Treatment Court Program Status September 2010

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by  Missouri State Courts, Office of State Courts Administrator, Drug Courts Coordinating Commission

State of Missouri Reporting Period:
Office of State Courts Administrator September 1 – September 30, 2010
Drug Courts Coordinating Commission

Treatment Court Program Status
As of 9/30/2010 there were 128 operational treatment courts: 85 adult, 16 juvenile, 13 family,
12 designated DWI, 1 veteran, and 1 reintegration. The commission provided funding to 51
treatment court jurisdictions that include 125 operational treatment courts.

Participants
As of 9/30/2010 2,955 individuals were participating in treatment courts as measured by a count
of cases. The adult category includes reintegration, DWI and adult drug courts unless otherwise
noted.

Total Participant Trend
3050
2,614 Adult 3022
221 Family 3000 2995 2987 2955
120 Juvenile 2950 2938 2944
2926
2,955 Total 2900 2893 2908
2850
2800
Jan_31, Feb_28, Mar_31, Apr_30, May_31, Jun_30, Jul_31, Aug_31, Sep_30,
2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010

Admissions
There were 147 admissions to treatment courts during this reporting period, as measured by a
count of cases, bringing the total number of admissions for the calendar year to 1,674. Re-entry
also includes reintegration case types.

Admissions by Case Type Category
Current Period
60 48
39
32
40
14
20 3 2 9 0
0
Pre-Plea Post-Plea Probation Re-entry Prior Pre-Adj Post-Adj Adult -
Participant Domestic
Violence

Calendar Year-To-Date
700 588
600
500 383
333
400
300
200 78 124 153
100 12 3
0
Pre-Plea Post-Plea Probation Re-entry Prior Pre-Adj Post-Adj Adult -
Participant Domestic
Violence
Basic Characteristics of Treatment Court Participants at Admission*
Gender Current Period Calendar Year-To-Date
Male 92 66% 987 63.5%
Female 48 34% 567 36.5%
Unknown 0 0% 2 ~0%
Total 140 100% 1556 100%

Current Current
Racial/Ethnicity Period CYTD Marital Status Period CYTD
Asian 0 0% 3 ~0% Divorced 26 18.5% 227 15%
American Indian 0 0% 2 ~0% Legal Separation 7 5% 53 3%
Black 37 26.5% 362 23% Married 14 10% 239 15%
Hispanic 2 1.5% 16 1% Single 83 59% 954 61%
White 98 70% 1160 75% Widowed 2 1.5% 14 1%
Unknown 3 2% 13 1% Unknown 8 6% 69 5%
Total 140 100% 1556 100% Total 140 100% 1556 100%
*Data as measured by a count of participants at the time of admission to treatment court.
Juvenile drug court participants are not included. Reintegration and DWI case type participants
are included.

The following is known about all adult treatment court admissions for this reporting period:
 The average age at admission was over 31 years.
 Admissions range in age from 17 to 62 years.

Exits
Termination includes termination, voluntary withdrawal, administrative discharge and dismissal
docket types.

Overall Number of Program Graduations and Terminations*

Exit Status Current Period Calendar Year-to-Date
Graduation 72 50% 887 55%
Termination 71 50% 732 45%
Total 143 100% 1619 100%
*Includes exit information as measured by a count of cases for reintegration, DWI and adult,
family and juvenile drug courts.

As of 9/30/2010 there have been a total of 9,532 treatment court graduates.

A total of 525 babies have ever been born to female participants during treatment. 479 of these
have been born drug free.
 No drug-free babies were born to participants that exited treatment court during
this reporting period.
 No drug-exposed babies were born to participants that exited treatment court
during this reporting period. This is two consecutive months that no drug-
exposed babies were born.

Note: Current period plus prior period Y-T-D totals will not necessarily equal the Y-T-D totals
for this period, due to cases being added after the reports for the prior period were run.