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Resource: National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children
Drug Endangered Children Roadmap and Toolkit to Local Alliance Building
National DEC, in partnership with the COPS Office, has designed a toolkit to consolidate information needed to form a drug endangered children (DEC) alliance and provide resources (including samples from existing alliances) to help formation proceed smoothly.
There are three stages of developing a roadmap and toolkit: (1) awareness, (2) implementation, and (3) institutionalization. A DEC alliance connects local practitioners from many disciplines to provide a mechanism for sustaining cross-disciplinary and interagency collaboration and facilitate ongoing changes in policies and practices. Access the toolkit.
Webinar: National Council for Behavioral Health
Medication Options for Treatment of Stimulant Use Disorders: Optimistic Update and New Research
March 2 at 1pm ET
Overdose deaths associated with illicit stimulants have surged in the past eight years, according to a recent study by the National Institutes for Health (NIH). While there are currently no FDA-approved medications for treatment of individuals who are dependent on stimulants, new treatments utilizing readily available medications are showing encouraging empirical support. The webinar will examine the latest research in the context of current increases in stimulant use. Register here.
Webinar: Lex Loci Labs
How to Manage and Grow Your Pre-Arrest Diversion Program
February 24 at 12pm ET
Lex Loci Labs offers a customized pre-arrest diversion case management platform for administrators to efficiently manage diversion programs, facilitating a more cost-effective and equitable justice system. In a 15-minute webinar, learn how Lex Loci’s diversion management platform can help you efficiently manage your program, from officer referral through program completion and recidivism tracking. Register here.
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PTACC's Deflection Classifieds
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Funding Opportunities
Grants to Prevent Rx Drug/Opioid OD Deaths
Reduce the number of overdose-related deaths by training first responders and other key community sectors on the prevention of overdose-related deaths and implementing secondary prevention strategies, including the purchase and distribution of naloxone to first responders. Applications due by March 1, 2021. View the funding opportunity.
Job Postings
University of Chicago Health Lab is seeking a Project Associate, Health Lab T911 and Research Manager, Health Lab T911 to work on large-scale data and research amalgamation to support the development of effective social policy interventions. The role will primarily focus on supporting an ongoing foundational research project called TRANSFORM911 (T911).
The Center for Health and Justice at TASC is hiring an Administrator- First Responder Consulting and Training, who will be responsible for the management of consulting, training and technical assistance projects at the intersection of justice and health policy. The Administrator will work independently with both internal staff and external partners, agencies, consultants, trainers and organizations to accomplish this work.
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Research Studies
Peer Recovery Studies
Seeking Safety is now recruiting adults (anywhere in the U.S.) as part of peer-led mobile app study that will address trauma and substance use and for a study on a high-tech app to detect emotions.
Conferences
Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit (@RxSummit)
April 2021: Virtual annual gathering for stakeholders to discuss what's working in prevention and treatment.
National Council for Behavioral Health
May 2021: The largest conference in mental health and addiction care.
West Coast Symposium on Addictive Disorders
June 2021: Promoting the design, provision, and monitoring of outcomes-based substance use disorder services.
National Alliance For Drug Endangered Children
August 2021: Training on research and best practices to help DEC, their families, and communities.
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Did you see it?
Examining the implementation of police-assisted referral programs for substance use disorder services in Massachusetts
Davoust, et.al (2021) examined the implementation of police-assisted referral programs in five Massachusetts communities between June 2019 and March 2020. Read the full publication.
Abt Associates: Reimagining Response to Vulnerable Populations in Crisis
Online scan to collect information on first responder-led programs that were designed to maximize diversion from the justice and emergency systems to treatment and community-based services. Read more.
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Want to get involved in the growing field of deflection and pre-arrest diversion?
Then join a PTACC Strategy Area!
Check It Out! The PTACC National Pre-Arrest Diversion Resource Website.
PTACC is the NATIONAL voice of the pre-arrest diversion field and provides vision, leadership, advocacy, and education to facilitate the growth and practice of deflection and pre-arrest diversion across the United States.
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