NDCRC’s recent webinar, Responding to the Opioid Crisis: National and Local Approaches , was our most popular webinar yet! Over 200 attendees learned about current federal and local initiatives addressing the crisis, gained important knowledge for responding to opioid overdoses, and heard from treatment courts in action. The importance of compassion and humanity were not lost in the conversation. In the words of one panelist, it's important for those suffering from opioid use disorder to know that “they are innately valuable and that they as an individual matter to us.” If you weren’t able to attend the live session , it is now available through the Justice Programs Office YouTube channel.

Have you been following the podcast series On the Docket with NDCRC ? The series explores topics related to problem-solving courts and the fundamentals of addressing substance use and mental health within the criminal justice system. The next episodes of On the Docket will take a look at how treatment courts are responding to the opioid crisis. To do this, we need your help.

Do you work in a treatment court that is based in a community experiencing the opioid crisis and have a working relationship with first responders?

 

Are you a treatment provider in a treatment court that is based in a community experiencing the opioid crisis?

Please contact host and producer, Anna Koozmin, at koozmin@american.edu or (202) 885-3834, if you wish to share your experience!

 

In case you missed the recent webinar from Children and Family Futures titled, “ National Strategic Plan for Family Drug Courts – One Vision, Three Goals to Serve More Families and Future Generations," it is now available online . Download a free copy of the National Strategic Plan for Family Drug Courts here !

 

Check out the Family Drug Courts (FDCs) Online Tutorials to discover how FDCs are strengthening families and improving outcomes. This self-paced learning tool is free and contains five modules on the latest best practices and research about FDCs . Register today ! 

 

Explore the recently released series of briefs and case studies from Children and Family Futures’ Prevention and Family Recovery program to discover and use the cross-cutting lessons to replicate effective FDC practices in your jurisdiction!  

 

Annie Schachar , the current Deputy Director of Treatment Court Programs at the Center for Court Innovation , has been named Director of the Center’s Veterans Justice Initiatives . In this role, Ms. Schachar is working on a number of projects to advance awareness of and education about the issues facing justice-involved veterans. Ms. Schachar also oversees a federally funded research initiative to implement the nation’s first evidence-based risk-need assessment tool for veterans treatment courts. She can be reached at aschachar@nycourts.gov . 

Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) 24 ^th Annual Meeting

February 21-24, 2018

New York Association of Drug Treatment Court Professionals Conference

March 7-9, 2018

 

American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence Conference

March 10-14, 2018

Michigan Association of Treatment Court Professionals Annual Conference

March 13-14, 2018