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rssQ&A with Lea Wetzel, Certified Behavioral Health Peer Support Specialist and Trainer, Advocate, and Expert on Human Trafficking and Missing and Murdered Indigenous People
Q&A with Lea Wetzel, Certified Behavioral Health Peer Support Specialist and Trainer, Advocate, and Expert on Human Trafficking and Missing and Murdered Indigenous People GalleryQ&A with Lea Wetzel, Certified Behavioral Health Peer Support Specialist and Trainer, Advocate, and Expert on Human Trafficking and Missing and Murdered Indigenous People
Lea Wetzel, Poonoakki (Elk Woman), is from the Blackfoot Confederacy and is a ...
Reentry and Recovery: Custom Support through Massachusetts’ Access to Recovery Pilot Programs
For more than 10 years, the Massachusetts Access to Recovery (ATR) program has been ...
The Power of Lived Experience: A Peer-Run Mental Health Court’s Approach to Justice
In 2013, Lexington, Kentucky, city leadership analyzed the growing challenge of homelessness in ...
SAMHSA’s GAINS Center Works to Develop Guidance for Treatment Courts Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach
Being trauma informed means understanding that past experiences can profoundly affect individuals’ functioning ...
Policy Research Holds First Spanish-Language Sequential Intercept Model Mapping Workshop
On June 15 and 16, 2023, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services ...
SMVF Spotlight: Hope & Recovery in Observation of Alcohol Awareness Month
“The great thing in this world is not so much where you ...
Sobering Centers Offer Low-Barrier Alternative to Jail or Emergency Rooms
In many communities, there are few options available when local police pick a person ...
Q&A with Robin Ledford, Clinical Director, Restorative Justice Program, Families Free
You are the clinical director at Families Free, Inc., and you oversee the restorative ...
Program Spotlight: The National Sobering Collaborative on Sobering Centers
The National Sobering Collaborative is a non-profit organization committed to supporting the formation and ...
Healing Old and New Wounds: Indigenous Mental Health, Culturally Responsive Treatment, and the Criminal Justice System
By Raquel Anakalea, JD, Bishop Paiute and Kanaka Maoli November is Native American ...
Q&A with Leandru Willie, Program Manager, Iron House Medicine Program, Native American Reentry Services
After being incarcerated, you decided to join the Native American Reentry Services (NARS) HEAL ...