First Step of Sarasota- Drug Court

Drug court is a voluntary, outpatient alternative to jail for those facing charges associated with drug abuse behaviors. First Step assigns full time staff members as part of the Drug Court team to provide screening, placement, referral, and short term counseling. This is a pre-trial intervention program within the state Circuit Court System. The client goes from arrest to assessment and into the program. When the program is successfully completed, all charges are dropped. Group therapy is the modality of choice. The client must be referred by a parole, probation or pre-trial intervention officer and is treated in the least restrictive environment possible. Clients may be referred to more intensive detoxification, residential or outpatient treatment.

Mon 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM; Tue 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM; Wed 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM; Thu 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM; Fri 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM;