Publication Date
Spring 2018
Degree Type
Master's Project
Degree Name
Master of Public Administration (MPA)
Department
Urban and Regional Planning
First Advisor
Frances Edwards
Keywords
Substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, juvenile court
Abstract
In 2014, the Santa Clara County Superior Court received a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant to improve the efficacy of the Juvenile Treatment Court (JTC) and Court for the Individualized Treatment of Adolescents (CITA) programs by streamlining the referral, screening, and court hearing processes. Receipt of the grant allowed the Superior Court to integrate JTC and CITA to establish the Progress Achieved Through Hope and Holistic Services (PATH2 Services) Court.
This research analyzed whether the Santa Clara County Superior Court successfully integrated the JTC and CITA programs when it established PATH2 Services. In addition it determined whether PATH2 Services achieved its goal of integrating court-based processes to provide therapeutic services to the juvenile offenders who participated in the program in its first year of operation in 2015.
Recommended Citation
Jimenez, Octavio, "PATH2 Services Court: A Process Evaluation" (2018). Master's Projects. 585.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31979/etd.a556-rsqr
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/etd_projects/585
Included in
Other Mental and Social Health Commons, Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation Commons, Public Administration Commons, Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance Commons, Substance Abuse and Addiction Commons
Comments
Winner of the Robert G. Smith Memorial Award for Research Excellence. This award is given to the graduating MPA with the best final project.