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The Sacramento Dependency Drug Court: Development and Outcomes

Sharon M. Boles

Children and Family Futures

Nancy K. Young

Children and Family Futures

Toni Moore

Department of Health & Human Services, Sacramento, CA

Sharon DiPirro-Beard

Department of Health & Human Services, Sacramento, CA

Dependency Drug Courts (DDCs) are a growing method of addressing the functional status and reunification success of families involved in child welfare and affected by substance use disorders. Despite widespread interest in DDCs, few evaluations have appeared in the literature to help inform the discussion about their effectiveness. This article provides a description of various types of DDCs and reports 24-month reunification rates from the Sacramento DDC. Results indicated that DDC participants had higher rates of treatment participation than did comparison participants. In addition, at 24 months, 42% of the DDC children had reunified versus 27.2% of the comparison children. There were no differences in treatment completion or child reunification rates by parent's primary drug problem. Rates of recidivism were extremely low for both the DDC and comparison groups and did not differ significantly. The results of the present study are encouraging and suggest that rigorous, controlled studies are merited to further evaluate the effectiveness of DDCs.

Key Words: Dependency Drug Court • parents • child welfare • substance abuse

Child Maltreatment, Vol. 12, No. 2, 161-171 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1077559507300643
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