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rssThe Petey Greene Program: Supporting the Reentry of Incarcerated Individuals Through Educational Advancement
There is ample evidence of the benefits of education for people who ...
Q&A with Manuel Gomez, Veteran Peer Support Specialist, Community Veterans Justice Project
You are a Veteran and currently work with the Community Veteran Justice Project ...
Reducing Frequent Jail Contact to Lower Jail Populations
If they go to jail at all, most people in America only do ...
SAMHSA’s GAINS Center’s Competence to Stand Trial/Competence Restoration Learning Collaborative Continues in Policy Academy
In April 2023, the Competence to Stand Trial/Competence Restoration Policy Academy was held ...
Forensic Peer Mentor Training in Georgia: Supporting the Transition from Incarceration to the Community
Certified peer specialists, peer mentors, and other peer support workers offer both lived ...
Q&A with Mandy Owens, PhD, Assistant Professor, Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine
You are a clinical psychologist and an addiction researcher. Some of your research ...
San Francisco Street Crisis Response Team Reduces Law Enforcement Involvement
In many cities in the United States, police are the first line of ...
Q&A with Wesam Shahed, Esq., Assistant State’s Attorney for Cook County, Illinois
Tell us about your path to becoming a prosecutor and how your involvement ...
Behavioral Health IMPACT: Addressing Mental Health Disparities in Local Jails
This post originally appeared on the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation's ...
SAMHSA’s GAINS Center’s Crisis Learning Collaborative Leads to Atlanta Center for Diversion and Services
On March 31, 2023, ground was broken on the Atlanta Center for Diversion ...
The Imani Breakthrough Project: Faith-Based Recovery Support for Black and Latino Communities
The opioid epidemic has affected nearly all Americans in ...