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San Francisco Collaborative Courts Best Practice Standards February 2018

Contents

Introduction ............................................................................................................................5

San Francisco's Adult Criminal Collaborative Court Programs .........................................5

I. The Collaborative Court Team......................................................................................6 Program Organization and Oversight .......................................................................................6 Team Composition...................................................................................................................6 Case Conferencing ..................................................................................................................6 Communication and Related Issues.........................................................................................6 Confidentiality ..........................................................................................................................6 Responding to Media Inquiries.................................................................................................7 Initial and Continuing Education...............................................................................................7 Roles and Responsibilities .......................................................................................................7 Supervision Caseloads ............................................................................................................7

II. Target Population, Eligibility, Referral, Entry, and Orientation..................................8 Objective Eligibility and Exclusion Criteria................................................................................8 High-Risk and High-Need Participants .....................................................................................8 Validated Eligibility Assessments .............................................................................................8 Trauma-Informed Services.......................................................................................................8 Criminal History Disqualifications .............................................................................................8 Clinical Disqualifications...........................................................................................................8

III. Program Structure.........................................................................................................9 Program Capacity ....................................................................................................................9 Program Entry..........................................................................................................................9 Graduation, Termination, and Program Duration......................................................................9

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IV. Treatment.....................................................................................................................11 Continuum of Care.................................................................................................................11 The Use of In-Custody Time ..................................................................................................11 Team Representation.............................................................................................................11 Treatment Dosage and Duration ............................................................................................11 Treatment Modalities..............................................................................................................11 Evidence-Based Treatment....................................................................................................12 Identify Services in the Community to Target Participant Needs ............................................12 Assess Changes in Participants' Needs and Responsivity Factors ........................................12 Medication Assisted Treatment ..............................................................................................12 Provider Training and Credentials ..........................................................................................13 Peer Support..........................................................................................................................13 Trauma-Informed Services.....................................................................................................13 Interventions To Address Criminogenic Risk ..........................................................................13

V. Court Procedures and Judicial Oversight .................................................................14 Professional Training .............................................................................................................14 Procedural Justice .................................................................................................................14 Length of Term.......................................................................................................................14 Frequency of Status Hearings................................................................................................14 Length of Court Interactions ...................................................................................................14 Judicial Demeanor .................................................................................................................14 Judicial Decision Making........................................................................................................15

VI. Drug and Alcohol Testing ...........................................................................................16 Policy and Procedures ...........................................................................................................16 Frequency of Testing .............................................................................................................16 Random Testing.....................................................................................................................16 Scope of Drugs Tested ..........................................................................................................16

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Availability of Results .............................................................................................................16 Addictive or Intoxicating Substances......................................................................................17

VI. Rewards, Sanctions, and Interventions ........................................................................18 Advance Notice......................................................................................................................18 Opportunity to Respond .........................................................................................................18 Professional Demeanor..........................................................................................................18 Progressive Sanctions ...........................................................................................................18 Progressive Rewards .............................................................................................................18 Therapeutic Interventions.......................................................................................................18 Incentivizing Prosocial Behaviors ...........................................................................................19 Jail Sanctions.........................................................................................................................19

VII. Equity ...........................................................................................................................20 Cultural Competence and Cultural Humility............................................................................20 Equitable Access ...................................................................................................................20 Equitable Retention................................................................................................................20 EquitableTreatment................................................................................................................20 Equitable Rewards, Sanctions and Interventions ...................................................................20 Equitable Dispositions............................................................................................................21

VIII. Data and Evaluation ....................................................................................................22 Electronic Case Management ................................................................................................22 Timely and Reliable Data Entry..............................................................................................22 Independent Evaluation .........................................................................................................22 Using Data and Evaluation Results ........................................................................................22

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Introduction

In 2015, San Francisco Superior Court's Collaborative Court Advisory Committee identified the need to develop a unified approach or `best practices' standards for our adult criminal collaborative court programs. The establishment of standards is essential for quality assurance and is in keeping with the National Association of Drug Court Professionals' (NADCP) Standards I and II. NADCP's national standards reference `drug court' for the implementation of evidence-based best practices since the bulk of the current research has focused on drug courts.

San Francisco Best Practice Standards Subcommittee Collaborative courts are comprised of public and non-profit partners who are team members in each of our programs. These same agencies contributed to the development of this document and were represented on the Best Practices Standards Subcommittee: Judge Jeffrey Ross (formerly Veterans Justice Court); Judge Kathleen Kelly (formerly Community Justice Center; Family Treatment Court); Judge Ronald Albers (retired); Lisa Lightman (San Francisco Superior Court); Katherine Miller (Office of the District Attorney); Simin Shamji (Office of the Public Defender); Angelica Almeida (Department of Public Health); Lee Ann Hudson (Adult Probation Department). Appreciation is extended to Nebraska's Administrative Office of the Courts and to their subcontractor, the National Center for State Courts, who allowed us to utilize their best practice document to generate our own.

San Francisco's Adult Criminal Collaborative Court Programs

Behavioral Health Court and Misdemeanor Behavioral Health Court address the complex needs of mentally ill defendants with co-occurring substance use disorders.

Community Justice Center co-locates a court with social services in the Tenderloin, Civic Center, Union Square, and South of Market neighborhoods.

Drug Court works with non-violent participants with substantial substance abuse problems.

Intensive Supervision Court focuses on probation clients facing a lengthy state prison commitment as a result of probation violations.

Parole Revocation Court delivers social services to parolees with a Petition to Revoke Parole.

Veterans Justice Court provides substance abuse and mental health treatment for military veterans charged with criminal offenses.

Young Adult Court focuses on emerging adults (ages 18-24) many of whom have significant social service, education and employment needs.

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