State Coordinators ATCS

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The Justice Programs Office (JPO) at American University, on behalf of the Bureau of Justice
Assistance (BJA), is conducting the State Coordinator Survey as part of the Annual Treatment
Court Survey Series. The information you provide in this survey will contribute to a better
understanding of treatment courts throughout the country.
Your Participation
You will be asked a series of questions about treatment courts in your state/territory. Questions
address how many exist, who they serve, and how they operate, as well as your perceptions
about their successes and challenges. The survey may take up to 30 minutes to complete
based on available information and the length of your responses.
Risks and Benefits
Your participation is completely voluntary and poses little risk to you. Your responses will be deidentified, meaning that answers will be kept separate from identifying information through the
use of assigned code numbers. Further, results will be reported in aggregate for the entire group
as a whole (e.g., 90% of states/territories have policies on medication-assisted treatment).
For your participation, you will receive the final report the survey results. Additionally, you will be
directly contributing to the learning and improvement of treatment courts and the treatment court
field.
Contact Information
If you have questions about the survey, please contact JPO at 202-885-1580, Dr. Julie Baldwin
at [email protected], or Mr. Zephi Francis at [email protected].
You may also contact the AU Research Compliance Manager at 202-885-3447.
Consent
To participate, please click "I consent" below to continue to the survey.

o I consent.
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2 Please provide the following professional information.
Information will only be used to send you the final report and in the event that JPO staff needs
to contact you for follow-up.

o Name: ________________________________________________
o Email address: ________________________________________________
o Phone number: ________________________________________________
Q51 What is your current position?
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Q41 How long (number of years) have you worked in your current position?
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3 How many treatment courts are currently operating in your state/territory? Treatment courts
are defined as courts that handle an underlying condition (e.g., a mental health or drug issue)
contributing to criminal behavior using nontraditional judicial proceedings and treatment with
team-based services.
Adult Only

Juvenile Only

Family

Campus

Co-occurring
disorder court

Domestic
violence court

Drug court

DWI or DUI court

Gun court

Homeless court

Human
trafficking court

Mental health
court

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Opioid court

Re-entry court

Sex offender
court

Sex trafficking or
prostitution court

Tribal healing to
wellness court

Truancy court

Veterans
treatment court

Young adult
court

Other (Please
specify):

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5 Are there treatment courts in your state/territory that are expected to be implemented in
CY2019 (January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019)?

o No
o Yes
o Don't know

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6 How many treatment courts are expected to be implemented in CY2019 (January 1, 2019
through December 31, 2019) in your state/territory? Enter numbers for all that apply. For
categories where no courts are being planned, leave blank.
Adult Only

Juvenile Only

Family

Campus

Co-occurring
disorder court

Domestic
violence court

Drug court

DWI or DUI court

Gun court

Homeless court

Human
trafficking court

Mental health
court

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Opioid court

Re-entry court

Sex offender
court

Sex trafficking or
prostitution court

Tribal healing to
wellness court

Truancy court

Veterans
treatment court

Young adult
court

Other (Please
specify):

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8 From January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018, did any treatment courts in your state/territory
close?

o No
o Yes
o Don't know

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9 How many treatment courts closed from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018 in your
state/territory ? For categories where no courts closed, leave blank.
Adult Only

Juvenile Only

Family

Campus

Co-occurring
disorder court

Domestic
violence court

Drug court

DWI or DUI court

Gun court

Homeless court

Human
trafficking court

Mental health
court

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Opioid court

Re-entry court

Sex offender
court

Sex trafficking or
prostitution court

Tribal healing to
wellness court

Truancy court

Veterans
treatment court

Young adult
court

Other (Please
specify):

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11 How many participants are currently active in treatment courts in your state/territory?
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Q46 From January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018, how many participants were admitted to
treatment courts in your state/territory?
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Q48 From January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018, how many individuals chose not to
participate when offered treatment court participation (opt outs) in your state/territory?
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13 Please indicate the percentage breakdown for each gender of the participants admitted to
treatment courts in your state/territory from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018. For
categories that no participants fall under, leave at 0%.
Female : _______
Male : _______
Transgender : _______
Total : ________

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14 Please indicate the percentage breakdown for each race/ethnicity of the participants
admitted to treatment courts in your state/territory from January 1, 2018 to December 31,
2018. For categories that no participants fall under, leave at 0%.
American Indian or Alaska Native : _______
Asian : _______
Black or African American : _______
Hispanic/Latino(a) origin : _______
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander : _______
White : _______
Two or more races : _______
Other : _______
Total : ________

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16 From January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018, how many participants graduated from
treatment courts in your state/territory?
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18 Of the participants who graduated from treatment courts in your state/territory from January
1, 2018 to December 31, 2018, what was the average length of time (in days) from
admission to graduation?
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20 Please indicate the percentage breakdown for each gender of the participants who
graduated from treatment courts in your state/territory from January 1, 2018 to December 31,
2018. For categories that no participants fall under, leave at 0%.
Female : _______
Male : _______
Transgender : _______
Total : ________

21 Please indicate the percentage breakdown for each race/ethnicity of participants who
graduated from treatment courts in your state/territory from January 1, 2018 to December 31,
2018. For categories that no participants fall under, leave at 0%.
American Indian or Alaska Native : _______
Asian : _______
Black or African American : _______
Hispanic/Latino(a) origin : _______
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander : _______
White : _______
Two or More Races : _______
Other : _______
Total : ________

23 From January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018, how many participants were terminated from
treatment courts in your state/territory?
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25 Please indicate the percentage breakdown for each gender of the participants who
terminated from (were kicked out of) treatment courts in your state/territory from January 1,
2018 to December 31, 2018. For categories that no participants fall under, leave at 0%.
Female : _______
Male : _______
Transgender : _______
Total : ________

26 Please indicate the percentage breakdown for each race/ethnicity of the participants who
terminated from (were kicked out of) treatment courts in your state/territory from January 1,
2018 to December 31, 2018. For categories that no participants fall under, leave at 0%.
American Indian or Alaska Native : _______
Asian : _______
Black or African American : _______
Hispanic/Latino(a) origin : _______
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander : _______
White : _______
Two or More Races : _______
Other : _______
Total : ________

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Q54 As a matter of policy, does your state/territory require medication assisted treatment (MAT)
training for treatment court staff?

o No
o Yes
o Don't Know

Q55 Have state- or territory-level administrative staff who work with or on treatment court teams
received training on administering medication assisted treatment (MAT)?

o No
o Yes
o Don't Know

Q56 Does any state or territorial agency or organization offer medication assisted treatment
(MAT) training for treatment court staff?

o No
o Yes
o Don't Know

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Q57 Which organization(s) offers the medication assisted treatment (MAT) training?
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28 Does your state/territory have uniform policies regarding medication assisted treatment
(MAT) for treatment court participants?

o No
o Yes
o Don't know

29 Which best describe the policies related to MAT for treatment court participants in your
state/territory? Please select all that apply.

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Evaluated on a case-by-case basis
Prohibited
Routinely permitted based on a valid medical prescription

Other (Please describe):
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Q58 As a matter of policy, does your state or territory require medical marijuana training for
treatment court staff?

o No
o Yes
o Don't Know

Q59 Have state- or territory-level administrative staff who work with or on treatment court teams
received training on medical marijuana use in treatment courts?

o No
o Yes
o Don't Know

31 Does any state or territorial agency or organization offer medical marijuana use training for
treatment court staff?

o No
o Yes
o Don't Know
Q61 Which organization(s) offers the medical marijuana use training?
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Q62 Does your state/territory have uniform policies regarding medical marijuana use for
treatment court participants?

o No
o Yes
o Don't know

Q63
Which best describe the policies related to the use of medical marijuana among treatment court
participants in your state/territory?
Please select all that apply.

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Evaluated on a case-by-case basis
Prohibited
Routinely permitted based on a valid medical prescription

Other (Please describe):
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Q52 Does your state or territory have a policy or policies requiring cultural competency training
for treatment court staff?

o No
o Yes
o Don't Know

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Q53 Have state- or territory-level administrative staff who work with or on treatment court teams
received training on cultural competency in treatment courts?

o No
o Yes
o Don't Know

Q64 Does any state or territorial agency or organization offer cultural competency training for
treatment court staff?

o No
o Yes
o Don't Know
32 Which organization(s) offers the cultural competency training?
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30 Does your state or territory require racial and ethnic disparities training for treatment court
staff as a matter of policy?

o No
o Yes
o Don't Know

33 Have state- or territory-level administrative staff who work with or on treatment court teams
received training that provides strategies for reducing racial/ethnic disparities in treatment
courts?

o No
o Yes
o Don't Know

Q51 Does any state or territorial organizations offer reducing racial and ethnic disparities
training for treatment court staff?

o No
o Yes
o Don't Know
Q49 Which organization(s) offers the racial and ethnic disparities training?
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34 Does the state/territory track data on racial and ethnic disparities in treatment courts?

o No
o Yes
o Don't Know

35 Does the state/territory track data on gender disparities in treatment courts?

o No
o Yes
o Don't Know

36 Does your state/territory use an integrated, electronic management information system (MIS)
to collect and compile data on treatment courts?

o No
o Yes, for some courts
o Yes, for all courts
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37 Please select all the data element(s) that are collected from treatment courts in the
management information system (MIS).

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Age of participant(s)
Ethnicity of participant(s)
Gender of participant(s)
Race of participant(s)
Length of time each participants was in the program
Number of participant(s)
Number of graduate(s)
Number of termination(s)
Participant qualifying arrest information
Participant conviction/sentencing information
Participant treatment plan information
Sanctions and incentives used on a participant

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38 Who supplies/collects this data for the management information system (MIS)?

o I collect the data
o Another person, agency or third party collects data
o Individual jurisdictions supply the data
o Other (Please describe): ________________________________________________
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Q43 Currently, what are the top challenges facing treatment courts in your
state/territory? Please enter below.

o Challenge 1: ________________________________________________
o Challenge 2: ________________________________________________
o Challenge 3: ________________________________________________
Q44 Please describe any innovate practices treatment courts have implemented in your
state/territory in the past 3 years?
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Q40 To what extent are state governmental officials supportive of treatment courts?

o Not at all supportive
o Somewhat supportive
o Neutral
o Supportive
o Very supportive

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Q45 Please describe any areas of training and technical assistance (TTA) that you would like to
be offered for treatment courts in your state/territory?
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Q42 Which resource(s) do you use to stay up-to-date with current research on treatment
courts? Please select all that apply.

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Attending conferences
Attending non-conference training
Discussions with treatment court colleagues
E-learning
Participating in webinars
Peer-review journals
Published research reports

Other (Please describe):
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