58th District Sobriety/Drug Treatment Court

The 58th District Sobriety/Drug Treatment Court began in May of 2004.  We target OWI-2nd offenders, but also have participants who have other substance abuse related offenses that carry a maximum one year jail sentence.  We currently have two Sobriety/Drug Court dockets with two different judges in our Holland court location.  We presently have 70 participants total and an estimated capacity of 75.  Our program is a minimum of 18 months long and we have had 12 graduates to date.  Both dockets are bilingual so we can accommodate Hispanic participants. 

We currently use approximately half of the time of two probation officers as Sobriety/Drug Court case managers.  One of those probation officers is bilingual and one treatment provider also has a bilingual therapist.  Both probation officers do such a thorough job that the Drug Court Coordinator role primarily involves conducting team meetings; promoting the program, grant writing, budget and tweaking policies and procedures.  That role is filled by our Director of Probation and Community Corrections.  We hope to begin a Sobriety/Drug Treatment Court in our Grand Haven location in 2006.