Executive Summary

Nonsecure Substance Abuse Treatment Programs

Nonsecure Substance Abuse Treatment Programs are six (6) month community-based substance abuse therapeutic communities with two (2) components. The Intensive Treatment Component (ITC) lasts two (2) months. During the ITC, the offender participates in counseling, therapeutic and educational activities at the residential facility. The Employment/Re-Entry component (ERC) lasts four (4) months, with a primary focus on successful re-entry into the community. During the ERC, gaining and maintaining employment is incorporated into the offender's treatment plan. The offender resides in the treatment facility while maintaining gainful employment in the community. In this component, the offender participates in a minimum of four (4) hours of counseling per week. The residential program is staffed by paid-awake staff twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week.

Profiles of Nonsecure Residential Program Facilities On June 30, 2010

Facility		Start Date	Number of Contracted Beds Funded
Better Way of Miami, Inc.		March 2000	24
Bridges of America, Inc., dba The Orlando Bridge		September 1991	69
Bridges of America, Inc., dba The Polk Bridge		February 1997	50
Bridges of America, Inc., dba The Sanford Bridge		November 1993	22
WestCare GulfCoast - Florida, Inc*		July 2009	58
CARP-West Palm Beach		April 1992	32
DACCO-Tampa	Nonsecure	December 1991	109
	Dual Diagnosis	August 2007	10
First Step of Sarasota		July 1993	29
Goodwill Industries-Suncoast, Inc. -St. Pete		December 1991	24
House of Hope, Inc., dba House of Hope & Stepping-Stones	Nonsecure	August 1999	33
	Dual Diagnosis	February 2000	13
Nonsecure Programs, Inc. – Ocala		September 1991	31
Nonsecure Programs, Inc. -Panama City		March 1995	45
Nonsecure Programs, Inc. – Pensacola		December 1992	45
Nonsecure Programs, Inc. – Tallahassee		October 2000	45
Spectrum Programs, Inc. – Miami		July 2007	14
Susan B. Anthony Center, Inc. – Lauderhill		March 2000	14
Tampa Crossroads, Inc.-Tampa		January 1992	10
The Guidance Clinic of the Middle Keys, Inc. (Keys to Recovery) – Marathon		December 1994	7
The Salvation Army – Daytona		September 1991	29
The Salvation Army -Ft. Myers		December 1991	27
The Salvation Army – Jacksonville		September 1991	35
TOTAL
Average Per Diem on June 30, 2010
*Formerly Bridges of America, Inc., dba St. Petersburg Bridge July 30, 2001 through July 9, 2009

WORKLOAD

Table 1A: Nonsecure Treatment Program Enrollment Data by Fiscal Year

• Enrollment increased in (FY 1999-00) to more than 3,500 and have remained approximately at that level with enrollments dropping slightly to 2,477 in (FY 2009-10).
• Over the course of ten (10) years, the number of different offenders participating in a Nonsecure program has dropped from 4,362 to less than 3,000.
• There were 948 offenders in the programs on June 30, 2010.

Table 1B: FY 2009-10 Nonsecure Drug Treatment Program Enrollment Data by Facility

• Most programs have fewer than 100 offenders at any given time.
• The programs with the largest number of different offenders enrolled during this fiscal year are Bridges of America, Inc., dba The Orlando Bridge (241) and DACCO-Tampa (426).

Outcomes

Table 1C(a): Nonsecure Treatment, Program Outcomes for Offenders by Fiscal Year

• This table shows outcomes based on a three year follow-up after the offender first entered a program of this type.  They are counted as successful if they completed at least one (1) program, regardless of the number of programs they participated in.
• On average, Nonsecure programs have had a (61.8%) success rate (successful exits divided by successful and unsuccessful exits) since inception.
• Success rates have remained close over the most recent ten (10) year period, from (65.8%) in FY 1997-98 to (63.1%) in FY 2006-07.

Table 1C(b): Nonsecure Treatment, Program Outcomes for Offenders by Fiscal Year

• This table shows outcomes based on a two (2) year follow-up after the offender first entered a program of this type. For FY 2007-08, Nonsecure programs had a (62.1%) success rate (successful exits divided by successful and unsuccessful exits).

Table 1D: FY 2009-10 Nonsecure Treatment Exit Data (Event-Based) by Facility

• Reviewing the outcome of the offender’s experience in each program from which they exited, the success rate varies from a low of (34.5%) for Non-Secure Programs, Inc.- Ocala to a high of (76.9%) for Bridges of America, Inc. – Sanford.
• On average, these programs had a (59.4%) success rate with each offender exiting their program during this fiscal year.  Administrative exits averaged (13.1%) for the year.  As seen in the prior table many of these administrative exits lead to subsequent enrollments in other programs.

RECOMMITMENTS

Table 1E: FY 2007-2008 (2-Year Follow-up), Nonsecure Treatment Recommitment Data by Level of Participation

• At two (2) years after the program completion, recommitment rates for Nonsecure program completers (26.4%) are substantially lower than for program non-completers (50.8%) and this pattern is true for each recommitment type except for return to supervision for a technical violation.
• Completers are half as likely as non-completers to commit a new offense and return to prison (5.0% vs. 10.0%) or supervision (1.8% vs. 3.2%).
• The greatest difference in recommitment rates is between those admissions/returns to prison for a new offense or technical violation who completed the program (16.8%) and those who did not (39.8%).

Table 1F: FY 2006-07 (3-Year Follow-up), Nonsecure Treatment Recommitment Data by Level of Participation

• For a three (3) year follow-up period, Nonsecure program completers remain lower than non-completers in overall recommitments (38.1% vs. 60.7%).
• The only category that is greater for completers than non-completers is return to supervision for a technical violation (7.6% vs. 5.8%).
• The greatest difference in recommitment rates is between those admissions/returns to prison for a new offense or technical violation who completed the program (26.2%) and those who did not (49.1%).