Evaluation of the Colorado Short Term Intensive ...

Evaluation of the Colorado Short Term Intensive Residential Remediation Treatment (STIRRT) Programs

Christine M. Shea Adams, Ph.D. Linda Harrison, M.S. Kim English, M.A.

Colorado Division of Criminal Justice Office of Research and Statistics

Introduction and Background

y Short Term Intensive Residential Remediation Treatment (STIRRT)

y 14 day intensive residential substance abuse treatment program y 8-9 months of continuing care in community (non-residential) y Intended to stabilize drug offenders y Considered a "last chance" for offenders who would otherwise

go to prison.

Referrals

y Those eligible include those referred by:

y Probation, y Parole, y Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime (TASC), y Denver Drug Court, and y Community Corrections.

Four Program Locations

y Arapahoe House ? Commerce City, CO

y Multiple locations y Male and female participants* y 40 clients/month

y Crossroads Turning Point, Inc. ? Pueblo, CO

y Male clients only y Up to 40/month

y Larimer County Community Corrections ? Fort Collins, CO

y Male clients only y Up to 20/month

y Mesa County Criminal Justice Services Department ? Grand Junction, CO**

y Male and female clients y Up to 30/month

*Due to some IRB difficulties the AH female participants were excluded from this study. **Mesa County stopped offering STTIRT in June 2010.

Data Sources

y Drug/Alcohol Coordinated Data System (DACODS)

y Housed at the Division of Behavioral Health y Multiple data transfer steps

y Integrated Colorado Online Network (ICON)

y Housed at Judicial

y Provider Quarterly Reports

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