About TASC’s Center for Health and Justice
We transform health and justice systems so people, communities, and institutions can find better paths forward.
Who We Are
A systems-change partner built from practice.
The Center for Health and Justice is the systems-change engine of TASC, Treatment Alternatives for Stronger Communities.
TASC is a world-class health–justice systems integrator. Through a proven model and a practice-grounded systems-change process, TASC acts as the connective tissue between systems never designed to work together, turning fragmented encounters with courts, jails, hospitals, child welfare, and community systems into coordinated pathways to care and recovery.
TASC’s direct-service operations provide a real-world laboratory for understanding what happens when policy, funding, programs, and people meet. CHJ carries that knowledge outward through consulting, technical assistance, training, and policy work across the United States and internationally.
The learning moves both ways. What TASC sees in practice informs CHJ’s work with systems. What CHJ learns across jurisdictions helps strengthen practice in return. That feedback loop gives CHJ something unusual in the consulting and technical-assistance field: the perspective of an advisor with the instincts of an operator.
What We Do
Through consulting, technical assistance, training, research, and policy development, CHJ supports communities in advancing health- and justice-focused reforms. Our work spans deflection and diversion, systems planning, law enforcement and community partnerships, treatment and recovery capacity, data and technology solutions, and international engagement.
Across all areas, CHJ helps partners translate knowledge into action and build systems that are more effective, equitable, and responsive.
Our Approach
We are bridge builders. We help people find the path to recovery, and we help partners chart the path to reform.
CHJ serves as a bridge between research, policy, and practice. We partner with stakeholders across justice, health, and community systems to design strategies that are locally informed, evidence-based, and sustainable.
Our approach emphasizes collaboration, practical implementation, and measurable impact. We work alongside partners to understand local context, identify opportunities for improvement, and support coordinated responses that prioritize care over punishment.
Our Team
Our work includes:
Deflection and Diversion
Redirecting people to care before system involvement
Treatment and Recovery Capacity
Expanding access to care and strengthening recovery systems
Systems Mapping and Action Planning
Turning complexity into coordinated, actionable change
Data and Technology Solutions
Using data to inform decisions and improve outcomes
Law Enforcement and Community Partnerships
Strengthening trust, collaboration, and pathways to care
Why It Matters
Communities across the country and around the world are seeking better ways to respond to substance use, mental health needs, and system involvement. By aligning policy, practice, and evidence, TASC’s Center for Health and Justice helps communities move beyond fragmented approaches toward solutions that strengthen public safety, restore dignity, and improve lives.
