On behalf of the Executive Board of the Arizona Association of Drug Court Professionals (AADCP) welcome to our updated website!  The AADCP is an organization whose members include judges, attorneys, probation officers, treatment providers, clinical staff, and court administrators, all of whom work in conjunction with Problem Solving Courts across the State of Arizona.  The AADCP seeks to provide training and networking opportunities for all Arizona Problem Solving Courts, whether they operate in rural, urban, or tribal settings, and whatever the population served, including but not limited to Drug Courts, Mental Health Courts, Veterans Courts, and Dependency Courts.  With the assistance of Arizona State University’s Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy, the AADCP conducts an Annual Problem Solving Court Conference, which provides training on a variety of topics delivering the latest in best practices for problem solving courts statewide.

                One of the goals of this website is to provide a way of keeping Problem Solving Court Professionals connected to each other and with the latest research and informational websites relevant to the work they do in the problem solving courts arena.  Additionally, since this is your association, we encourage you to get involved.  Consider joining one of our committees, such as the Training Committee, co-chaired by Executive Board members, Michelle Hart and Karen Barnes, or the Media/Outreach Committee, co-chaired by Executive Board members, Dan Carrion, Susan Alameda, and Robin Hoskins.  You could also run for office on the Executive Board as those positions come available.  In the future, we hope to gather information through surveys of membership regarding any local training needs that the AADCP can help plan and conduct throughout the various regions of the state.

                We welcome you again to the association and to our updated website.  If you have any questions or if you need more information about the AADCP, please feel free to reach out to one of our Executive Board members.

 

 

Sincerely,

Carey Snyder Hyatt

AADCP President

Maricopa County Drug Court Judge (Ret.)

 

About the AADCP

 

MISSION: Together We Serve, Solve, and Improve

 

PURPOSE: 

The Arizona Association of Drug Court Professionals is established to provide a professional organization through which its members may make efforts to reduce substance abuse, crime, and recidivism by promoting and advocating for the establishment and funding of Drug and Problem Solving Courts and providing for the collection and dissemination of information, technical assistance and mutual support. A "Drug Court" or "Problem Solving Court" is a court specifically designed to administer cases referred for judicially supervised substance abuse treatment, to include alcohol and/or other drugs, and rehabilitation. 

 

OBJECTIVES: 

1. To reduce substance abuse, crime, and recidivism; 

 

2. To promote and advocate for the establishment and funding of effective Drug Courts and Problem Solving Courts in Arizona

 

3. To promote a "team" approach in addressing substance abuse issues;

 

4. To provide technical assistance, training, education, and mutual aid to Association members; 

 

5. To encourage development of other judicially supervised treatment programs and rehabilitation, where

     appropriate, and support the expansion and improvement of resources for addressing substance abuse

     issues; 

 

6.  To develop, promote and analyze policies, standards and practices for Drug Courts and Problem Solving Courts,

      and provide a forum for the exchange of information and ideas; 

 

7. To collect, provide, and disseminate information related to the purposes of the Association; and; 

 

8. To perform other related activities to accomplish stated goals and objectives.