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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

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U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Have Grown Faster in Urban Counties

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Study: Prisoners with mental illness much more likely to be placed in solitary confinement

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TASC Marks 45 Years of Advancing Health and Justice

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TASC Board Names Joel K. Johnson to Succeed Pam Rodriguez as TASC CEO on March 1

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TWITTER It's been a year since the Winners' Circle peer support group has gone virtual due to the pandemic, and based on its success, it will stay long after the pandemic is over. Check out our latest blog to learn has WC has evolved over the last 12 months. https://t.co/jq47Msj4gg Apr 9, 2021	TWITTER News: Overdose Deaths May Have Topped 90,000 in 2020; Why Are ER Wait Times Getting Longer for Kids in Mental Health Crisis?; Call for Proposals: Rapid Innovation Grant (J-RIG) Program?2021 Summer Cycle; More. https://t.co/6nllDQEoxf https://t.co/m4ysbZ1yzw Apr 8, 2021	TWITTER ICYMI from EurekAlert, "A study at the University of Chicago Medicine found U.S. women experienced increased incidence of health-related socioeconomic risks (HRSRs), such as food insecurity and interpersonal violence, early in the COVID-19 pandemic." https://t.co/y1sQs1ffv5 Apr 7, 2021	TWITTER RT @chicago400: Thank you @indivisibleSJA for LISTENING to what it means to carry out these damaging + discredited laws. We appreciate you… Apr 5, 2021

TWITTER

It's been a year since the Winners' Circle peer support group has gone virtual due to the pandemic, and based on its success, it will stay long after the pandemic is over. Check out our latest blog to learn has WC has evolved over the last 12 months. https://t.co/jq47Msj4gg

Apr 9, 2021

TWITTER

News: Overdose Deaths May Have Topped 90,000 in 2020; Why Are ER Wait Times Getting Longer for Kids in Mental Health Crisis?; Call for Proposals: Rapid Innovation Grant (J-RIG) Program?2021 Summer Cycle; More. https://t.co/6nllDQEoxf https://t.co/m4ysbZ1yzw

Apr 8, 2021

TWITTER

ICYMI from EurekAlert, "A study at the University of Chicago Medicine found U.S. women experienced increased incidence of health-related socioeconomic risks (HRSRs), such as food insecurity and interpersonal violence, early in the COVID-19 pandemic." https://t.co/y1sQs1ffv5

Apr 7, 2021

TWITTER

RT @chicago400: Thank you @indivisibleSJA for LISTENING to what it means to carry out these damaging + discredited laws. We appreciate you…

Apr 5, 2021

TWITTER News: Women Had 'Alarmingly High Rates' of Mental Health Problems During Start of the Pandemic; Families With Sick Kids On Medicaid Seek Easier Access To Out-of-State Hospitals; Words Matter: Don?t Call People Felons, Convicts, or Inmates; More. https://t.co/xUhJxcjrqQ https://t.co/zOSjbuotEB Apr 5, 2021	TWITTER News: COVID Infections Soared in Prisons Where Testing was ?Limited?; White House Says Drug Overdose Deaths Spiked To 88,000 During The Pandemic; Teens More Likely Than Young Adults to Develop Addiction to Marijuana, Prescription Drugs, Study Shows; More. https://t.co/atHVhZVcwy https://t.co/6ukznTkrCR Apr 1, 2021	TWITTER News: Organizations Working To Raise Awareness About Gambling Addiction In Illinois; Study Shows No-Prosecution Policies for Misdemeanors Lead to Less Crime; COVID-19 Lockdowns Have Been Hard On Youth Locked Up; More. https://t.co/yXoTMYPh3w https://t.co/5XCGDqPxnQ Mar 29, 2021	TWITTER News: Mental health specialists at Cermak Health Services threaten strike; More Than 1,000 Medically Vulnerable People in IL Prisons to be Released Under Lawsuit Settlement; Examining The 'Afterlife' Of Incarceration; More. https://t.co/JBlMGTDN0A https://t.co/LTOL3FnJdB Mar 25, 2021

TWITTER

News: Women Had 'Alarmingly High Rates' of Mental Health Problems During Start of the Pandemic; Families With Sick Kids On Medicaid Seek Easier Access To Out-of-State Hospitals; Words Matter: Don?t Call People Felons, Convicts, or Inmates; More. https://t.co/xUhJxcjrqQ https://t.co/zOSjbuotEB

Apr 5, 2021

TWITTER

News: COVID Infections Soared in Prisons Where Testing was ?Limited?; White House Says Drug Overdose Deaths Spiked To 88,000 During The Pandemic; Teens More Likely Than Young Adults to Develop Addiction to Marijuana, Prescription Drugs, Study Shows; More. https://t.co/atHVhZVcwy https://t.co/6ukznTkrCR

Apr 1, 2021

TWITTER

News: Organizations Working To Raise Awareness About Gambling Addiction In Illinois; Study Shows No-Prosecution Policies for Misdemeanors Lead to Less Crime; COVID-19 Lockdowns Have Been Hard On Youth Locked Up; More. https://t.co/yXoTMYPh3w https://t.co/5XCGDqPxnQ

Mar 29, 2021

TWITTER

News: Mental health specialists at Cermak Health Services threaten strike; More Than 1,000 Medically Vulnerable People in IL Prisons to be Released Under Lawsuit Settlement; Examining The 'Afterlife' Of Incarceration; More. https://t.co/JBlMGTDN0A https://t.co/LTOL3FnJdB

Mar 25, 2021

TWITTER RT @ProtectILCare: The Affordable Care Act turns 11 today! And what better way is there to celebrate this groundbreaking, life-saving leg… Mar 23, 2021	TWITTER News: Pandemic Continues to Disrupt Incarceration and Policing; CDC Likely To Extend Eviction Moratorium With Millions Of People Behind On Rent; Chicago Public Schools To Invest $24 Million In Student Trauma And Mental Health Programs; More. https://t.co/Z6iqT6h8IF https://t.co/bVH1xknHPy Mar 22, 2021	TWITTER News: U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Have Grown Faster in Urban Counties; Sharp, 'Off The Charts' Rise In Alcoholic Liver Disease Among Young Women; COVID-19 Housing Bill Aims to Provide Additional Support to Illinois Renters, Homeowners; More. https://t.co/ng97UgTWNa https://t.co/OU7UGnQwwQ Mar 18, 2021	TWITTER RT @UNODC_PTRS: Check out @UNODC_PTRS #CrimeCongress🌸💮 ancillary meeting on addressing #PrisonOvercrowding through #Alternatives to impriso… Mar 18, 2021

TWITTER

RT @ProtectILCare: The Affordable Care Act turns 11 today! And what better way is there to celebrate this groundbreaking, life-saving leg…

Mar 23, 2021

TWITTER

News: Pandemic Continues to Disrupt Incarceration and Policing; CDC Likely To Extend Eviction Moratorium With Millions Of People Behind On Rent; Chicago Public Schools To Invest $24 Million In Student Trauma And Mental Health Programs; More. https://t.co/Z6iqT6h8IF https://t.co/bVH1xknHPy

Mar 22, 2021

TWITTER

News: U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Have Grown Faster in Urban Counties; Sharp, 'Off The Charts' Rise In Alcoholic Liver Disease Among Young Women; COVID-19 Housing Bill Aims to Provide Additional Support to Illinois Renters, Homeowners; More. https://t.co/ng97UgTWNa https://t.co/OU7UGnQwwQ

Mar 18, 2021

TWITTER

RT @UNODC_PTRS: Check out @UNODC_PTRS #CrimeCongress🌸💮 ancillary meeting on addressing #PrisonOvercrowding through #Alternatives to impriso…

Mar 18, 2021

TWITTER

It's been a year since the Winners' Circle peer support group has gone virtual due to the pandemic, and based on its success, it will stay long after the pandemic is over. Check out our latest blog to learn has WC has evolved over the last 12 months. https://t.co/jq47Msj4gg

Apr 9, 2021
TWITTER

News: Overdose Deaths May Have Topped 90,000 in 2020; Why Are ER Wait Times Getting Longer for Kids in Mental Health Crisis?; Call for Proposals: Rapid Innovation Grant (J-RIG) Program?2021 Summer Cycle; More. https://t.co/6nllDQEoxf https://t.co/m4ysbZ1yzw

Apr 8, 2021
TWITTER

ICYMI from EurekAlert, "A study at the University of Chicago Medicine found U.S. women experienced increased incidence of health-related socioeconomic risks (HRSRs), such as food insecurity and interpersonal violence, early in the COVID-19 pandemic." https://t.co/y1sQs1ffv5

Apr 7, 2021
TWITTER

RT @chicago400: Thank you @indivisibleSJA for LISTENING to what it means to carry out these damaging + discredited laws. We appreciate you…

Apr 5, 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

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Colombo Plan/INL

Expert Area

NIJ/RAND

Expert Area

Law Enforcement & Pre-arrest Diversion

Jac Charlier

Joel K. Johnson

TASC News

Winners’ Circle Virtual Peer Support Group: Tackling Life’s Struggles

TASC in the News

Community Spotlight: Increased gambling opportunities bring increased risks

Related Issues

U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Have Grown Faster in Urban Counties

Related Issues

Youth Justice Reforms Offer Model for Ending ‘Merciless’ Punishment of Adults: Paper

Related Issues

Study: Prisoners with mental illness much more likely to be placed in solitary confinement

TASC News

Problem Gambling on the Rise; Help Is Available

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