Kerlikowske to Speak as 11 Mothers Graduate to Lives without Drugs and with their Children 
 
WHAT: Family Treatment Court Recognition Ceremony   

WHEN:  Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 11: 00 AM- 1:00 PM   

WHERE: Moultrie Courthouse, Hearing Room JM-8 500 Indiana Avenue, NW     

WHO: Gil Kerlikowske, Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy Chief Judge Lee Satterfield, DC Superior Court Judge Zoe Bush, Presiding Judge, Family Court  Magistrate Judge Pamela Gray, Family Treatment Court judge   

• Family Treatment Court has a comprehensive substance abuse treatment program for mothers and female guardians of children who are the subject of a child neglect allegations. Those who participate stipulate to the allegations of neglect. The program is fifteen months long. 
 
• The first six months of treatment take place in a treatment facility in which the  women reside along with up to four of their children, who are either ten or younger. 
 
• The treatment facility provides on-site services as well as community-based services, including: substance abuse education and treatment, relapse prevention, parenting classes, counseling, and childcare. 
 
• If the participants successfully complete the residential phase, they participate in a formal recognition ceremony and proceed to the community-based after care phase.  
 
NOTE: Director Kerlikowske and the judges will be available for interviews. Mothers and children may also be available for interviews, with their permission. Cameras and recorders must be cleared in advance.