Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. PROVIDER shall provide substance abuse and mental health treatment for adults who are ordered into the Felony DUI Court by District Court Judges. The treatment services shall be tailored to meet the individual needs of each client and all program participants shall be provided individual and group counseling sessions. 2. The services may include but are not limited to the following: a) Intake and Assessment b) Treatment Planning c) Individual and Family Counseling d) Psychological Services e) Group Counseling: Provider shall offer a large variety of clinical groups facilitated utilizing evidence-based curriculum, such as, but not limited to psychoeducational groups, anger management/ impulse control groups, co-occurring disorders, mental health groups, trauma groups, gender specific groups. Provider must provide criminal thinking groups; MRT (moral recognition therapy) as part of the program. f) Educational/Vocational Assessment and Assistance g) Support Meetings h) Client Progress Reports- for use by the FDUI team including level up reports, ASAM’s, and other clinical evaluations to support level of care. i) Discharge/Aftercare Planning j) Aftercare Services: referrals for positive peer/ alumni groups, FDUI mentoring program and other aftercare services as needed. k) Case Management Services; assistance enrolling in insurance, coordinating transportation, medical needs, financial planning, employment services, other basic needs. 3. PROVIDER shall perform all work in accordance with evidence based treatment modalities and methodologies as approved by the EJDC Coordinator, as well as, the 10 Key Components of Drug Court recommended by the National Drug Court Institute and subject to compliance with this Contract. EJDC Coordinator will approve all curriculums and any training paid for by the EJDC and attended by the PROVIDER will be incorporated and implemented within 90 days of attendance. If the Provider is unable to implement the training PROVIDER must communicate why they are unable to implement and have a comparable training to recommend to EJDC and EJDC Coordinator. 4. Evidence Based Practices EJDC requires contractors to use evidence-based treatment approaches. Evidence based practices includes treatment strategies and interventions for which observable, objective data exist demonstrating positive effects. Using evidence-based treatment means using interventions that have been shown to work. EJDC contracted providers are expected to utilize data about an individual’s progress along with the best available information about “what works” in planning and revising treatment. The data (or evidence-bases) showing the positive effects of mental health and/or substance abuse treatment practices can take one of four major forms, listed below in order of their relative strength. Information about the evidence base for various practices should be utilized throughout the course of treatment to make clinical decisions. Higher priority should be given to more reliable or stronger forms of evidence in making treatment decisions. Clinically-driven and outcomes-driven treatment is individualized, personcentered and responsive to specific participant’s needs and progress toward recovery. This is a departure from focusing on “placement” in a program, often with a fixed length of stay, and a move toward more individually determined care. Furthermore, it is a move toward the client’s response to treatment, lengths of stay that are individualized and based on the severity of a client’s illness, level of functioning at treatment entry, and response to treatment, progress and outcomes. 5. Standards for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Counseling a. Qualifications: PROVIDER will ensure that its employees shall have the skills, training, and expertise to conduct client intakes and assessments; provide case management services that include, but are not limited to preparing written treatment plans and monitoring and documenting client progress in relation to treatment plans; work with clients to develop goals and objectives and making adjustments to the level of care as needed; provide both individual and group counseling services; and, develop and carry out program discharge and aftercare plans. b. SAPTA Certifications: PROVIDER shall be certified by Nevada’s Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Agency (SAPTA). c. Substance Abuse Counselors: PROVIDER will ensure that all substance abuse counselors shall have active licenses based upon their respective board’s current requirements and, at a minimum, be CADC certified or in a CADC Internship under a Licensed (LADC) Supervisor by the State of Nevada Board of Examiners of Alcohol, Drugs and Gambling. If the counselor is an intern, a Board Supervisor must also be onsite and/or employed by PROVIDER or the organization must comply with state Board regulations regarding supervision appropriately.
