lafayette (s)
• Livingston/Amite
• Monroe (s)
• Jefferson Juvenile

• Ongoing Development of Standards based on 10 Key
  Components
• Task Force met at each State Drug Court
  Conference (98-99)

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1999

• Additional Courts Added
• Lafourche (s)
• St. Mary Family Focused
• Caddo Drug Section
• Caddo Juvenile
• Rapides Juvenile
• 5th Judicial District Court (Oak Grove)
• East Baton Rouge Juvenile
• DeSoto-Sabine
• Breaux Bridge Juvenile

• Standards adopted for Adult Drug Courts

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2000

• Courts Added
• Bossier-Webster Juvenile
• Calcasieu Juvenile
• St. Tammany Juvenile
• City of Slidell Juvenile
• Iberia Juvenile

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2001

• Courts Added
• Bossier-Webster Adult

• Plans to reconvene Treatment Standards Committee
  to address Juvenile Standards

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Additional Courts in the Planning Process

• Orleans Juvenile (January 2001)
• Houma
• City Court of Hammond
• St. John Parish
• Vernon Parish
• Concordia Parish