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research, conducted over a 5-month period in 2006, has focused on the funding dilemmas facing drug courts across the state. Currently, these courts rely on “hodgepodge ” funding streams without one stable source of funding. Although a collaborative model is the key to their survival, one must highlight the importance of having at least one dedicated source of financial assistance. The analysis of this paper focuses on three policy options: appropriated annual state funding, cost reallocation, and expansion of county funding. All these options are weighed against three evaluative criteria: political desirability, administrative desirability, and funding potential. The option with the highest score is the expansion county funding either through fee assessments on criminal charges or financial assistance from the local board of county commissioners. It is the hope of the researcher that this analysis will spark the debate on gathering proper statistics on the statewide level as well as highlighting the role that state government will play i