The Southern District of California's Veterans Treatment Court (VTC) is an intensive, multi-phase ...
Treatment courts
rssEssential Learnings From the GAINS Center Webinar on Training Treatment Court Teams to Navigate Harm Reduction in Drug Courts
Harm reduction in drug courts is a crucial approach to supporting individuals with ...
PAARI’s Lived Experience Council: Empowering Voices for Change
Program Background and Purpose The Police Assisted Addiction Recovery Initiative (PAARI) has long ...
Opioid Intervention Courts: Preventing Overdose and Improving Legal Outcomes
When people with opioid use disorder (OUD) participate in drug court, research shows ...
Utilizing Incentives and Sanctions in Treatment Courts: Top Takeaways From SAMHSA’s GAINS Center Webinar
Incentives and sanctions are used in treatment courts to support or discourage certain ...
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 ...
Highlights From SAMHSA’s GAINS Center’s Webinar on Ensuring Long-Term Sustainability for Drug Treatment Courts
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, drug treatment courts have an opportunity ...
Key Takeaways From SAMHSA’s GAINS Center’s Webinar on Family Engagement in Drug Treatment Courts
Drug treatment courts play a vital role in addressing substance use by offering ...
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
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 GalleryQ&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 ...
Reentry and Recovery: Custom Support through Massachusetts’ Access to Recovery Pilot Programs
For more than 10 years, the Massachusetts Access to Recovery (ATR) program has been ...
The Power of Lived Experience: A Peer-Run Mental Health Court’s Approach to Justice
In 2013, Lexington, Kentucky, city leadership analyzed the growing challenge of homelessness in ...
SAMHSA’s GAINS Center Works to Develop Guidance for Treatment Courts Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach
Being trauma informed means understanding that past experiences can profoundly affect individuals’ functioning ...