November 14, 2022 3:30 a.m. 

Adapt has announced that the Drug Court service program with Douglas County, “Help, Opportunity, Pride, Emancipation” (H.O.P.E.) has officially celebrated its 100th graduation.

Started in January of 1996 by Judge Robert C. Millikan, the program assists adults on parole, probation, supervision, conditional discharge or diversion with receiving and following a comprehensive outpatient substance use treatment program. This program seeks to reduce recidivism and to improve the lifestyle of participants.

The Adapt release said while the program is designed to be completed in one calendar year, most clients complete the program within 18 months. Once the program has been successfully completed, the client’s criminal charges are dropped.

H.O.P.E. and other Drug Court programs have been around for a little over 30 years. These programs dramatically intensify court supervision of treatment requirements, assist with ensuring timely response to treatment performance with positive and/or negative sanctions, and save public funds through a streamlined process that is still able to improve treatment outcomes, according to Adapt.

For more information, go to: www.adaptoregon.org.