Mentor Drug Court Network:

Recognizing that the strength of this movement are the practitioners, NDCI has created an education, training and technical assistance system that maximizes the use of practitioners, relying on their experience, insight and expertise. The development of the highly regarded Mentor Court Network, the extensive use of practitioners as presenters at NADCP’s annual adult and juvenile conferences, and a referral database to link practitioners’ skills with local, state, and regional technical assistance requests, are all examples of NDCI’s effective use of practitioners. Due to the rapid growth of the field and the success of the mentor courts, NDCI has expanded the network from the original seven sites instituted by NADCP in 1996 to 27 in 2001.

Mentor drug courts have made a commitment to improve the court process of new and existing drug courts across the country. In doing so, they have agreed to work with visiting jurisdictions to review processes, establish goals, and work toward the enhancement of developing drug courts. Therefore, mentor drug court teams have committed to participate and act as faculty in meetings, training’s, and conferences, disseminate information concerning drug courts during site visits, and host meetings and site visits. Additionally, team members have agreed to work with their own teams, DCPO, and NDCI to implement and evaluate process and oriented and program-specific reforms.

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