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Scheduled check in call for 11/7.
Met with POC, discussed site activities and updates. Site went for a NCE and was awarded it. They are funding 2 new positions. Sustainability measures were discussed, site will reach out if they would like to be supported in a publication or webinar. No TTA needs at this time.
Scheduled check in call for 11/7.
Met with POC, discussed site activities and updates. Site went for a NCE and was awarded it. They are funding 2 new positions. Sustainability measures were discussed, site will reach out if they would like to be supported in a publication or webinar. No TTA needs at this time.
Co-hosted the COSSUP national forum with COSSUP TTA providers. RSAT TTA staff planned and held the following sessions:
Franklin County Office of Justice Policy and Programs, Ohio; in person site visit to Hampden County Sheriff's Office, MA: November 15, 2023.
Monmouth County Correctional Institution, New Jersey; Buncombe County Sheriff's Office, North Carolina; in person site visit to Franklin County Sheriff's Office, MA.: June 7, 2023. Follow-up call with the peer mentor site and grantees: July 13, 2023.
Pulaski County Sheriff's Office, Arkansas; in person site visit to Albany County Corrections and Rehabilitative Services Center: July 26, 2023.
The Santa Cruz Sheriff's Office (SCSO) RSAT program at Blaine Street Women’s Facility provides a gender-responsive substance use treatment and reentry program. The facility offers all three FDA approved medications for opioid use disorder as part of a medication-assisted treatment (MAT) program. The program was designed to better address the needs of an increasing number of incarcerated women with serious, chronic substance use disorder (SUD), the high rate of SUD in Santa Cruz County, and the percentage of incarcerated women who have complex barriers to successful reentry.
On January 14, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey announced the results of an investigation of the Cumberland County Jail. The investigation looked at potential violations of the Eighth and 14th Amendments of the Constitution due to failure to screen for or provide adequate treatment to individuals at risk of self-harm and suicide.
Contingency Management is an evidence-based treatment for individuals with substance use disorder and co-occurring mental health disorders. Though traditionally used in outpatient settings, it has been successfully adapted to correctional treatment and RSAT programs. Staff from the Nevada Department of Corrections will share how they have implemented Contingency Management into their RSAT programs, what treatment outcomes they have seen, and challenges with implementation.
Scheduling call for new year check-in for February.
Site made contact 2/16.
Met with site 3/7. Activites are running smoothly, site will be going for a NCE to spend down funds. This will require a scope change as they are no longer utilizing LSS. New LIMS system will be up and running in April. NMS labs continues to support testing and reporting to get closer to their 60 day turn around time (goal).
