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    Active BJA Funded Project(s):

    • The National Center for School Safety: Expanding a comprehensive TTA approach to build capacity and sustainability for school violence prevention nationwide
    • National Center for School Safety

    Webinar - Using and Sharing Data Across Health, Human Services and Justice Systems

    Counties across the country are building collaborative partnerships to reduce the number of people with mental illnesses in their jails. Despite the progress that counties have made, they still face challenges with sharing information across multiple systems, limiting their success in identifying people involved in these systems, coordinating services and supervision, and tracking the impact of their efforts. 

    Webinar - Project Safe Release

    Through These Doors (the domestic violence resource center in Cumberland County, Maine) and Maine Pre-Trial Services were awarded a prestigious grant from the MacArthur Foundation in October 2018 to improve collaboration between the two organizations to reach women who are incarcerated identifying as victims/survivors of domestic and sexual violence. This pilot project, Project Safe Release, is one of the first nationally to partner victim advocacy services and pre-trial services.

    Webinar - Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System: The Facts and Figures Justice Professionals Need to Know

    Mentally ill people are overrepresented in the criminal justice system. Law enforcement officers and jail staff must deal regularly with people who have schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other mental illnesses.

    Webinar - MAT Medication Diversion Brief

    As criminal justice agencies grapple with the impacts of the opioid epidemic, an increasing number of correctional facilities are using medication-assisted treatment (MAT) in order to initiate or maintain treatment among individuals experiencing opioid use disorders. Despite the potential for MAT to reduce recidivism and overdose fatalities, many jails and prisons are reluctant to allow individuals to be on MAT medications due to diversion concerns.

    Attend a Webinar to Learn About Improving Job Readiness and Retention for Higher Risk Populations

    August 20, 2019

    Join the Council of State Governments Justice Center and the National Reentry Resource Center for the “Improving Job Readiness and Retention for Higher Risk Populations” webinar on Wednesday, August 28 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET.

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    Webinar - Thinking for a Change: Expanding & Collaborating on a Cognitive Behavioral Program for Probation

    Learn how the Maricopa County, Arizona Adult Probation Department successfully expanded its implementation of Thinking for a Change (a cognitive behavioral intervention program with the National Institute of Corrections) through collaboration with external treatment providers who utilized Medicaid to pay for services. This webinar will focus on how they were able to implement evidence-based practices with fidelity, integrity, and continued quality improvement.

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    Webinar - Improving Job Readiness and Retention for Higher Risk Populations

    For the overwhelming majority of people in federal and state prisons who will eventually reenter the community, finding employment plays a critical role in preventing recidivism. That said, it is not strictly job placement services that can make the difference between reincarceration and successful reentry; ensuring people who are returning to communities from incarceration have the skills to not only find, but also retain, jobs is also key.

    Submit Applications for the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Innovations in Supervision Initiative: Community Corrections Collaborations to Reduce Violent Crime and Recidivism Program

    August 08, 2019

    The Bureau of the Justice Assistance and The Council of State Governments Justice Center are currently seeking applications for the Innovations in Supervision Initiative: Community Corrections Collaborations to Reduce Violent Crime and Recidivism program.

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