heroin

Instruct sessions on strategic planning for conference attendees and provide A/V support.

Wisconsin Judicare, Inc. is a non-profit law firm and is the civil legal service provider for Wisconsin's northern 33 counties and 11 federally recognized Indian tribes. Wisconsin Judicare, Inc. is holding a training conference at Lac Du Flambeau, WI on November 7-8, 2017 and requested that Mick Mollica provide training on the opioid issue in Indian Country. The audience will include tribal courts, tribal judges and tribal law enforcement. They anticipate at least 75 attendees with representatives from about 16 Upper Midwest Indian tribes.

On Tuesday, March 29, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) announced that $14 million will be available in grant funding in order to address and reduce violent crime through programs focused on methamphetamine use and production, and the distribution of heroin and other opioids.

Following a conference in April in which the Attorney General called heroin abuse a nationwide epidemic, PERF has proposed a Heroin Northeast Consortium Project which would develop a coordinated and comprehensive response to the problem.

The Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office is requesting funding through the National Training and Technical Assistance Program for our community consortium concerned with heroin abuse and addiction. Since 2012 Jefferson County has seen over 150 heroin related deaths, which has resulted in a public health crisis for our community.