N.M. Sup. Ct. Order No. S-1-AO-2026-00018 (attachment) 4

the qualifications as established by the NM Behavioral Health Services DRUG TESTING

Division Office of Peer Recovery and Engagement (OPRE).

d. The self-help groups must be held in a safe and appropriate location approved RESPONSE

by the court program. If there is a need to change locations, it must be

approved first. KC 7

e. Self-help groups must occur at a minimum of once per month.

f. There is opportunity for compensation for Alumni Coordinators who are KC 8

actively involved in facilitating self-help groups for participants and EVALUATION

supporting the program. The guidelines for compensation are below:

1. Only two (2) Alumni Coordinators can be compensated for any one TRAINING

activity (i.e., group facilitation, court, and/or staffing requested

attendance). KC 10

2. All detailed invoices must be submitted by the treatment court SUSTAINABILITY

coordinator or designee directly to the TJSP team no later than the 5th of

the month.

3. If there are more than two (2) Alumni Coordinators for the program, they

MUST work together and with the designated court staff to ensure a

proper rotation is followed. There is no prohibition for all the Alumni to

attend a self-help group, but only two (2) can be compensated.

g. Policy and procedures must address, at a minimum:

1. Qualifications for formal alumni/peer group leadership, i.e., Alumni

Coordinator(s)

i. Progress toward recovery goals

• Sobriety duration (minimum of 1 year)

• Selection, interest, investment

• Rationale for team selection/approval of the alumni

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program leader

• Ability or capacity to articulate where they are on their CONTENTS

journey, their goals, what changes they have made and

what they have achieved KC 1

• Ability to articulate how they can be of service to the

program and participants KC 2

ii. Experience volunteering ATTORNEYS

iii. Application and selection process

iv. Ability for the candidate to articulate interest and skills ELIGIBILITY

v. Support/protection of the Alumni leader candidate

• Required training to include, at minimum, a thorough KC 4

explanation of the program policies and procedures

respective to alumni/peer services, ethics, boundaries, KC 5

peer engagement, SAMHSA’s Core Competencies of Peer DRUG TESTING

Support, and confidentiality.

2. Scope of alumni activities RESPONSE

i. Engagement at graduations and other court-sponsored events

such as support and recovery groups KC 7

ii. Attendance at staffing is allowed under specific conditions (e.g.,

to provide program feedback but are not present for team KC 8

discussions of behavior responses). EVALUATION

iii. Alumni Coordinators are expected to conduct recovery

maintenance check-ins with program Alumni (see Standard 4-29). TRAINING

Certified peer support specialists (paid staff/team members) may

attend staffing, but should not attend alumni groups KC 10

iv. Types of functions and responsibilities the Alumni volunteer(s) SUSTAINABILITY

will assume (this information is covered in the contract scope and

can be used in the policy and procedure document).

J-5 Although the AOC-TJSP encourages Alumni to develop their service capacity by

becoming state-certified, the NM Office of Peer Recovery and Engagement (OPRE) is

the authority on all matters related to Certified Peer Support Workers (CPSWs).

J-6 Certified Peer Support Workers who will be working with treatment courts must

take a course on the treatment court model provided by the AOC Therapeutic Justice

Support Program.

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App K

Appendix K: Operational Guidelines

K-1 Operational Authority

a. All treatment court dockets operating under the authority of a New Mexico COLLABORATION

court may only operate by order of the Supreme Court, and must comply

with all requests for data, follow processes established for recording data

and providing information related to performance measures, and adhere to

initiatives to measure alignment with standards, rules or guidelines, KC 3

established by the AOC. All treatment courts established and operating at ELIGIBILITY

any level of the New Mexico Judicial System must comply with the New

Mexico Treatment Court Standards and operate as treatment courts TREATMENT

consistent with the definition stated herein. These courts typically include,

but are not limited to, adult treatment courts, juvenile treatment courts, KC 5

veterans treatment courts, family dependency courts, mental health or

behavioral health courts, Healing to Wellness courts, young adult courts, KC 6

and DWI courts. RESPONSE

b. To ensure successful outcomes for participants, all treatment court dockets KC 7

in New Mexico must implement and maintain the below minimum JUDGE

operational requirements. Programs that do not meet these requirements

may be asked to temporarily suspend the acceptance of new participants EVALUATION

until the necessary operational minimums are in place.

1. Primary goal of the program must be abstinence from all non-prescribed TRAINING

or non-certified use of substances. For treatment courts serving

persons who may not have a substance use disorder (e.g., mental health KC 10

courts, veterans treatment courts) the primary goal is clinical stability

2. Participants are required to participate in treatment services

3. Treatment services must be manualized and evidence-based

4. Complementary services are provided to allow participants to engage in

program requirements and recovery (e.g., recovery capital; including a

place to live, transportation, peer/social support, job services or help to

obtain income)