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• Executive summary
• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Purpose of the Evaluation
  • 1.2 Evaluation Scope
• 2 Overview of the drug treatment court funding program
  • 2.1 Program Background
  • 2.2 Program Objectives
  • 2.3 Key Program Elements
  • 2.4 Funding and Financial Information
• 3 Evaluation methodology
  • 3.1 Literature, Document and Data Review
  • 3.2 Analysis of Drug Treatment Court Information System Data
  • 3.3 Survey of Stakeholders
  • 3.4 Key Informant Interviews
  • 3.5 Limitations and Mitigation Strategies
• 4 Findings
  • 4.1 Relevance
    • 4.1.1 Relevance of Program to Federal Priorities.
    • 4.1.2 Alignment with Trends in the Canadian Justice System
    • 4.1.3 Trends and Flexibility to be Responsive to Trends
  • 4.2 Design and Delivery
    • 4.2.1 Profile of Drug Treatment Court Participants
    • 4.2.2 Equitable Access to Drug Treatment Courts
    • 4.2.3 Service Utilization and Gaps
    • 4.2.4 Underrepresentation among Drug Treatment Courts Participants
    • 4.2.5 Responsiveness of Drug Treatment Courts to Identity Factors of Participants
    • 4.2.6 Drug Treatment Court Operations
    • 4.2.7 Impact of COVID-19
    • 4.2.8 Scaling and Expansion
    • 4.2.9 Program Reporting Requirements
    • 4.2.10 Facilitating Information Sharing
  • 4.3 Achievement of Expected Outcomes
    • 4.3.1 Program Retention
    • 4.3.2 Recidivism
    • 4.3.3 Substance Use and Other Outcomes
    • 4.3.4 Unintended Outcomes
  • 4.4 Efficiency
    • 4.4.1 Management of Grants and Contributions Funds
    • 4.4.2 Cost Effectiveness
• 5 Conclusions and recommendations
  • 5.1 Conclusions
    • 5.1.1 Relevance
    • 5.1.2 Performance
  • 5.2 Recommendations
• Appendix A: Drug Treatment Court principles
• Appendix B: Evaluation issues and questions
• Appendix C: Evaluation methodology

List of Figures

• Figure 1: Percentage of Drug Treatment Court Participants by Sex, 2015-2021
• Figure 2: Percentage of Drug Treatment Court Participants by Race, 2015-2021
• Figure 3: Rated Effectiveness of Sharing of Lessons Learned Among Drug Treatment Court DTCs

List of Tables

• Table 1: Program Allocated Resources during the Evaluation Period
• Table 2: Observed Trends Related to Drug Treatment Court in the Last 5 Years
• Table 3: Number of Participants Started in Program-Funded Drug Treatment Courts 2015-16 to 2021
• Table 4: Drug Treatment Court Programs and Service Utilization and Gaps (Survey Response)
• Table 5: Impact of COVID-19 on Drug Treatment Courts according to stakeholder survey data
• Table 6: Gs&Cs Program Budget and Expenditures by Category

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