OVERVIEW

The Central Texas Treatment Center (CTTC) opened November, 1990, to provide intensive inpatient substance abuse treatment to indigent adult offenders with serious alcohol and drug abuse and dependency problems.  CTTC was the first Substance Abuse Treatment Facility (SATF) in the state under the purview of the Community Justice Assistance Division (CJAD) of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. 

The CTTC grant funded resident capacity increased from 66 beds to 70 beds in September, 1992, with 12 beds reserved for females.  In September, 1993, CTTC expanded the program to include intakes for misdemeanor offenders.  

On September 1, 2002, the CTTC moved its facilities to a 20,000 square feet facility in Granger, Texas,  purchased for the department by Williamson County.  The department leases the building from Williamson County.  At that same time, the department assumed total management of the facility.  Previously, the department had contracted for treatment and food services. The management change resulted in an increase in bed capacity to 80, without increasing the operating costs.  Additional beds were added for female offenders.

From Fiscal Years ’91-’05, the CTTC served 2,935 offenders from more than 30 referring jurisdictions.  Intake data indicates that 45% (1,309) of the referrals were sentenced to the facility direct from court; and 55% (1,626) were sentenced by the courts as an alternative to revocation during the thirteen-year period.  In all likelihood, these offenders would have been sentenced to prison had the CTTC not been available.  The CTTC continues to provide a viable sentencing alternative for the courts, thereby reducing prison overcrowding, while providing treatment and rehabilitation to indigent offenders with alcohol and drug abuse problems. 

In 2003, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Community Justice Assistance Division conducted a review of the 29 residential facilities funded through their agency and operated by local CSCD's or private contractors. The review looked at successful completion rates, re-arrest informaton, and the number of residents sent to jail or prison. As a result of the reviews, five facilities were closed down. The CTTC was the top rated facility out of the 29 facilities reviewed and received additional funds to increase bed space from 80 to 100 in FY '04.

In FY '05, 272 offenders were treated for substance abuse at CTTC as compared to 250 in FY '04 .  The CTTC processed 184 intakes and discharged 179 in FY'05. Near the end of FY'05, bed space was reduced from 100 to 90.

Vision, Philosophy, Mission and Goals

As adopted by the Director of Williamson County CSCD, with the cooperation of the Director of the Central Texas Treatment Center:

VISION

The CSCD envisions a criminal justice system that has adequate prison space for violent offenders; a system that is tough and smart on crime; a system that has developed effective ways to reduce recidivism through substance abuse programs, education and vocational training; a system where law-abiding citizens can feel safe and secure from harm; a system that returns alcohol and drug addicted offenders to communities as sober, law-abiding citizens. 

PHILOSOPHY

The treatment philosophy of the CSCD consists of two core values: rehabilitation and treatment. The CTTC is dedicated to providing ethical, responsive and accountable treatment to serious substance abusers and reintegrating the offender back into the community as a sober, law-abiding citizen. 

MISSION AND GOALS

I.  To provide the court with sentencing alternatives for the serious substance abuser and to reduce recidivism, the CSCD will:

1.      Be responsive to the requests of the court regarding evaluations of offenders.

2.      Offer programs that enforce the goals of the court.

3.      Maintain a high standard of rehabilitation and treatment that will reduce recidivism.

4.      Enforce court ordered conditions of supervision.

5.      File all court related documents in a timely and efficient manner and testify in court when necessary. 

II. To provide treatment for substance abuse problems, the CSCD will:

1.      Attract and retain qualified and effective professionals that will ensure quality programs.

2.      Develop innovative programs that integrate the philosophies of both community supervision and corrections and substance abuse treatment.

3.      Provide incentives to help residents progress through the program to a successful completion.

4.      Provide programs that involve the family to help heal relationships and establish family goals.

5.      Offer peer group and individual counseling programs that address issues of concern and promote self responsibility.

6.      Offer psychiatric services as part of the treatment program, assuring appropriate referrals when necessary.

7.      Arrange challenge-based therapeutic activities that promote team work, develop communication styles and teach residents the consequences of actions.

 III. To rehabilitate the substance abuser, the CSCD will:

1.      Attract and retain qualified and effective education personnel.

2.      Be responsive to the diversity of residents and offer educational services that are sensitive to minority residents.

3.      Provide educational opportunities for all residents.

4.      Improve the resident's achievement in math, reading and writing.

5.      Raise the high school graduation completion rates for all residents.

6.      Offer the resident opportunities for community service restitution to meet the requirements of the court.

7.      Provide opportunities for guided physical fitness and recreational activities.

8.      Provide opportunities for spiritual development.

9.      Provide cognitive restructuring classes that promote problem-solving, improve social skills and management of emotions.

10. Provide life skills training that helps development skills in money management, parenting, social responsibilities, anger control and stress management. 

IV. To reintegrate the offender back into the community, the CSCD will:

1.   Support programs that demonstrate effective ways to reintegrate the rehabilitated offender back into the community.

2.   Offer programs that change the offenders perspective of the community and the community's perspective of the offender.