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Over the past decade, communities and first responders have successfully worked together to establish sustainable, effective alternatives to arrest for people with substance use disorder through the implementation of deflection initiatives. In tandem, the law enforcement community has also acknowledged the high importance of incorporating racial equity practices in order to better serve communities experiencing the highest rates of overdose and drug-related arrests.

This webinar focuses on federal prosecution and availability of resources to address youth reentry as well as how these resource influence charging decisions at the federal and state level. It will highlight effective strategies for supporting youth reentry and feature resources from OJJDP. 41 attendees

Vera D4D staff met with the DOC representatives to discuss the status of and questions about the memorandum of understanding.

Vera hosted a meeting with DOC leadership to share decision of state selection for participation in the Designed for Dignity project.

The 2023 Police, Treatment, and Community (PTACC) Deflection and Pre-Arrest Diversion Training Summit was held in Seattle, Washington on October 28-November 1, 2024. Over 400 people attended the summit, including COSSUP grantees. Attendees and presenters included law enforcement officers and other first responders, behavioral health practitioners, community-based service providers, deflection program managers, researchers, and officials from the local, state, and national levels.

During the 2024 Second Chance Act Conference in Philadelphia (which took place December 16-18, 2024) the TA Center met with 27 grantees at separate meetings and had contact with 85 grantees in Workshops and Sessions.

These calls are an opportunity for grantees to check-in with us at CHJ, meet other grantees, and learn about topics related to deflection and pre-arrest diversion initiatives. Invited are CHJ's open FY19-23 deflection and pre-arrest diversion grantees. After a brief introduction to the CHJ team and our TTA support, we were joined by two presenters, one from fellow COSSUP TTA provider, the Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) and another, Captain Kevin Hunter, from the Fort Wayne police department.

Vera site lead held a an introductory call with project coordinator and team from the Oklahoma DOC to discuss implementation of the Designed for Dignity project.

These newsletters are distributed by email at the beginning of every month and highlight upcoming CHJ grantee cohort events (like office hours, quarterly and focus area calls) and provide new resources, or recordings and resources that were mentioned on previous cohort calls. These newsletters also include products or upcoming events from COSSUP and its other TTA providers, and relevant federal resources.

At the IACP 2024 Annual Conference in Boston, MA, the team presented three Quick Hits to live audiences on a variety of crisis response topics: "Crisis Intervention Involving People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities"; "Policing and Behavioral Health Partnerships"; 'What is CRIT: Curriculum Tools to Save Your Agency Valuable Time".