Abstract
| The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) is implementing the ?En Novc (My Friend) Drug Court Expansion and Enhancement Project.? Building on the addition of services to post-adjudicated youth now in progress, the project increases coordination among existing service providers and initiates outreach and education activities that will both encourage utilization of the court and maximize the effectiveness of the culturally respectful drug court services now offered. The project name, ?En Novc? or ?my friend? in the language of the SRPMIC people, invokes the traditional American Indian foundation of the court enhancement project. A restorative justice component in the context of the existing drug court services is also being implemented. |
Objectives
The enhanced and expanded drug court services will recreate the Community’s sense of responsibility for the well being of its young people. They create a commitment to embrace substance abuse treatment as the first step in rebuilding the Community’s sense of unity and well being and provide community education that emphasizes healthy lifestyles and relationships as a way to a harmonious life.
Indian Nation Served
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
Key Components
Services to post-adjudicated youth; coordination among existing service providers and initiateing outreach and education activities that will both encourage utilization of the court and maximize the effectiveness of the culturally respectful drug court; restorative justice component in the context of the existing drug court services is also being implemented..
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