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

Louisiana Drug Court System Adult-15 Juvenile-11 The Evolution

Louisiana Association of Drug Court Professionals (LADCP)  Founded 1996

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

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)

1999  Additional Courts Added:  Lafourche (s)  St. Mary Family Focused  Caddo Drug Section  Caddo Juvenile  Rapides Juvenile  5 th Judicial District Court (Oak Grove)  East Baton Rouge Juvenile  DeSoto-Sabine  Breaux Bridge Juvenile  Standards adopted for Adult Drug Courts

2000  Courts Added:  Bossier-Webster Juvenile  Calcasieu Juvenile  St. Tammany Juvenile  City of Slidell Juvenile  Iberia Juvenile

2001  Courts Added:  Bossier-Webster Adult  Plans to reconvene Treatment Standards Committee to address Juvenile Standards

Additional Courts in the Planning Process  Orleans Juvenile (January 2001)  Houma  City Court of Hammond  St. John Parish  Vernon Parish  Concordia Parish