National Drug Courts Institute (NDCI)
The National Drug Court Institute (NDCI) was formed in 1997 in response to a great need for standardized, evidence-based training and technical assistance as a result of the rapid expansion of problem-solving courts across the US.
As a division of the 501(c)3 non-profit The National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP), we have continually evolved to meet the ever-changing needs of treatment court professionals and have emerged as the definitive authority on the latest research, best practices, and cutting-edge innovations to treat offenders facing substance use and mental health disorders.
With endorsement and funding from a variety of federal agencies—including the US Department of Justice, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration—NDCI has successfully trained more than 200,000 adult, family, juvenile, and tribal drug court professionals in all 50 states, Washington DC, and three of four US territories.
National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP)
NADCP is the premier training, membership, and advocacy organization for the treatment court model, which now includes over 4,000 programs found in every state, four territories, and over 20 countries.
Since 1994, NADCP and its divisions—the National Drug Court Institute, National Center for DWI Courts, and Justice For Vets—have trained hundreds of thousands of professionals spanning the legal, clinical, psychosocial, and law enforcement fields.
NADCP Promise: Champion proven strategies within the judicial system that empower people to change their lives.
NADCP regularly publishes cutting-edge, research-based materials—including the groundbreaking Adult Drug Court Best Practice Standards—and the association works tirelessly to improve the response of the American justice system to people with substance use and mental health disorders. Why? Because there is too much at stake.
NADCP is a 501c3 organization.
Center for Justice Innovation (CJI)
The Center for Justice Innovation works with communities and justice systems to advance equity, increase safety, and help individuals and communities thrive.
The work of the Center for Justice Innovation (formerly Center for Court Innovation) touches all stages of the justice system, from arrest through reintegration into the community. But our work goes further by seeking to reduce the need for justice system involvement in the first place. Our primary long-term goal is to identify and resolve as early as possible the challenges that bring people into the criminal and civil legal systems. We do this in a number of ways, including investing resources in underserved communities, problem-solving side-by-side with populations affected by crime, and building programs that respond to offending and increase safety without imposing lasting harms on individuals or communities.
As an organization that works closely with systems and with communities, we are uniquely positioned to bridge the gap between them, fostering communication, understanding, and trust. Our approach involves collaboration among our three main teams: research and evaluation; direct-service programming; and training and expert assistance. Research informs programming, programming informs research, and both research and practice inform our efforts to train and assist communities across the U.S. and internationally in adopting tailored reforms.
National Drug Court Resource Center (NDCRC)
The National Drug Court Resource Center’s (NDCRC) mission is to equip treatment court practitioners with an array of resources relevant to the field. Since October 2019, the NDCRC has been housed in the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) in Wilmington, North Carolina. Our work focuses on providing treatment court professionals with the information needed to design and implement programs that align with best practice standards, expand and enhance court operations, as well as collect and analyze program data. NDCRC resources are featured on the website and include original publications, interactive maps, operational materials organized by court type, seminal readings for treatment court stakeholders, calendar of professional development opportunities, and more.
Bureau of Justice Assistance Drug Courts Clearinghouse
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) was created in 1984 to reduce violent crime, create safer communities, and reform our Nation’s criminal justice system.
BJA strengthens the Nation’s criminal justice system and helps America’s state, local, and tribal jurisdictions reduce and prevent crime, reduce recidivism, and promote a fair and safe criminal justice system. BJA focuses its programmatic and policy efforts on providing a wide range of resources, including training and technical assistance, to law enforcement, courts, corrections, treatment, reentry, justice information sharing, and community-based partners to address chronic and emerging criminal justice challenges nationwide.
BJA’s mission is to provide leadership and services in grant administration and criminal justice policy development to support state, local, and tribal justice strategies to achieve safer communities. BJA works with communities, governments, and nonprofit organizations to reduce crime, recidivism, and unnecessary confinement, and promote a safe and fair criminal justice system.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
Established in 1972, the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a federally funded resource offering justice and drug-related information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.
Office of Court Administration
In 2019, the 86th Legislature transferred oversight of Specialty Court programs in Texas from the Office of the Governor to the Office of Court Administration under the Texas Judicial Branch through House Bill 2955. As such, OCA is charged with ensuring adherence to best practice standards and offering support and technical assistance to all specialty court programs.
