About CACC

Our Mission:

CACC is committed to advocacy on behalf of collaborative courts in the State of California, to statewide communication with its membership and to the professional development of California’s collaborative court professionals.

  • Provide training, technical assistance, and mutual support to collaborative courts in the State of California,
  • Promote and advocate for the establishment and funding of effective collaborative courts, and
  • Support evidence-based practice guidelines for collaborative court programs.

Collaborative Courts’ Shared Goals:

  • Restoration of lives
  • Children saved and families reunited
  • Reduction of drug use
  • Reduction of crime
  • Increased public safety
  • Taxpayer savings
Collaborative Courts

Ten Key Components

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Collaborative courts integrate alcohol and other drug treatment services with justice system case processing.

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A coordinated strategy governs collaborative court responses to participants’ compliance.

2

Using a nonadversarial approach, prosecution and defense counsel promote public safety while protecting participants’ due process rights.

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Ongoing judicial interaction with each drug court participant is essential.

3

Eligible participants are identified early and promptly placed in the collaborative court program.

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Monitoring and evaluation measure the achievement of program goals and gauge effectiveness.

4

Collaborative courts provide access to a continuum of alcohol, drug, and other related treatment and rehabilitation services.

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Continuing interdisciplinary education promotes effective collaborative court planning, implementation, and operations.

5

Abstinence is monitored by frequent alcohol and other drug testing.

10

Forging partnerships among collaborative courts, public agencies, and community-based organizations generates local support and enhances collaborative court program effectiveness.
  1. Collaborative courts integrate alcohol and other drug treatment services with justice system case processing.
  2. Using a nonadversarial approach, prosecution and defense counsel promote public safety while protecting participants’ due process rights.
  3. Eligible participants are identified early and promptly placed in the collaborative court program.
  4. Collaborative courts provide access to a continuum of alcohol, drug, and other related treatment and rehabilitation services.
  5. Abstinence is monitored by frequent alcohol and other drug testing.
  6. A coordinated strategy governs collaborative court responses to participants’ compliance.
  7. Ongoing judicial interaction with each drug court participant is essential.
  8. Monitoring and evaluation measure the achievement of program goals and gauge effectiveness.
  9. Continuing interdisciplinary education promotes effective collaborative court planning, implementation, and operations.
  10. Forging partnerships among collaborative courts, public agencies, and community-based organizations generates local support and enhances collaborative court program effectiveness.
Read the complete “Defining Drug Courts” document