District Attorney

The Community Approach to Vulnerable Adult Treatment Is a Treatmentfocused Diversion Project That Ameliorates the Impact of Substance Use on Vulnerable Adults in Tulsa County by Diverting Their Court Cases Appropriately, Providing Wraparound Services, and Preventing Possible Future Victimization, at Samhsa Sequential Intercept 3: Jails/courts and Intercept 2: Initial Court Hearings/initial Detention. Grant Funds Will Be Used to Retain and Hire Personnel Include Two Prosecutors and Three Case Managers Who Will Handle Substance-involved Vulnerable Adult Cases Holistically. There Is One Intended Subrecipient of Grant Funds, Family & Childrens Services. Beneficiaries of Services Provided Through the Grant Project Are Vulnerable Adults in Tulsa County Who Commit Offenses or Become Victims Due to Untreated Substance Use, Mental Illness, or Co-occurring Disorders. the Community Approach to Vulnerable Adult Treatment (CATVAT) Is a Collaborative, Multidisciplinary Program to Alleviate the Impacts of Substance Use on Individuals With One or More Factors That Categorize Them as Vulnerable, Including Advanced Age, Serious Mental Illness, Intellectual Disability, and Other Characteristics. Primary Activities Include Joint Staffing by Catvat Prosecutors and Case Managers of Complicated Vulnerable Adult Cases to Determine Treatment Needs, Divert Criminal Cases, Detect Victimization, Prosecute Individuals Appropriately, and Provide Social Services to Prevent Future Victimization. 400 Cases Will Be Diverted From Traditional Prosecution; 300 Court-ordered Outpatient Cases Will Be Managed; 100 Cases Ineligible for Coo Will Be Managed; 400 Screenings for Sud/mi of Jail Inmates 65 Years and Older Will Be Conducted; 200 Cases Will Be Prosecuted With Diversion Consideration; 100 Victim Cases Will Be Managed; 300 Victim Case Follow-ups Will Be Conducted; and 500 Cases Will Be Jointly Staffed. the Requested $1,600,000 Will Be Budgeted Between the Following Allowable Uses of Category 1 Funds: Pre-booking or Post-booking Treatment Alternative-to-incarceration Programs (55%), and Embedding Social Workers, Peers, And/or Persons With Lived Experience at Any Intercept of the Sequential Intercept Model (45%).