Chanson D. Noether, MA

Chanson Noether is a Vice President at Policy Research Associates (PRA). In this capacity, Mr. Noether oversees a portfolio of criminal justice and behavioral health-focused training and technical assistance initiatives for PRA. In his primary role, Mr. Noether serves as the Director of SAMHSA’s GAINS Center for Behavioral Health and Justice Transformation. As Director of SAMHSA’s GAINS Center, Mr. Noether oversees all training and technical assistance activities for the Center, including the How Being Trauma-Informed Improves Criminal Justice System Responses training initiative and Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) Mapping Workshops. Mr. Noether also serves as PRA’s Director for the BJA-funded Academic Training to Inform Police Responses National Initiative to Enhance Police Engagement with People with Behavioral Health Conditions and Developmental Disabilities. Mr. Noether is former Director of the Law Enforcement and Community: Crisis Intervention Team Training Model program funded under the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s VALOR Initiative and has previously served as Project Director for several other initiatives at PRA, including SAMHSA’s Statewide Family and Consumer Networks TA Center and the NIMH-funded Suicide Prevention for Justice System Gatekeepers training program. Mr. Noether received his MA in Community Psychology and Counseling from Russell Sage Graduate School. Mr. Noether has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and publications and presents frequently at a variety of national meetings and conferences. Mr. Noether is also an adjunct professor for research and evaluation at Russell Sage College in Troy, New York. His research and practice interests include criminal justice, trauma, and peer integration, as well as training and program evaluation.