By Rick Geiger Seventeen Years It wasn’t supposed to work this way. One morning in the summer of 1995, Lydia Hamner sat in her counsellor’s office on the campus of Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas, and finally admitted she had a problem. She was an addict. It was a big step. The hardest, they […]
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A scholarship funded by La Hacienda Treatment Center at the University of Texas at Austin provides validation and renewed hope for promising students By Patti Zielinski Sometimes a university scholarship transcends its monetary value. For the past 15 years, La Hacienda Treatment Center in Hunt, Texas, has funded scholarships to over 100 students in recovery […]
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Learn how Acadia Healthcare is helping college students struggling with mental health and co-existing disorders get the right treatment they need. By Patti Zielinski College is a time of transition, with emerging adults experiencing newfound freedoms —and their corresponding responsibilities. They are now in charge of their lives as they never have been before, forging […]
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THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED
| NADCP is pleased to offer a free webinar on the evolving role of probation officers in treatment courts. In partnership with the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the President, the webinar is presented by Dr. Brain Lovins, principal for Justice System Partners.
When: Wednesday, March 11, 2:00 p.m. EST Overview: As probation departments begin to re-evaluate their work, there is a significant shift in the role they can play on treatment court teams. Probation agencies have historically been asked to play a referee type role–monitoring the rules and conditions and blowing the whistle when observing the justice-involved individual stepping outside the lines. But there has been a recent call to transform probation officers from referees to coaches. Coaches’ role is to help their players win. To do so is to be able to assess talent quickly, design plans to help build strengths while minimizing the risks, reinforce, cheer, and hold accountable. This presentation will provide the framework for rethinking probation’s role at the table as one of coach versus referee. |
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The State Rehabilitation Council works in partnership with the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services to maximize opportunities for employment and independence for North Carolinians with disabilities. The council also provides a formal mechanism for consumers and stakeholders to influence the state’s vocational rehabilitation (VR) program and policies by hosting public forums and listening sessions.
Current and former VR consumers, family members, VR staff, employers and other stakeholders are invited to share feedback with the council at events held around the state each year. Held quarterly, these public forums provide an opportunity to voice your concerns, questions, success stories, resources and suggestions for improvement.
Please join us to discuss what VR can do to help people with disabilities find and keep jobs. Share your success stories, concerns, questions, resources and suggestions for improvement.
Sign language interpreters will be available. To request other accommodations, email kim.schmidt@dhhs.nc.gov or call 919-855-3533 by March 16, 2020.
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UPDATE:
Due to the recent number of cases of COVID19 in the Triangle, this event has been canceled. Those who have previously registered for this event should receive notice via the email address that they provided when they registered.
To register for future Town Hall events, please go to the Town Hall Meeting Registration form.
Event Description
UPDATE:
Due to the recent number of cases of COVID19 in the Triangle, this event has been canceled. Those who have previously registered for this event should receive notice via the email address that they provided when they registered.
To register for future Town Hall events, please go to the Town Hall Meeting Registration form.
Event Description
UPDATE:
Due to the recent number of cases of COVID19 in the Triangle, this event has been canceled. Those who have previously registered for this event should receive notice via the email address that they provided when they registered.
To register for future Town Hall events, please go to the Town Hall Meeting Registration form.
BJA Opens FY 2020 Adult Drug Court and Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program Solicitation
Applications are due May 14, 2020
The
Bureau of Justice Assistance today released the grant
solicitations for the fiscal year 2020 Adult Drug Court and Veterans Treatment
Court Discretionary Grant Program.
The grant program provides financial and technical assistance to
states, state courts, local courts, units of local government and Native
American tribal governments to enhance the operations of drug courts or
to implement new veterans treatment courts. Treatment court models eligible for
funding include: adult drug courts, co-occurring courts, DWI courts,
tribal healing to wellness courts, and veterans treatment courts.
NEW
THIS YEAR:
The FY 2020 Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program is no longer available
for implementation. Implementation grants are still available for veterans
treatment courts.
Grants
are available in the following categories:
Category
1: Implementation of Veterans Treatment Courts – $500,000 for 36 months
Eligible jurisdictions have completed a
substantial amount of planning and are ready to implement an evidence-based
veterans treatment court that supports core capacity and provides critical
treatment, case management and coordination, judicial
supervision, sanctions and incentive services and other key resources, such as
transitional housing, relapse prevention and employment.
Veterans treatment courts may propose to either
serve non-violent offenders or both non-violent and violent offenders.
Category
2: Enhancement of Adult Drug Courts and Veterans Treatment Courts – $500,000
for 36 months
Eligible jurisdictions have a fully-operational
adult drug court or veterans treatment court (i.e., those operating for at
least one year as of September 30, 2020). Funding may assist a jurisdiction to
scale up the program capacity; provide access to or enhance treatment capacity
or other critical support services; enhance court operations; expand or enhance
court services; or improve the quality and/or intensity of services based on
needs assessments.
Category
3: Statewide Strategies to support Adult Drug Courts and Veterans Treatment
Courts – $750,000 for 36 months
State applicants may apply for funding to
improve, enhance, or expand drug court and veterans treatment court services
statewide. Activities include expanding treatment and services; audits of
practice and technical assistance for adherence to standards; data collection
and analysis to assess practice and track recidivism; and training and
technical assistance (TTA).
BJA
grants emphasize the integration of NADCP’s Adult Drug Court Best Practice
Standards into existing drug court services. In addition, all applicants must
demonstrate the court for which funds are sought does not deny eligible clients
access because of their use of FDA-approved medications for the treatment of a
substance use disorder (medication-assisted treatment).
For
technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov
Customer Support Hotline at 800–518–4726 or 606–545–5035, at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support.html,
or at support@grants.gov. For questions
regarding any other requirement of this solicitation, contact the National
Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Response Center: toll-free at
800–851–3420; via TTY at 301–240–6310 (hearing impaired only); email grants@ncjrs.gov; or web chat at https://webcontact.ncjrs.gov/ncjchat/chat.jsp.
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