Title: First Steps System of Care Family Systems Collaborations Systems to Systems Nancy Gottlieb, MFT
1First Steps System of Care Family Systems
CollaborationsSystems to SystemsNancy Gottlieb,
MFT
2First Steps Client Characteristics
- Ethnicity of clients
- 44 White, 37 Mexican-American, 9 Other
Hispanic, 5 Black, 3 American Indian, 2
Asian/Pacific Islander - Average age 27 years
- Average of 6 years of substance use
- On average participants have over 2 children
- Criminal Justice involvement
- SACPA Probation
- SATC/Drug Court
- Federal/State/Local Criminal Justice
- Increased referrals from 35 in FY 04/05 to 57 in
FY 06/07
3Clients Drug of Choice
4The Lead Agency
5Collaborative Criminal Justice System
6County of Santa Barbara Court Treatment Program
Completion and Graduation Rates
- Unduplicated Clients who exited (2002-2007) 1,481
2002-2007 2002-2007 2002-2007 2006-2007 2006-2007 2006-2007
N Treatment Completion N Treatment Completion
Program Complete Successful Court Tx 637 43 51 226 62 71
Program Complete Unsuccessful Fines 114 8 51 29 9 71
Program Incomplete Unsuccessful Tx 730 49 106 29
7First Steps System of Care
8First Steps System of Care OutcomesChange in Use
from Intake to 6-Month
9Change in Trauma Symptoms
10Family Integration
- 86.5 of mothers have either reunited with
children or already have custody of their
children - 13.5 of mothers do not plan to reunite with
their children - Significantly fewer children were living with
someone else due to a child protection order at
12-month follow-up - 85 of clients referred through the criminal
Justice system with court supervision
11Client Satisfaction with Program
12How is the Countys Perinatal Substance Abuse
Programming Funded?
13Santa Barbara County First Steps Collaborative