Substance Abuse/Drugs

CHJ Office Hours take place every 3rd Friday of the month. These Office Hours are meant for sites to come and ask any questions or concerns that they may have. There will be members of the CHJ team, with appearances from various subject matter experts or other COSSUP TTA providers, present for the duration of the call to assist with any topics/questions that are brought up. Any site can join throughout the hour to speak with the CHJ team.

The Deflection Mentoring Initiative provides communities interested in starting deflection programs the opportunity to learn from established or innovative programs that have shown success in meeting the treatment needs of individuals with a substance use disorder, and in some cases an overdose. During site visits, mentors will provide opportunities for observation and peer-to-peer exchanges, including opportunities to observe the law enforcement/first responder diversion or referral program in action and allowing mentee sites to engage with program personnel.

This webinar will introduce participants to the ways in which decision making occurs for both emerging adults (those 18-25 years old) and maturing adults (those 26-40 years old); how substances interact with the brain; the distinctions between substance use and substance use disorders; and how substance use impacts the decision-making process, assessments of risk and reward, working memory, and communication.

In this interactive webinar, the COSSUP Data and Evaluation TTA provider, Abt Global will present with COSSUP program evaluators at Miami University on performance measurement and evaluation. The webinar will provide clear guidance for COSSUP grantees, program managers, and practitioners in the broader field on the purpose and application of performance measurement, the fundamentals of program evaluation, and distinguish between performance measurement and evaluation.

Discuss the value of peer recovery support services (PRSS) to enhance substance use recovery. Explore the history of peer support as an effective intervention for tribal populations. Engage in peer exchange with tribal representatives who have implemented a peer support, including an opportunity for Q&A. Review a new valuable resource available to support tribes interested in implementing a PRSS Program, Culturally Responsive Pathways to Peer Programming in Tribal Communities. Discover available grant funding and training and technical assistance opportunities.

This webinar will provide information on the Reaching Rural Solicitation.

Join us for a webinar in which experts from IIR and overdose fatality review (OFR) peer mentor program leaders share their experiences supporting the growth and implementation of OFRs and serving in mentor site roles. This peer-to-peer conversation will highlight the realities faced by OFRs, site mentor experiences, and existing resources to help mentees and OFR teams navigate the complexities of implementation and expansion.

The Florida Office of the State Courts Administrator, a Category 2 COSSUP grantee, has seen many successes in their goal of enhancing and expanding evidence-based programs in existing family dependency drug courts. Notably, local circuit courts have made strides in establishing sustainable programs. Florida’s 15th Judicial Circuit Court of Palm Beach County, 5th Judicial Circuit Court of Marion County, and 9th Judicial Circuit Court of Orange County will share the challenges to sustainability and how they overcame them in this State Success webinar.

BJA’s Training and Technical Assistance Center for Data & Evaluation will be hosting a webinar providing guidance and support for COSSUP grantees as they navigate data collection and evaluation of their grant. The webinar will also provide an overview of the Evaluation Action Plan Template. Grantees will hear from two evaluators in the field on how they utilize evaluation plans and lessons they have learned.

This webinar is open to all grantees that seek to learn more about the data, evaluation, and the Evaluation Action Plan Template.

Join us for a webinar where experts from the Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) share their experiences supporting the growth and implementation of county-level overdose fatality reviews (OFRs) from the state and national perspective. This peer-to-peer conversation will highlight the realities faced by OFRs and existing resources to help navigate the complexities of implementation and expansion.