Pike County Drug Court: Expansion and Enhancement Project

The Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC), along with its partners, the Pike County Circuit Drug Court (PCCDC) (under the jurisdiction of the AOC). Mountain Comprehensive Care Center (MCCC) and the University of Kentucky Center on Drug and Alcohol Research (UK CDAR) is requesting Joint Adult Drug Court Grant Program funds in the amount of $975,000 in SAMHSA funds for the three-year period and $300,000 in BJA funds to expand and enhance an adult drug court to assist nonviolent offenders with successful rehabilitation from the use of drugs and or alcohol. The population to be served is high-risk high-need offenders with substance dependency and/or co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders. The project will serve 52 participants annually for a total of 156 participants over three-year grant period. The proposed intervention(s) include the matrix model, selected modules of the RDAP, and Motivational Interviewing (MI). Treatment enhancement will include psychiatric and mental health services including trauma-informed and gender-responsive care, and recovery groups designed for drug court participants.