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rssResponding to Negative Media Portrayal of Veterans
Negative media portrayals of veterans seem to be more common. Recent news headlines such ...
Affordable Care Act & Your Family
All of us are affected by the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ...
Sequential Intercept Mapping in a Tribal Community: Bridging Tribal and Non-Tribal Systems to Identify and Divert Tribal Members and Increase Cultural Competency
As a result of the 2012 SAMHSA’s GAINS Center Sequential Intercept Mapping (SIM) solicitation, ...
New Kid on the Treatment Court Block
Treatment courts – also called “problem solving courts” – have been around for a ...
SCOTUS Ruling on the Stolen Valor Act: Where and When Does Morality Trump the Law?
On June 28, 2012 the Supreme Court of the United States of America (SCOTUS) ...
States work to Improve Front-End Diversion for Youth with Behavioral Health Needs
On June 27-28, 2012 the kick-off meeting for Improving Diversion Policies and Programs for ...
Engaging Misdemeanants in Jail Diversion Programs
One of the biggest challenges in jail diversion work is engaging misdemeanants, especially repetitive ones. In ...
A New Challenge for America’s Prisons: An Exploding Aging Population
Today, our nation’s correctional facilities face an unprecedented challenge: Meeting the needs of a ...
Health Care Reform and Criminal Justice: Find a Coach in COCHS
Persons in jail are more likely to be homeless and not to have health ...
What happens to kids picked up for drunk driving?
You would expect this to be an easy question to answer. But that is ...
Collaboration Aims to Improve Juvenile Justice System Responses to Youth with Behavioral Needs
The National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice, at Policy Research, Inc., and ...