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RECENT WORK

Expert Area Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP)	Factsheet / Handout COVID-19: 10 Steps for Deflection and Pre-Arrest Diversion During and After the Pandemic	Expert Area Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN)	Expert Area The Police, Treatment and Community Collaborative (PTACC)

Expert Area

Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP)

Factsheet / Handout

COVID-19: 10 Steps for Deflection and Pre-Arrest Diversion During and After the Pandemic

Expert Area

Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN)

Expert Area

The Police, Treatment and Community Collaborative (PTACC)

Expert Area Justice Leaders Systems Change Initiative (JLSCI)	Expert Area Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT)	Expert Area Cook County Health	Expert Area Colombo Plan/INL

Expert Area

Justice Leaders Systems Change Initiative (JLSCI)

Expert Area

Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT)

Expert Area

Cook County Health

Expert Area

Colombo Plan/INL

Expert Area NIJ/RAND	Expert Area Law Enforcement & Pre-arrest Diversion	Jac Charlier	Joel K. Johnson

Expert Area

NIJ/RAND

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Law Enforcement & Pre-arrest Diversion

Jac Charlier

Joel K. Johnson

TASC NEWS & RELATED ISSUES

TASC News Juneteenth and the Continued March Toward Racial Justice	TASC in the News Report Available on Law Enforcement-led Diversion and First Responder Deflection Programs	TASC News Impact of Pandemic on Mental Health and Future Directions for the Field	Related Issues New Poll: Most Americans Cite Affordability and Availability of In-Network Providers as Priorities and Barriers to Mental Health and Addiction Treatment

TASC News

Juneteenth and the Continued March Toward Racial Justice

TASC in the News

Report Available on Law Enforcement-led Diversion and First Responder Deflection Programs

TASC News

Impact of Pandemic on Mental Health and Future Directions for the Field

Related Issues

New Poll: Most Americans Cite Affordability and Availability of In-Network Providers as Priorities and Barriers to Mental Health and Addiction Treatment

TASC News Key to Reentry Success: Safe and Affordable Housing	TASC News Gun Violence, Public Health, and Racial Justice	Related Issues How harm reduction models can save US lives in the pandemic	TASC in the News Community Spotlight: Recovery is not a short-term project

TASC News

Key to Reentry Success: Safe and Affordable Housing

TASC News

Gun Violence, Public Health, and Racial Justice

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How harm reduction models can save US lives in the pandemic

TASC in the News

Community Spotlight: Recovery is not a short-term project

Related Issues How Systemic Racism Continues To Determine Black Health And Wealth In Chicago	TASC News TASC CEO Joel K. Johnson Joins Sheriff Dart in Spotlighting Community Resource Center	Related Issues Behavioral Health: Patient Access, Provider Claims Payment, and the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic	Related Issues Differential impacts of COVID-19 across racial-ethnic identities in persons with opioid use disorder

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How Systemic Racism Continues To Determine Black Health And Wealth In Chicago

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TASC CEO Joel K. Johnson Joins Sheriff Dart in Spotlighting Community Resource Center

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Behavioral Health: Patient Access, Provider Claims Payment, and the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Differential impacts of COVID-19 across racial-ethnic identities in persons with opioid use disorder

MORE NEWS

TWITTER ICYMI from The Chicago Defender, "CDPH released The State of Health for Blacks in Chicago, a data brief describing the health status of Chicago’s Black population and the root cause inequities disproportionately affecting the lives of Black Chicagoans." https://t.co/sYQpG522o7 Jun 23, 2021	TWITTER News: Biden Administration Endorses Bill to End Disparity in Drug Sentencing Between Crack & Powder Cocaine; Kidney Experts Say It’s Time to Remove Race From Medical Algorithms; Electronic Monitoring Fails to Reduce Reoffending Among Girls; More. https://t.co/K0rnlTLAcM Jun 22, 2021	TWITTER RT @ProtectILCare: "Access to equitable, affordable health care is at the heart of all we do. Today, we breathe a collective sigh of relief… Jun 18, 2021	TWITTER News: ?Algorithmic Bias?: The Next Challenge for Justice Reform; Indian Affairs Promised To Reform Tribal Jails; Justices Rule Against Low-Level Crack Cocaine Offenders; Schools Bring Therapy Dogs To Focus On Post-COVID Student Mental Health: More. https://t.co/TFYuVw87cZ https://t.co/Dv1oIPQAGA Jun 14, 2021

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ICYMI from The Chicago Defender, "CDPH released The State of Health for Blacks in Chicago, a data brief describing the health status of Chicago’s Black population and the root cause inequities disproportionately affecting the lives of Black Chicagoans." https://t.co/sYQpG522o7

Jun 23, 2021

TWITTER

News: Biden Administration Endorses Bill to End Disparity in Drug Sentencing Between Crack & Powder Cocaine; Kidney Experts Say It’s Time to Remove Race From Medical Algorithms; Electronic Monitoring Fails to Reduce Reoffending Among Girls; More. https://t.co/K0rnlTLAcM

Jun 22, 2021

TWITTER

RT @ProtectILCare: "Access to equitable, affordable health care is at the heart of all we do. Today, we breathe a collective sigh of relief…

Jun 18, 2021

TWITTER

News: ?Algorithmic Bias?: The Next Challenge for Justice Reform; Indian Affairs Promised To Reform Tribal Jails; Justices Rule Against Low-Level Crack Cocaine Offenders; Schools Bring Therapy Dogs To Focus On Post-COVID Student Mental Health: More. https://t.co/TFYuVw87cZ https://t.co/Dv1oIPQAGA

Jun 14, 2021

TWITTER News: Women Now Drink As Much As Men?Not So Much For Pleasure, But To Cope; Youth Vaping Rates Decline, But 1 in 5 U.S. Teens Still Uses E-Cigs; Cook County IL Program Helps People Recovering from Drug Addiction Find Affordable Housing; More. https://t.co/Haqmmmu28m https://t.co/0Gz74bkbBp Jun 10, 2021	TWITTER News: Police, Treatment, and Community Collaborative (with Jac Charlier and Leslie Balonick); More States Expand the Ballot to Previously Incarcerated; Chicago Workers Are Going Door To Door To Improve Vaccination Rates; More. https://t.co/GLcdMBCUD9 https://t.co/z7XzdfWwfn Jun 7, 2021	TWITTER Across America, people will #WearOrange on June 4—National Gun Violence Awareness day—to honor victims and survivors of gun violence and to call attention to this crisis that takes more than 100 lives every single day. Learn more at https://t.co/hCTUqxhK9r. Jun 4, 2021	TWITTER News: Impact of Pandemic on Mental Health and Future Directions for the Field; Report Available on Law Enforcement-led Diversion and First Responder Deflection Programs; Study Finds Few Doctors Prescribe Buprenorphine to Treat Opioid Addiction; More https://t.co/lrk9fwMF5w Jun 3, 2021

TWITTER

News: Women Now Drink As Much As Men?Not So Much For Pleasure, But To Cope; Youth Vaping Rates Decline, But 1 in 5 U.S. Teens Still Uses E-Cigs; Cook County IL Program Helps People Recovering from Drug Addiction Find Affordable Housing; More. https://t.co/Haqmmmu28m https://t.co/0Gz74bkbBp

Jun 10, 2021

TWITTER

News: Police, Treatment, and Community Collaborative (with Jac Charlier and Leslie Balonick); More States Expand the Ballot to Previously Incarcerated; Chicago Workers Are Going Door To Door To Improve Vaccination Rates; More. https://t.co/GLcdMBCUD9 https://t.co/z7XzdfWwfn

Jun 7, 2021

TWITTER

Across America, people will #WearOrange on June 4—National Gun Violence Awareness day—to honor victims and survivors of gun violence and to call attention to this crisis that takes more than 100 lives every single day. Learn more at https://t.co/hCTUqxhK9r.

Jun 4, 2021

TWITTER

News: Impact of Pandemic on Mental Health and Future Directions for the Field; Report Available on Law Enforcement-led Diversion and First Responder Deflection Programs; Study Finds Few Doctors Prescribe Buprenorphine to Treat Opioid Addiction; More https://t.co/lrk9fwMF5w

Jun 3, 2021

TWITTER RT @NORCNews: Deflection programs rely on partnerships across the justice system, treatment/recovery networks & the broader community. Read… Jun 3, 2021	TWITTER The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the mental health of many people, manifesting in increased rates of anxiety, depression, substance use, and suicide. These impacts have disproportionately affected Black and Brown communities. https://t.co/L0CmAXbKA4 Jun 3, 2021	TWITTER RT @DOJBJA: As a key strategy for an effective response to opioid epidemic, deflection programs rely on partnerships across justice system,… Jun 3, 2021	TWITTER RT @DOJBJA: Diversion and deflection programs offer effective alternatives for law enforcement and first responders in their responses to o… Jun 3, 2021

TWITTER

RT @NORCNews: Deflection programs rely on partnerships across the justice system, treatment/recovery networks & the broader community. Read…

Jun 3, 2021

TWITTER

The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the mental health of many people, manifesting in increased rates of anxiety, depression, substance use, and suicide. These impacts have disproportionately affected Black and Brown communities. https://t.co/L0CmAXbKA4

Jun 3, 2021

TWITTER

RT @DOJBJA: As a key strategy for an effective response to opioid epidemic, deflection programs rely on partnerships across justice system,…

Jun 3, 2021

TWITTER

RT @DOJBJA: Diversion and deflection programs offer effective alternatives for law enforcement and first responders in their responses to o…

Jun 3, 2021

TWITTER

ICYMI from The Chicago Defender, "CDPH released The State of Health for Blacks in Chicago, a data brief describing the health status of Chicago’s Black population and the root cause inequities disproportionately affecting the lives of Black Chicagoans." https://t.co/sYQpG522o7

Jun 23, 2021
TWITTER

News: Biden Administration Endorses Bill to End Disparity in Drug Sentencing Between Crack & Powder Cocaine; Kidney Experts Say It’s Time to Remove Race From Medical Algorithms; Electronic Monitoring Fails to Reduce Reoffending Among Girls; More. https://t.co/K0rnlTLAcM

Jun 22, 2021
TWITTER

RT @ProtectILCare: "Access to equitable, affordable health care is at the heart of all we do. Today, we breathe a collective sigh of relief…

Jun 18, 2021
TWITTER

News: ?Algorithmic Bias?: The Next Challenge for Justice Reform; Indian Affairs Promised To Reform Tribal Jails; Justices Rule Against Low-Level Crack Cocaine Offenders; Schools Bring Therapy Dogs To Focus On Post-COVID Student Mental Health: More. https://t.co/TFYuVw87cZ https://t.co/Dv1oIPQAGA

Jun 14, 2021

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TASC’s Center for Health and Justice connects research, practice, and policy to help build a healthier, safer, and more just society.

STRATEGIC THINKING & ACTION PLANNING

to create custom community solutions

to create custom community solutions

BUILDING COLLABORATIONS & PARTNERSHIPS

that improve outcomes

that improve outcomes

SMART SOLUTIONS FORSYSTEMS CHANGE

and experience that matters

and experience that matters

Expert Area

Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP)

Factsheet / Handout

COVID-19: 10 Steps for Deflection and Pre-Arrest Diversion During and After the Pandemic

Expert Area

Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN)

Expert Area

The Police, Treatment and Community Collaborative (PTACC)

Expert Area

Justice Leaders Systems Change Initiative (JLSCI)

Expert Area

Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT)

Expert Area

Cook County Health

Expert Area

Colombo Plan/INL

Expert Area

NIJ/RAND

Expert Area

Law Enforcement & Pre-arrest Diversion

Jac Charlier

Joel K. Johnson

TASC News

Juneteenth and the Continued March Toward Racial Justice

TASC in the News

Report Available on Law Enforcement-led Diversion and First Responder Deflection Programs

TASC News

Impact of Pandemic on Mental Health and Future Directions for the Field

Related Issues

New Poll: Most Americans Cite Affordability and Availability of In-Network Providers as Priorities and Barriers to Mental Health and Addiction Treatment

TASC News

Key to Reentry Success: Safe and Affordable Housing

TASC News

Gun Violence, Public Health, and Racial Justice

Related Issues

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