Referrals to the substance abuse treatment facility are primarily accepted from a 40-county catchment area, but offenders from all of Texas are eligible for acceptance. In FY ’00, 220 offender’s from 26 counties were referred to CTTC. The waiting list for male referrals were 174 compared to female referrals at 46. There were 147 Anglos referred; 35 African-American; and 36 Hispanic. The screening process at CTTC is very efficient, as evidenced by the number of referrals subsequently admitted for treatment versus the number of referrals removed from the waiting list. Some of these reasons include inappropriate medical, psychiatric, referrals withdrawn by the Courts; offenders admitted to other treatment programs; and absconders. Of the referrals, 72% were admitted, while 26% were removed from the waiting list due to other reasons; 5 (2%)referrals were still pending at the end of the fiscal year.  Thirty-seven percent (82) of the telephone referrals were from Williamson County and 7% (16) were from Travis County, 11% (24) were from Bell County; while 45% (98) were from other surrounding counties.

Telephone Referrals Fiscal Year 2000
Inappropriate Referrals	13
Other Treatment Referral	22
Absconders	1
Withdrawn Referrals	6
Pending Referrals	5
Court Decision	16
Admitted	160* *Includes 3 individuals that were on the waiting list at the beginning of the fiscal year.

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