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rssSAMHSA’s GAINS Center Seeks Agencies and Communities to Develop Trauma-Informed Training Capacity
SAMHSA’s GAINS Center for Behavioral Health and Justice Transformation, operated by Policy Research Associates, ...
Transportation after Incarceration: Where the Rubber Meets the Road for Sustainable Reentry
Transportation barriers pose significant challenges for individuals involved with the criminal justice system and ...
Serving Indigenous People through Ceremony and Tradition
“Ceremony is life,” says Winona Stevens, M.S.W., founder and executive director of Native American ...
Q&A with Sarai Flores
You are an attorney and are open about your status both as “formerly incarcerated” ...
Celebrating National Recovery Month 2021
September is National Recovery Month, an honorary occasion dedicated to celebrating personal gains and ...
Maryland Governor Signs Bill Into Law Establishing Behavioral Health and Public Safety Center of Excellence
In November 2020, SAMHSA’s GAINS Center hosted the State Summit on Behavioral Health and the ...
More than Books: New Jersey Libraries Provide a Fresh Start for Returning Citizens
In New Jersey and Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, people returning from incarceration have a ...
Promoting Access to Justice through Trauma-Informed Courts
By Sarai Cook, Esq., Servant Leader, National Trauma Awareness Initiative Trauma Is a Courtroom ...
Q&A with Mark Restivo
You are a former New York City police Department officer. When you were ...
Advocating from Experience: Peers Serving the Legal Needs of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated People
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC), based in Oakland, California, began serving women ...
LGBTQ+ Individuals at the Intersection of Mental Health and Criminal Justice
By Cassandra Moore June was Pride Month, a time when LGBTQ+ people and their ...