TADCP Newsletter October 2013
Content
Volume 3, Issue 3
A Publication by the
September 2013
2013 Officers and Directors
Tennessee Association of Drug Court Professionals
President Mary Schneider Vice President Tracye Bryant Treasurer Brad Price Secretary Rick Taylor West Tennessee Director Angela Parkerson Middle Tennessee Director Mike Lewis East Tennessee Director Judge Charles Cerny At Large Directors Ron Hanaver Kevin Batts Jill Barrett
FLOOD STRIKES MADISON
7 INCHES OF RAIN FALLS IN JUST OVER 2 HOURS
The Madison area experienced catastrophic flooding on August 8th, due to seven inches of rain falling in just over 2 hours. This downpour caused the rivers and creeks in the area to rise quickly and flood the surrounding homes. A men’s home at Recovery Community, Inc., a service provider for Division X Treatment court in Davidson County was caught in the midst of the current. Waist high water filled the house as clothes, shoes and personal items floated down the street while the residents were escaping with the few things they could save. Eight residents were displaced that day, but each one of them remained hopeful and came together to immediately get into the solution. Lyn Noland, director of the program called a landlord down the street who had promised a house to her that would be ready in early October due to the fact that it needed to be completely remodeled. Well, with displaced clients, October wasn’t quick enough. She got the key, and with the help of a few of her clients, the remodeling started that day. Presiding Drug Court Judge, Casey Moreland came to the rescue. He coordinated a Drug Court Community Service Project the next Saturday and Wednesday. Over 80 Drug Court Clients took shifts to drywall, paint, reinforce floors and clean up the property. Nancy Derrick, Drug Court Coordinator for Division X was busy bringing donations and donuts and kept everyone on their toes! Recovery Community staff and residents were overwhelmed at the outpouring of love and support by the Drug Court Team and the hard work of all the clients. Thanks to Judge Moreland and his staff, the residents are comfortable in their new home and are able to continue their journey of recovery. When the disaster struck, Noland offered to find other placement for her guys, as she knew this could be seen as a huge stumbling block in early recovery. They would have to sleep on couches, and double up in rooms for a few weeks. They all refused, saying, "We don’t mind. We all needed a place to stay clean, and you helped us with that, now we can be here to help you". And that, folks, is what recovery is all about!
Inside This Issue
TADCP 9th Annual Drug Conference 2
Nine Years Plus One Equals Ten 3 Morgan County Residential Recovery Court Opens 3 The President’s Corner 3
Williamson County DUI Court Celebrates Graduation 4 Membership Application 4
Over 80 Drug Court clients took shifts to drywall, paint, reinforce floors and clean up the property.
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Tennessee Association of Drug Court Professionals
TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF DRUG COURT PROFESSIONALS 9TH ANNUAL DRUG CONFERENCE
WHEN: December 11 – 13, 2013 WHERE: The Embassy Suites & Conference Center, Murfreesboro, Tennessee 615-890-4464, Group Code DCP. Rooms are limited! REGISTRATION: www.tadcpconference9.ezregister.com (can also be accessed on the TADCP website, www.tadcptn.org).
As the weather turns chilly, things will be warming up at the Tennessee Association of Drug Court Professionals 9th Annual Drug Court Conference. Set to be held once again at the Embassy Suites and Conference Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, there will be a fantastic line up of national speakers presenting relevant and current information to aid recovery court teams. Here’s a brief introduction to the speakers who will be featured: Dan Griffin, President of Dan Griffin Enterprises, Inc., was a smash hit at the conference last year. His insightful, humorous, and relevant presentations made him a conference favorite. This year, Dan is back! He will be presenting on the trauma-focused work of Stephanie Covington in one of our general sessions and again at a breakout focusing specifically on men’s treatment. If you want more information about Dan and the work he is doing, check out his website at www.dangriffin.com. You can also check out more of Covington’s work at http://www.stephaniecovington.com/. Because of the feedback we received last year, particularly from our treatment folks, Dan will be joined by a co-presenter during the general session to talk about trauma-informed care. She’s our mystery speaker at this point, but as soon as we have a solid confirmation we’ll announce her! In addition to the general session with Dan, she will also do a women’s specific treatment breakout. Back for a second round as well is Dr. Merrill Norton, the pharmacist and professor from the University of Georgia that explained our brain on drugs in a way that delighted as well as educated. Who knew we could all sit and listen to a detailed explanation of brain chemistry without falling asleep? Your evaluations asked us to bring him back with more time, so we did just that. Dr. Norton will do a workshop for us on Friday that will expand on the presentation he did last year, focusing on trauma. He is the final and sole presenter for Friday, so don’t worry; you don’t have to wonder what you’ll miss by attending his workshop! You can find more about Dr. Norton here http://cap.rx.uga.edu/index.php/people/faculty/norton/ There’s more! Honorable Peggy Hora (retired), a Senior Judicial Fellow with the National Drug Court Institute and a Judicial Outreach Liaison with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, will be back with us this year to provide our recovery court judges with updates in case law, research, and other points of vital interest. Some of you may remember Judge Hora’s tenacious spirit and candor from the workshop she presented in 2010, here at the Embassy Suites. Based on your evaluations, she was well received and provided great information, so we are happy to have her back. Even though she is retired, Judge Hora has stayed very busy. You can see what she has been doing on her website http://www.judgehora.com/. The Coordinator’s had the opportunity to meet this breath of fresh air at their training at Paris Landing State Park in May. Honorable Peggy Davis, a circuit court judge from the 31st Judicial District in Missouri, will do two presentations at the conference. She will discuss an overview of the latest research and implementation on providing different tracks to drug court participants with different needs, and then a separate breakout geared toward our judges on how to implement these different tracks for the program. The Coordinators received some of this information at their May training, and asked TADCP to have her come share with everyone else at the conference this year. Judge Davis is excited to come back to Tennessee in December, and we are happy to have her! If you attended the NADCP conference in Baltimore this year, you may have seen her. You can see a brief biography on Judge Davis at http://www.mobar.org/conferences/sasf/2012/commpeggydavis.htm. It is possible to have both Judges Hora and Davis present at our conference because of funding from the National Drug Court Institute. The National Drug Court Institute, which is the training and technical assistance arm of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals, receives these funds from the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance. Please be sure to thank our partners at NADCP and NDCI for their continued work and support on behalf of specialty courts in Tennessee and across the country (www.nadcp.org). It might be hard to believe that there’s even more great stuff to see and hear at the conference this year, but believe it! TADCP has a great line up of local speakers too! Experts from the state and local agencies will be there to talk about what’s relevant to recovery courts now. You’ll also see and hear from a great mix of sponsors this year, with several new sponsors for you to learn about and with which to connect. Check out the schedule, and register today!
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Tennessee Association of Drug Court Professionals
NINE YEARS PLUS ONE EQUALS TEN
BY MARIE CROSSON
It’s hard to believe that the first drug court conference, which was really a small training, was held over nine years ago. That first training, which had less than 100 in attendance, was in no small part due to the individuals who spent countless hours of time and effort to create the bill for drug courts that became law in 2003. While Tennessee had strong drug courts already in existence, the drug court legislation was a major leap in our legitimacy and a glaring acknowledgment by people in positions of power of our existence. Among many other things, that legislation also provided funding for drug court training. Such is the nature of your growth. Within a few short years, the annual drug court training went from a good-sized, single-day workshop to the all out multi-day conference we have today. More drug courts were created, and more people needed training. Drug courts improved collaboration, and more people needed training. Drug courts are now mature enough to experience turnover on the team and new staff, so more people need training. It is a testament to the effectiveness of leadership; the grassroots leadership that has defined the specialty court movement across the country, and certainly in Tennessee. This brief history lesson is intended to share one very important message; the drug court conference is YOUR conference. The individuals who serve as TADCP board members do so at your service, and they volunteer each year to make YOUR conference the best it can be. They listen to feedback during the conference, read what is written on the evaluations, and review information from other conferences, especially the national conference. The most valuable thing you can do to let them know what you want at YOUR conference is to call, email, or better yet, fill out the evaluations at the conference. They do read them! If you have completed an evaluation in the past and your suggestion was not implemented, it’s most likely because it requires additional funding, is not an option at the hotel venue, or because more individuals disagreed with you than agreed. An example of the importance of feedback is the recent survey TADCP conducted asking TADCP members about interest in either moving the annual conference to a summer month (July or August) or leaving it in December. Out of 45 respondents, 40% want to move the conference to the summer, while 60% want to leave it in December. YOUR opinion counts. Please share it! Because we skipped a year of conferencing in 2011, you may not realize that this year is really the 10th Anniversary not only of the existence of the drug court conference but of the Drug Court Legislation. Let that fact sink in for a minute. Coming together in December will be a chance to recognize the importance of 10 years. The graduate parade scheduled for the opening ceremony will be a great opportunity for us all to celebrate how far we’ve come. Truly, it is far.
THE PRESIDENT’S CORNER
BY MARY SCHNEIDER
On July 3rd I had foot surgery for a torn tendon on the top of my foot. Little did I know what I was getting into! I thought I would be back to work by July 30th, but as I write this on September 5th, I still haven’t returned to work. Oh, I have answered email and phone calls. I have even snuck into the office on a couple of Saturdays to complete some required reports. But lots of stuff hasn’t gotten done, or has just been put off until later. I have utilized Skype to actually interview and hire a new employee. I have also used it to do supervision with an intern we have. Technology is a great thing and I can’t imagine how this extended time off would have gone had I not had these tools. Also, I have a very competent staff who was able to continue with their everyday work lives without a lot of input from me. The Board of Directors of TADCP is also putting technology to work. We are now subscribing to ZOOM, which is a video conferencing service. This has allowed us to have a meeting every other month without everyone travelling from the ends of the state. One of our committees has met through ZOOM as well, which was a huge time saver for those involved. This has saved us hundreds of dollars in mileage to the board members as well as travel time. We hope that this will encourage other members to be on the board since it is so much easier to communicate and meet now. We will still meet in person once or twice a year, but we will also see each other at the TADCP Conference and the Coordinators Conference. We are saying goodbye to Marianne Schroer. Marianne was the Coordinator for the 21st Judicial Drug Court. She has left to become the Director of CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate). Marianne has been very helpful on the Board and was instrumental in making our last Day On The Hill such a success. We will miss her input and wish her well in her new position. By the time you read this, we hope to have a new person to replace her on the board. Finally, the TADCP Conference is getting nearer. Marie Crosson has worked very hard to bring us some top quality speakers. It has been a team effort with lots of input from the board and DMHSAS. Please read her article about the conference in this newsletter. We are hoping you will peruse our new website when you go there to register for the conference. It is still evolving, but we think it has a lot of features that you, as a member of TADCP, will enjoy.
MORGAN COUNTY RESIDENTIAL RECOVERY COURT
HASLAM CUTS RIBBON AT 100 BED FACILITY
On July 31, 2013, Governor Bill Haslam cut the ribbon at the Morgan County Residential Recovery Court. The statewide100 bed male residential court is located in the annex adjacent to the Morgan County Correctional facility. This residential recovery court program serves nonviolent male felony offenders who are in need of more intensive treatment services to help them succeed in their recovery journey. Presently, nine certified drug courts across the state are making referrals to Morgan County Residential Recovery Court .The referring courts are sending participants from their programs that are at risk of being violated and entering into the state prison system. Once the participant finishes programming at MCRRC they will transition back to their home court to finish out their final phases. Morgan County Residential Recovery Court is a collaborative project between the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and the Tennessee Department of Corrections. Both departments are committed to enhancing positive partnerships among the recovery courts, public agencies, and community-based organizations to continue to generate support and enhance the positive impact of recovery court programs across the state.
Regards, Mary Schneider, LAPSW
TADCP MEMBERS ENJOY....
•
CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
(NAADAC AND CLE)
• • •
•
ANNUAL TADCP CONFERENCE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER REPRESENTATION THROUGH THE TADCP LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE FREE AND DISCOUNTED TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
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Tennessee Association of Drug Court Professionals
WILLIAMSON COUNTY DUI COURT CELEBRATES GRADUATION OF SIX MEMBERS ON MAY 26TH
Williamson County General Sessions DUI Court Graduation The DUI Court celebrated the accomplishments of six graduates on Thursday, May 26th. The DUI Court now has 17 graduates and 11 participants. The graduation ceremony included remarks by Judge Andre, Senator Jack Johnson, and Rep. Jeremy Durham. Williamson County General Sessions Judge Andre presented the "All Rise DUI Court, go to www.duicourtfoundaAward" to local attorney Jennifer tion.org or call (615) 595-1286. Honeycutt, for her contributions of time and expertise to the DUI Court Advisory Committee, the DUI Court Team and the DUI Court The DUI Court now has 17 Foundation of Williamson County. graduates and 11 participants. For more information on the
TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF DRUG COURT PROFESSIONALS MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
A one-year membership to TADCP is $25 per person. An organizational membership from 1/01/2013 - 12/31/2013 is $200 for 2-10 members and $10 for each additional member greater than 10. Please make checks payable to TADCP.
Is this application for an individual membership or orgranizational membership? Individual ❑ Organizational ❑ Please specify the membership organization_______________________________________________________
1. Primary contact person Name Title Organization Drug Court Mailing Address City, State, ZIP Phone Number Fax Number E-Mail Address
A Publication by the
P.O. Box 639 McMinnville, TN 37111
COMPUTER
T
R A I N I N G
New Horizons Nashville has pricing set up with TADCP for computer training.
The following prices are for TADCP members: Access - $88 per level per student Word - $58 per level per student Excel - $68 per level per student OLA Access - $67 per user for Online Anytime
Feel free to call or email for any additional information:
Ph: 615-850-5919 Fax: 615-251-6925 Email: [email protected]
A Publication by the
September 2013
2013 Officers and Directors
Tennessee Association of Drug Court Professionals
President Mary Schneider Vice President Tracye Bryant Treasurer Brad Price Secretary Rick Taylor West Tennessee Director Angela Parkerson Middle Tennessee Director Mike Lewis East Tennessee Director Judge Charles Cerny At Large Directors Ron Hanaver Kevin Batts Jill Barrett
FLOOD STRIKES MADISON
7 INCHES OF RAIN FALLS IN JUST OVER 2 HOURS
The Madison area experienced catastrophic flooding on August 8th, due to seven inches of rain falling in just over 2 hours. This downpour caused the rivers and creeks in the area to rise quickly and flood the surrounding homes. A men’s home at Recovery Community, Inc., a service provider for Division X Treatment court in Davidson County was caught in the midst of the current. Waist high water filled the house as clothes, shoes and personal items floated down the street while the residents were escaping with the few things they could save. Eight residents were displaced that day, but each one of them remained hopeful and came together to immediately get into the solution. Lyn Noland, director of the program called a landlord down the street who had promised a house to her that would be ready in early October due to the fact that it needed to be completely remodeled. Well, with displaced clients, October wasn’t quick enough. She got the key, and with the help of a few of her clients, the remodeling started that day. Presiding Drug Court Judge, Casey Moreland came to the rescue. He coordinated a Drug Court Community Service Project the next Saturday and Wednesday. Over 80 Drug Court Clients took shifts to drywall, paint, reinforce floors and clean up the property. Nancy Derrick, Drug Court Coordinator for Division X was busy bringing donations and donuts and kept everyone on their toes! Recovery Community staff and residents were overwhelmed at the outpouring of love and support by the Drug Court Team and the hard work of all the clients. Thanks to Judge Moreland and his staff, the residents are comfortable in their new home and are able to continue their journey of recovery. When the disaster struck, Noland offered to find other placement for her guys, as she knew this could be seen as a huge stumbling block in early recovery. They would have to sleep on couches, and double up in rooms for a few weeks. They all refused, saying, "We don’t mind. We all needed a place to stay clean, and you helped us with that, now we can be here to help you". And that, folks, is what recovery is all about!
Inside This Issue
TADCP 9th Annual Drug Conference 2
Nine Years Plus One Equals Ten 3 Morgan County Residential Recovery Court Opens 3 The President’s Corner 3
Williamson County DUI Court Celebrates Graduation 4 Membership Application 4
Over 80 Drug Court clients took shifts to drywall, paint, reinforce floors and clean up the property.
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Tennessee Association of Drug Court Professionals
TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF DRUG COURT PROFESSIONALS 9TH ANNUAL DRUG CONFERENCE
WHEN: December 11 – 13, 2013 WHERE: The Embassy Suites & Conference Center, Murfreesboro, Tennessee 615-890-4464, Group Code DCP. Rooms are limited! REGISTRATION: www.tadcpconference9.ezregister.com (can also be accessed on the TADCP website, www.tadcptn.org).
As the weather turns chilly, things will be warming up at the Tennessee Association of Drug Court Professionals 9th Annual Drug Court Conference. Set to be held once again at the Embassy Suites and Conference Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, there will be a fantastic line up of national speakers presenting relevant and current information to aid recovery court teams. Here’s a brief introduction to the speakers who will be featured: Dan Griffin, President of Dan Griffin Enterprises, Inc., was a smash hit at the conference last year. His insightful, humorous, and relevant presentations made him a conference favorite. This year, Dan is back! He will be presenting on the trauma-focused work of Stephanie Covington in one of our general sessions and again at a breakout focusing specifically on men’s treatment. If you want more information about Dan and the work he is doing, check out his website at www.dangriffin.com. You can also check out more of Covington’s work at http://www.stephaniecovington.com/. Because of the feedback we received last year, particularly from our treatment folks, Dan will be joined by a co-presenter during the general session to talk about trauma-informed care. She’s our mystery speaker at this point, but as soon as we have a solid confirmation we’ll announce her! In addition to the general session with Dan, she will also do a women’s specific treatment breakout. Back for a second round as well is Dr. Merrill Norton, the pharmacist and professor from the University of Georgia that explained our brain on drugs in a way that delighted as well as educated. Who knew we could all sit and listen to a detailed explanation of brain chemistry without falling asleep? Your evaluations asked us to bring him back with more time, so we did just that. Dr. Norton will do a workshop for us on Friday that will expand on the presentation he did last year, focusing on trauma. He is the final and sole presenter for Friday, so don’t worry; you don’t have to wonder what you’ll miss by attending his workshop! You can find more about Dr. Norton here http://cap.rx.uga.edu/index.php/people/faculty/norton/ There’s more! Honorable Peggy Hora (retired), a Senior Judicial Fellow with the National Drug Court Institute and a Judicial Outreach Liaison with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, will be back with us this year to provide our recovery court judges with updates in case law, research, and other points of vital interest. Some of you may remember Judge Hora’s tenacious spirit and candor from the workshop she presented in 2010, here at the Embassy Suites. Based on your evaluations, she was well received and provided great information, so we are happy to have her back. Even though she is retired, Judge Hora has stayed very busy. You can see what she has been doing on her website http://www.judgehora.com/. The Coordinator’s had the opportunity to meet this breath of fresh air at their training at Paris Landing State Park in May. Honorable Peggy Davis, a circuit court judge from the 31st Judicial District in Missouri, will do two presentations at the conference. She will discuss an overview of the latest research and implementation on providing different tracks to drug court participants with different needs, and then a separate breakout geared toward our judges on how to implement these different tracks for the program. The Coordinators received some of this information at their May training, and asked TADCP to have her come share with everyone else at the conference this year. Judge Davis is excited to come back to Tennessee in December, and we are happy to have her! If you attended the NADCP conference in Baltimore this year, you may have seen her. You can see a brief biography on Judge Davis at http://www.mobar.org/conferences/sasf/2012/commpeggydavis.htm. It is possible to have both Judges Hora and Davis present at our conference because of funding from the National Drug Court Institute. The National Drug Court Institute, which is the training and technical assistance arm of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals, receives these funds from the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance. Please be sure to thank our partners at NADCP and NDCI for their continued work and support on behalf of specialty courts in Tennessee and across the country (www.nadcp.org). It might be hard to believe that there’s even more great stuff to see and hear at the conference this year, but believe it! TADCP has a great line up of local speakers too! Experts from the state and local agencies will be there to talk about what’s relevant to recovery courts now. You’ll also see and hear from a great mix of sponsors this year, with several new sponsors for you to learn about and with which to connect. Check out the schedule, and register today!
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Tennessee Association of Drug Court Professionals
NINE YEARS PLUS ONE EQUALS TEN
BY MARIE CROSSON
It’s hard to believe that the first drug court conference, which was really a small training, was held over nine years ago. That first training, which had less than 100 in attendance, was in no small part due to the individuals who spent countless hours of time and effort to create the bill for drug courts that became law in 2003. While Tennessee had strong drug courts already in existence, the drug court legislation was a major leap in our legitimacy and a glaring acknowledgment by people in positions of power of our existence. Among many other things, that legislation also provided funding for drug court training. Such is the nature of your growth. Within a few short years, the annual drug court training went from a good-sized, single-day workshop to the all out multi-day conference we have today. More drug courts were created, and more people needed training. Drug courts improved collaboration, and more people needed training. Drug courts are now mature enough to experience turnover on the team and new staff, so more people need training. It is a testament to the effectiveness of leadership; the grassroots leadership that has defined the specialty court movement across the country, and certainly in Tennessee. This brief history lesson is intended to share one very important message; the drug court conference is YOUR conference. The individuals who serve as TADCP board members do so at your service, and they volunteer each year to make YOUR conference the best it can be. They listen to feedback during the conference, read what is written on the evaluations, and review information from other conferences, especially the national conference. The most valuable thing you can do to let them know what you want at YOUR conference is to call, email, or better yet, fill out the evaluations at the conference. They do read them! If you have completed an evaluation in the past and your suggestion was not implemented, it’s most likely because it requires additional funding, is not an option at the hotel venue, or because more individuals disagreed with you than agreed. An example of the importance of feedback is the recent survey TADCP conducted asking TADCP members about interest in either moving the annual conference to a summer month (July or August) or leaving it in December. Out of 45 respondents, 40% want to move the conference to the summer, while 60% want to leave it in December. YOUR opinion counts. Please share it! Because we skipped a year of conferencing in 2011, you may not realize that this year is really the 10th Anniversary not only of the existence of the drug court conference but of the Drug Court Legislation. Let that fact sink in for a minute. Coming together in December will be a chance to recognize the importance of 10 years. The graduate parade scheduled for the opening ceremony will be a great opportunity for us all to celebrate how far we’ve come. Truly, it is far.
THE PRESIDENT’S CORNER
BY MARY SCHNEIDER
On July 3rd I had foot surgery for a torn tendon on the top of my foot. Little did I know what I was getting into! I thought I would be back to work by July 30th, but as I write this on September 5th, I still haven’t returned to work. Oh, I have answered email and phone calls. I have even snuck into the office on a couple of Saturdays to complete some required reports. But lots of stuff hasn’t gotten done, or has just been put off until later. I have utilized Skype to actually interview and hire a new employee. I have also used it to do supervision with an intern we have. Technology is a great thing and I can’t imagine how this extended time off would have gone had I not had these tools. Also, I have a very competent staff who was able to continue with their everyday work lives without a lot of input from me. The Board of Directors of TADCP is also putting technology to work. We are now subscribing to ZOOM, which is a video conferencing service. This has allowed us to have a meeting every other month without everyone travelling from the ends of the state. One of our committees has met through ZOOM as well, which was a huge time saver for those involved. This has saved us hundreds of dollars in mileage to the board members as well as travel time. We hope that this will encourage other members to be on the board since it is so much easier to communicate and meet now. We will still meet in person once or twice a year, but we will also see each other at the TADCP Conference and the Coordinators Conference. We are saying goodbye to Marianne Schroer. Marianne was the Coordinator for the 21st Judicial Drug Court. She has left to become the Director of CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate). Marianne has been very helpful on the Board and was instrumental in making our last Day On The Hill such a success. We will miss her input and wish her well in her new position. By the time you read this, we hope to have a new person to replace her on the board. Finally, the TADCP Conference is getting nearer. Marie Crosson has worked very hard to bring us some top quality speakers. It has been a team effort with lots of input from the board and DMHSAS. Please read her article about the conference in this newsletter. We are hoping you will peruse our new website when you go there to register for the conference. It is still evolving, but we think it has a lot of features that you, as a member of TADCP, will enjoy.
MORGAN COUNTY RESIDENTIAL RECOVERY COURT
HASLAM CUTS RIBBON AT 100 BED FACILITY
On July 31, 2013, Governor Bill Haslam cut the ribbon at the Morgan County Residential Recovery Court. The statewide100 bed male residential court is located in the annex adjacent to the Morgan County Correctional facility. This residential recovery court program serves nonviolent male felony offenders who are in need of more intensive treatment services to help them succeed in their recovery journey. Presently, nine certified drug courts across the state are making referrals to Morgan County Residential Recovery Court .The referring courts are sending participants from their programs that are at risk of being violated and entering into the state prison system. Once the participant finishes programming at MCRRC they will transition back to their home court to finish out their final phases. Morgan County Residential Recovery Court is a collaborative project between the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and the Tennessee Department of Corrections. Both departments are committed to enhancing positive partnerships among the recovery courts, public agencies, and community-based organizations to continue to generate support and enhance the positive impact of recovery court programs across the state.
Regards, Mary Schneider, LAPSW
TADCP MEMBERS ENJOY....
•
CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
(NAADAC AND CLE)
• • •
•
ANNUAL TADCP CONFERENCE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER REPRESENTATION THROUGH THE TADCP LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE FREE AND DISCOUNTED TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
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Tennessee Association of Drug Court Professionals
WILLIAMSON COUNTY DUI COURT CELEBRATES GRADUATION OF SIX MEMBERS ON MAY 26TH
Williamson County General Sessions DUI Court Graduation The DUI Court celebrated the accomplishments of six graduates on Thursday, May 26th. The DUI Court now has 17 graduates and 11 participants. The graduation ceremony included remarks by Judge Andre, Senator Jack Johnson, and Rep. Jeremy Durham. Williamson County General Sessions Judge Andre presented the "All Rise DUI Court, go to www.duicourtfoundaAward" to local attorney Jennifer tion.org or call (615) 595-1286. Honeycutt, for her contributions of time and expertise to the DUI Court Advisory Committee, the DUI Court Team and the DUI Court The DUI Court now has 17 Foundation of Williamson County. graduates and 11 participants. For more information on the
TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF DRUG COURT PROFESSIONALS MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
A one-year membership to TADCP is $25 per person. An organizational membership from 1/01/2013 - 12/31/2013 is $200 for 2-10 members and $10 for each additional member greater than 10. Please make checks payable to TADCP.
Is this application for an individual membership or orgranizational membership? Individual ❑ Organizational ❑ Please specify the membership organization_______________________________________________________
1. Primary contact person Name Title Organization Drug Court Mailing Address City, State, ZIP Phone Number Fax Number E-Mail Address
A Publication by the
P.O. Box 639 McMinnville, TN 37111
COMPUTER
T
R A I N I N G
New Horizons Nashville has pricing set up with TADCP for computer training.
The following prices are for TADCP members: Access - $88 per level per student Word - $58 per level per student Excel - $68 per level per student OLA Access - $67 per user for Online Anytime
Feel free to call or email for any additional information:
Ph: 615-850-5919 Fax: 615-251-6925 Email: [email protected]
