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Douglas County Adult Drug Court
Douglas County Criminal Justice Center
1709 Jackson Street, 4th Floor
Omaha, NE 68102-2513
(402) 599-2661

Phase II

Phase II is approximately 3-6 months in duration.

Participants advance to Phase II after they have successfully completed primary treatment. Primary treatment is usually defined as those initial services a participant was referred into for substance abuse/mental health services initially upon entering into the Drug Court Program; additional services may follow, but are not considered primary. A participant may remain in a primary status and receive multiple treatment or therapeutic placement options. This may occur due to the Drug Court participant continuing to use mood altering chemicals, or being prematurely discharged from placement multiple times.

While in Phase II, reporting to one's Drug Court Counselor may be reduced to every other week, and drug screens could now be reduced to a random testing schedule twice weekly. In addition, court visits can now be stretched to every other week, or even every three weeks depending upon other circumstances, and self help groups are attended at least twice weekly.

This phase emphasizes social and occupational functioning and stability in recovery. If the participant has not secured gainful employment (approved by the court) or obtained a GED, he/she is referred to an appropriate organization which specializes in job readiness and referral, or GED preparation. The Drug Court Counselor makes the referral and periodically follows up with the referral source. This information, along with other details, is reported back to the judge and other members of the case review team at Drug Court case reviews prior to Drug Court sessions.

Participants in this phase will also be required to start and/or continue in regular attendance, as instructed, at local self-help recovery meetings. Another option in this phase, once initial treatment services have convened, is attendance in aftercare/relapse prevention classes provided by the Drug Court.

If a participant relapses while in Phase II, a formal case review will be held to determine the most prudent course of action. Options include, but are not limited to; placement back in Phase I, with additional treatment services recommended; detainment in Phase II, with additional treatment services recommended; increase self-help recovery meetings; or more frequent case management meetings with one's counselor. The goal at this juncture, is to not do a "knee-jerk" response, but moreover, to find out what is occurring and respond with a course of action that has been thought through, considering the benefit of the participant, as well as the community.

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