OCMULGEE JUDICIAL CIRCUT FAMILY TREATMENT COURT
Serving Baldwin, Green, Hancock, Putnam, and Wilkinson County
Mission
The mission of the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit Family Treatment Court is to improve permanency, well-being and recovery outcomes of children, parents and families affected by trauma, substance abuse and mental health disorders.
To date the program has served 170 individual participants
Approximately 300 children have been served in this program
Eligibility Criteria
The parent must be a resident of the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit.
The parent must be a legal and primary caretaker of a child 16 years or younger.
The parents must have dependency allegations arising from substance abuse or
dependence.
Exclusion Criteria
Prior sustained reports for child sexual
abuse.
Mental health or mental retardation that
prevent full participation in substance
abuse treatment
Chronic or terminal conditions requiring
extensive medical treatment
Previous convictions for violent crimes or
felony child abuse.
Program Goals
Expedite entry into treatment for
targeted families.
Assist both parents and children in.
Achieving the goals set forth in their.
Reunification plan.
retain targeted families in treatment.
For the time necessary for recovery.
Build relationships with community.
Partners to enforce a recovery community.
Support participants in maintaining
and practicing a sober lifestyle.
Why Family Treatment Court
The Family Treatment Court program is designed to break the cycle of addiction and neglect. Through monitored service delivery, the goal is to reduce the number of days that children are in foster care.
How is it Accomplished
- Ongoing case monitoring
- Expedited Cases
- Informed permanency case
FTC
The FTC strives to ensure the safety and well-being of children and facilitate family reunification. The FTC uses a team approach to work with dependency cases. The multi-disciplinary team works to provide a highly structured and coordinated approach to treat the parents’ disease of substance abuse. It simultaneously addresses parenting while holding parents accountable for their choices.