Case Study:
Your state was the first state in the nation to operate drug courts. Drug courts provide counseling and services to nonviolent offenders who are also addicts. The state asked a third party to evaluate the program's efficacy and cost-effectiveness. The program evaluation documented that the program was more effective than all other types of diversion programs, and that it was the most cost-effective based on a cost-benefit analysis. In spite of these findings, when the governor faced a budget deficit situation, the program was eliminated.
In a paper of seven hundred and fifty- one thousand words, address the following prompts as they relate to the case study:
This is one type of example of an across-the-board cut: describe the possible rationale for why an across-the-board cut was made to this program, from the perspective of the funder.
Describe the potential short-term outcomes of this across the board cut.
Describe the potential long-term outcomes of this across the board cut.