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Justin Volpe is the senior peer support coordinator at the National Association of ...
Family Treatment Courts: Maximizing Family Engagement to Support Recovery and Reunification
According to 2016 Bureau of Justice data, 47.1 percent of the individuals incarcerated in ...
Project Vision Hawaiʻi: Fostering HieHie (Dignity) in Reentry
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month: Special Considerations for Individuals Who Are Justice Involved
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month: Special Considerations for Individuals Who Are Justice Involved GalleryAsian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month: Special Considerations for Individuals Who Are Justice Involved
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Alternative Response Team Supports Coloradans in Need
If individuals in Denver, Colorado, call 911 for a mental health crisis or ...
Q&A with Todd Meyer, Arkansas Peer Support Specialist at P.E.A.R.L.
Todd Meyer is a peer support specialist and peer supervisor in training at ...
SOARing Beyond Barriers in South Carolina: Empowering Individuals with Benefits before Their Release
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) provide needed income for ...
Healing Strategies for Black and African American Mental Health, Behavioral Health, and Criminal Justice Equity
In 2020, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) established the ...
Iowa Programs Set Incarcerated People Up for Job Success
Gainful, stable employment is a protective factor for individuals reentering the community after ...
Q&A with Lea Wetzel, Certified Behavioral Health Peer Support Specialist and Trainer, Advocate, and Expert on Human Trafficking and Missing and Murdered Indigenous People
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Q&A with Lea Wetzel, Certified Behavioral Health Peer Support Specialist and Trainer, Advocate, and Expert on Human Trafficking and Missing and Murdered Indigenous People
Lea Wetzel, Poonoakki (Elk Woman), is from the Blackfoot Confederacy and is a ...