This report is intended to provide guidance to communities in developing or adapting existing programs to function more self-sufficiently. The report features five case studies of community-based, self-sufficient DWI programs operating at the local level in various communities across the country. Two of the programs are enforcement-oriented, one focusing on traffic safety violations, the other on vehicle forfeiture; two programs focus on offender supervision, one operating within the court system, the other as a human services program; one program is a multi-jurisdictional community traffic safety coalition providing prevention and intervention programming. While it is intended to provide information on self-sufficiency strategies and program components, it does not evaluate the specific program strategies (use of enforcement, offender supervision, coalitions, etc.). Community-based, self-sufficient DWI programs are independently managed and operated at the local level using sustainable funding sources to cover at least 75 percent of program costs. Sustainable funding sources may include fees or fines dedicated to the DWI program, as well as an established funding stream dedicated exclusively to the DWI program. A self-sufficient DWI program must be funded through sustainable sources to function efficiently if non-sustainable funding sources cease. (Author/publisher)
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