The Community Collaborative Courts program (CCC) is designed to provide treatment to the most vulnerable populations in the criminal justice system. Persons accepted into the CCC include those suffering from mental illness and substance use disorder, veterans, victims of sex trafficking, and at-risk transitional age youths. Participants are charged with felony offenses or facing pending felony probation violations. For many of these persons, the CCC is the final alternative to prison.
Persons referred to the CCC are screened by the Probation Department for their suitability. The Department of Health Services will also screen referrals if mental illness is suspected.
If a person is accepted into the CCC, the person is placed on probation for three to five years and then supervised by the Probation Department for the term of probation. The CCC’s criminal justice partners will agree on a treatment program that is tailored to meet the person’s particular needs. The person’s participation in the treatment program is a condition of their probation. Programming can include residential treatment, sober living with out-patient treatment, and community after-care. For those with mental illness, the Department of Mental Health may place the person in a residential mental health program or into a Full Service Partnership if the person has out-patient status. The person may earn a dismissal under Penal Code section 1203.4 upon successful completion of the CCC.
The CCC started in December 2015. It is currently heard in four courthouses – Central, Van Nuys, Compton, and Long Beach.
The Second Chance Women’s Re-Entry Court is an alternative sentencing program designed to provide evidence-based, gender-responsive, trauma informed, and culturally competent treatment services to women, including those with children, who are charged with felonies and facing imminent incarceration and/or prison.
The Veterans Court is an alternative sentencing court for veterans charged with felonies or felony probation violations. The program is a multi-agency collaborative effort of the Court, Public Defender, Alternate Public Defender, District Attorney, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Public Counsel
The Co-Occurring Disorders Court (CODC) serves individuals charged with felonies and who have co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders. Criminal charges must involve Proposition 36 eligible charges (PC section 1210) and/or non-violent crimes.
The Sentenced Offender Drug Court (SODC) is a highly successful substance use disorder treatment program that is available as an alternative to prison. SODC is a post-conviction program designed for felony clients suffering from substance use disorder who have a sincere desire to get clean and sober.
The Office of Diversion and Reentry (ODR) launched the Permanent Supportive Housing Pilot Project on August 1, 2016, in collaboration with the Criminal Division of the Superior Court, Public Defender, Alternate Public Defender, and District Attorney.