DEJ Deferred Judgement

The DEJ Program is a 5-month program aimed towards individuals convicted for use and/ or possession of illegal substances, and entered a plea of guilty with the Court and or Probation Department. The judgment / convicted is put aside (put on hold) upon successful completion of the DEJ requirements.

The Program is designed to assist individuals recognize their chemical and/or other drug dependency and assist  them in their recovery.

NOTE: This program was formerly known as PC-1000.

The Participant needs to do the following steps to enroll, participate and complete the program:

Enrollment

Participant need to call this office (818 716 0188) to schedule an appointment for enrollment, the enrollment takes about one hour. During the enrollment the participant will be given a schedule to attend all program  activities. Participant needs to bring the paper work from Court, Probation Department and/or other referring agency indicating he/she needs to do the program. Arrangements for payment of program fee will be done at this time.

Note: Participants must enroll within 30 days from their last day in court. (If participants do NOT enroll WITHIN 30 days, they must then return to court, Probation Department and/or other referring agency to ask for an extension)to attend the program. Arrangements for payment of program fee will be done at this time.

NOTE: You must enroll within 21 days from your last day in court. (If participants do NOT enroll WITHIN 21 days, they must then return to court, and ask for an extension)

 

Program Participation

Participant needs to complete the components described
below.

Completion

Upon completion of all four Program components the Participant will be given all the necessary documentation to present to the referring agency as proof of Program
completion.  

Group Counseling/Education Component
Eighteen weekly sessions of
two and one-half hours each.
These classes are available as
follows:

Thursday,     8:15 pm to 10:45
pm, English
Thursday,     8:15 pm to 10:45
pm, Spanish

Drug Testing
The program requires
participants to be drug tested
three times. These drug test
will be randomly administered
throughout the duration of the
program.

Face to Face Meetings
Two individual interviews.
One meeting of one hour at
time of enrollment
One meeting of half hour at the
end of the Program.
These meetings are available
Monday through Friday from
10:00 am to 7:30 pm.

Self-Help Meetings
Twenty sessions of Narcotics, Alcoholic, Cocaine, Marijuana, and Methamphetamine's Anonymous meetings. For information on these meetings call (818) 988-3001, or (818) 997-3822, or you may visit
http://www.sfvaa.org

IMPORTANT
The fee for the program is $582.00. Participants have the option to pay the full amount during intake or make arrangements to make weekly payments.

The following payment terms may be arranged at time of enrollment:
$ 42.00 at enrollment time
$ 30.00 per class (18 payments).

Note: All fees must be paid in full upon completion (No exceptions)