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The Deflection Mentoring Initiative provides communities interested in starting deflection programs the opportunity to learn from established or innovative programs that have shown success in meeting the treatment needs of individuals with a substance use disorder, and in some cases an overdose. During site visits, mentors will provide opportunities for observation and peer-to-peer exchanges, including opportunities to observe the law enforcement/first responder diversion or referral program in action and allowing mentee sites to engage with program personnel.
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The Deflection Mentoring Initiative provides communities interested in starting deflection programs the opportunity to learn from established or innovative programs that have shown success in meeting the treatment needs of individuals with a substance use disorder, and in some cases an overdose. During site visits, mentors will provide opportunities for observation and peer-to-peer exchanges, including opportunities to observe the law enforcement/first responder diversion or referral program in action and allowing mentee sites to engage with program personnel.
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Host site-based grantee calls quarterly to foster peer to peer learning. Topics will range based on collective assessed needs of grantees as identified through individual check-in calls.
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This reporting period Sister Court visits at two Mentor Court sites have been planned. Sister Courts Keweenaw Bay Community and Pokagon Tribe, along with Mentor Court Tulalip, are planned to visit Mentor Court LTBB as a part of a Cultural Onsite Training on August 20-22, 2024 to observe how culture is incorporated into their THWC. This will be a 3-day visit that will include traditional cultural activities, THWC staffing and hearing observations, and a talking circle. Sister Courts Trinidad and Muckleshoot will visit Mentor Court New Mexico Urban but have not yet set a date.
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TTA Need: Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe hosted TTA on Tribal Law Enforcement Intervention and Deflection, including a grandfamilies talking circle on November 1-2, 2-2023. The tribal police department is interested in further implementing diversion/deflection programming.