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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	Pam Rodriguez	Jac Charlier

Expert Area

NIJ/RAND

Expert Area

Law Enforcement & Pre-arrest Diversion

Pam Rodriguez

Jac Charlier

TASC NEWS & RELATED ISSUES

TASC News TASC's Joe Jackson New Community Spotlight Contributor for Edwardsville Intelligencer and Alton Telegraph	Related Issues Substance use can block veterans from getting mental health help, researchers warn	Related Issues AMA report shows evolving, deadlier overdose epidemic	TASC News Police Reforms Cannot Be Fully Actualized without Addiction Treatment and Other Services in the Community

TASC News

TASC's Joe Jackson New Community Spotlight Contributor for Edwardsville Intelligencer and Alton Telegraph

Related Issues

Substance use can block veterans from getting mental health help, researchers warn

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AMA report shows evolving, deadlier overdose epidemic

TASC News

Police Reforms Cannot Be Fully Actualized without Addiction Treatment and Other Services in the Community

TASC News With Illinois Casinos Reopened, Help is Available for Problem Gamblers	Related Issues Expanded Telehealth Helps Communities Address Opioid Use Disorder During Pandemic	Related Issues COVID-19 cases and deaths in federal and state prisons significantly higher than in general U.S. population	Related Issues No ID, No Job: How Coronavirus Left Parolees in Excruciating Limbo After Leaving Prison

TASC News

With Illinois Casinos Reopened, Help is Available for Problem Gamblers

Related Issues

Expanded Telehealth Helps Communities Address Opioid Use Disorder During Pandemic

Related Issues

COVID-19 cases and deaths in federal and state prisons significantly higher than in general U.S. population

Related Issues

No ID, No Job: How Coronavirus Left Parolees in Excruciating Limbo After Leaving Prison

Related Issues The Escalation of the Opioid Epidemic Due to COVID-19 and Resulting Lessons About Treatment Alternatives	Related Issues First-Responder Trauma and the Opioid Crisis	Related Issues 4 Connections Between Opioid Addiction and Nutrition	Related Issues Paying on Probation: How Financial Sanctions Intersect with Probation to Target, Trap, and Punish People Who Cannot Pay

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The Escalation of the Opioid Epidemic Due to COVID-19 and Resulting Lessons About Treatment Alternatives

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First-Responder Trauma and the Opioid Crisis

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4 Connections Between Opioid Addiction and Nutrition

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Paying on Probation: How Financial Sanctions Intersect with Probation to Target, Trap, and Punish People Who Cannot Pay

MORE NEWS

TWITTER Check out our most recent HJN! TASC in the News: Community Spotlight Column in Edwardsville Intelligencer and Alton Telegraph; Health Care Workers of Color Nearly 2x as Likely as Whites to Get COVID-19; Drug Overdoses Linked To Post-Traumatic Stress; More! https://t.co/gaaH23UUw3 https://t.co/oDEAUcZXiU Aug 6, 2020	TWITTER Has your program participated? Take the National Survey to Assess Law Enforcement-led Diversion Programs and Fire/EMS-led Responses to the Opioid Crisis- the first-ever national count of all LE/first responder-led diversion programs to date. Learn more: https://t.co/kt5gCykVXs Aug 5, 2020	TWITTER Monday's Latest News: South Side?s Maternal Health Desert Poses Added Risks For Black Women During Pandemic; Two New Restorative Justice Courts To Open Next Month in Avondale and Englewood; Illinois Vows To Make Life Better For Kids In Prison; More. https://t.co/2rBfkGlMyI https://t.co/499xpKF54b Aug 3, 2020	TWITTER Thursday's News: States Scramble to Deal with the Compounding Covid and Opioid Epidemic; Sesame Workshop Launches New Webinar Series on Substance Use and Parental Addiction; 'Silent Epidemic': Nearly 1 in 3 Kids Exposed To Damaging Levels of Lead More. https://t.co/ebwjqCv2yc https://t.co/quVITFZv1u Jul 30, 2020

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Check out our most recent HJN! TASC in the News: Community Spotlight Column in Edwardsville Intelligencer and Alton Telegraph; Health Care Workers of Color Nearly 2x as Likely as Whites to Get COVID-19; Drug Overdoses Linked To Post-Traumatic Stress; More! https://t.co/gaaH23UUw3 https://t.co/oDEAUcZXiU

Aug 6, 2020

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Has your program participated? Take the National Survey to Assess Law Enforcement-led Diversion Programs and Fire/EMS-led Responses to the Opioid Crisis- the first-ever national count of all LE/first responder-led diversion programs to date. Learn more: https://t.co/kt5gCykVXs

Aug 5, 2020

TWITTER

Monday's Latest News: South Side?s Maternal Health Desert Poses Added Risks For Black Women During Pandemic; Two New Restorative Justice Courts To Open Next Month in Avondale and Englewood; Illinois Vows To Make Life Better For Kids In Prison; More. https://t.co/2rBfkGlMyI https://t.co/499xpKF54b

Aug 3, 2020

TWITTER

Thursday's News: States Scramble to Deal with the Compounding Covid and Opioid Epidemic; Sesame Workshop Launches New Webinar Series on Substance Use and Parental Addiction; 'Silent Epidemic': Nearly 1 in 3 Kids Exposed To Damaging Levels of Lead More. https://t.co/ebwjqCv2yc https://t.co/quVITFZv1u

Jul 30, 2020

TWITTER Get resources & news from the Justice Community #Opioid Innovation Network by signing up at https://t.co/yiogJsfbon. Congrats to the 1st cohort of JCOIN scholars & investigators! https://t.co/lQV7tTZMd0 Jul 28, 2020	TWITTER Monday's News: Four Illinois Counties Put On ?Warning? After Outbreaks of New Coronavirus Cases; Rural Hospitals Hang on as Pandemic Reaches Smaller Communities; Study: 29% of Massachusetts Nursing Homes Rejected Patients with History of Drug Use; More. https://t.co/Ngl6E5Ahb4 https://t.co/vhluhaln8H Jul 27, 2020	TWITTER News: Another Problem on the Health Horizon: Medicare Is Running Out of Money; AMA Report Shows Evolving, Deadlier Overdose Epidemic; Substance Use Can Block Veterans From Getting Mental Health Help; The New Jane Crow: Women's Mass Incarceration; More. https://t.co/OEB3QUtsTK https://t.co/OOGKjXqPJx Jul 23, 2020	TWITTER News: Police Reforms Cannot Be Fully Actualized without Addiction Treatment and Other Services in the Community; Former CDC Director Says Without Additional Resources, Children of Color Will Be 'Disproportionately Affected' As Schools Reopen; More. https://t.co/xszSrEUW3u https://t.co/R67uZvJezx Jul 20, 2020

TWITTER

Get resources & news from the Justice Community #Opioid Innovation Network by signing up at https://t.co/yiogJsfbon. Congrats to the 1st cohort of JCOIN scholars & investigators! https://t.co/lQV7tTZMd0

Jul 28, 2020

TWITTER

Monday's News: Four Illinois Counties Put On ?Warning? After Outbreaks of New Coronavirus Cases; Rural Hospitals Hang on as Pandemic Reaches Smaller Communities; Study: 29% of Massachusetts Nursing Homes Rejected Patients with History of Drug Use; More. https://t.co/Ngl6E5Ahb4 https://t.co/vhluhaln8H

Jul 27, 2020

TWITTER

News: Another Problem on the Health Horizon: Medicare Is Running Out of Money; AMA Report Shows Evolving, Deadlier Overdose Epidemic; Substance Use Can Block Veterans From Getting Mental Health Help; The New Jane Crow: Women's Mass Incarceration; More. https://t.co/OEB3QUtsTK https://t.co/OOGKjXqPJx

Jul 23, 2020

TWITTER

News: Police Reforms Cannot Be Fully Actualized without Addiction Treatment and Other Services in the Community; Former CDC Director Says Without Additional Resources, Children of Color Will Be 'Disproportionately Affected' As Schools Reopen; More. https://t.co/xszSrEUW3u https://t.co/R67uZvJezx

Jul 20, 2020

TWITTER News: Opioid Overdoses Have Skyrocketed Amid the Coronavirus, But States are Nevertheless Slashing Addiction Treatment Program Budgets; New CDC Review Finds Cook County Sheriff, Staff Successfully Stemmed Rising Tide of COVID-19 Cases at Jail; More. https://t.co/4zrKPWgTHP https://t.co/NZVil8eEoD Jul 16, 2020	TWITTER As one step, here are a few resources to share: https://t.co/FWmQyvXBOz https://t.co/qgqYmy5HnS https://t.co/y2IHvk7X0i (2/2) Jul 15, 2020	TWITTER As many as 1,200 people in Cook County have died already in 2020 from opioid-related overdose, according to the medical examiner's office. As we work together to address challenges that are massive and structural, let's take care of one another. (1/2) https://t.co/UA42NGdS5a Jul 15, 2020	TWITTER Have you checked this out? Expanded Telehealth Helps Communities Address Opioid Use Disorder During Pandemic; Hazardous Waste Sites Often Found Near Federally Funded Housing; Recidivism Rates Flat When People with Drug Convictions Were Freed Early; & More! https://t.co/D05uTeeUxE https://t.co/N34xzwiQfd Jul 13, 2020

TWITTER

News: Opioid Overdoses Have Skyrocketed Amid the Coronavirus, But States are Nevertheless Slashing Addiction Treatment Program Budgets; New CDC Review Finds Cook County Sheriff, Staff Successfully Stemmed Rising Tide of COVID-19 Cases at Jail; More. https://t.co/4zrKPWgTHP https://t.co/NZVil8eEoD

Jul 16, 2020

TWITTER

As one step, here are a few resources to share: https://t.co/FWmQyvXBOz https://t.co/qgqYmy5HnS https://t.co/y2IHvk7X0i (2/2)

Jul 15, 2020

TWITTER

As many as 1,200 people in Cook County have died already in 2020 from opioid-related overdose, according to the medical examiner's office. As we work together to address challenges that are massive and structural, let's take care of one another. (1/2) https://t.co/UA42NGdS5a

Jul 15, 2020

TWITTER

Have you checked this out? Expanded Telehealth Helps Communities Address Opioid Use Disorder During Pandemic; Hazardous Waste Sites Often Found Near Federally Funded Housing; Recidivism Rates Flat When People with Drug Convictions Were Freed Early; & More! https://t.co/D05uTeeUxE https://t.co/N34xzwiQfd

Jul 13, 2020

TWITTER

Check out our most recent HJN! TASC in the News: Community Spotlight Column in Edwardsville Intelligencer and Alton Telegraph; Health Care Workers of Color Nearly 2x as Likely as Whites to Get COVID-19; Drug Overdoses Linked To Post-Traumatic Stress; More! https://t.co/gaaH23UUw3 https://t.co/oDEAUcZXiU

Aug 6, 2020
TWITTER

Has your program participated? Take the National Survey to Assess Law Enforcement-led Diversion Programs and Fire/EMS-led Responses to the Opioid Crisis- the first-ever national count of all LE/first responder-led diversion programs to date. Learn more: https://t.co/kt5gCykVXs

Aug 5, 2020
TWITTER

Monday's Latest News: South Side?s Maternal Health Desert Poses Added Risks For Black Women During Pandemic; Two New Restorative Justice Courts To Open Next Month in Avondale and Englewood; Illinois Vows To Make Life Better For Kids In Prison; More. https://t.co/2rBfkGlMyI https://t.co/499xpKF54b

Aug 3, 2020
TWITTER

Thursday's News: States Scramble to Deal with the Compounding Covid and Opioid Epidemic; Sesame Workshop Launches New Webinar Series on Substance Use and Parental Addiction; 'Silent Epidemic': Nearly 1 in 3 Kids Exposed To Damaging Levels of Lead More. https://t.co/ebwjqCv2yc https://t.co/quVITFZv1u

Jul 30, 2020

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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.

BUILDING COLLABORATIONS & PARTNERSHIPS

that improve outcomes

that improve outcomes

SMART SOLUTIONS FORSYSTEMS CHANGE

and experience that matters

and experience that matters

STRATEGIC THINKING & ACTION PLANNING

to create custom community solutions

to create custom community solutions

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

Pam Rodriguez

Jac Charlier

TASC News

TASC's Joe Jackson New Community Spotlight Contributor for Edwardsville Intelligencer and Alton Telegraph

Related Issues

Substance use can block veterans from getting mental health help, researchers warn

Related Issues

AMA report shows evolving, deadlier overdose epidemic

TASC News

Police Reforms Cannot Be Fully Actualized without Addiction Treatment and Other Services in the Community

TASC News

With Illinois Casinos Reopened, Help is Available for Problem Gamblers

Related Issues

Expanded Telehealth Helps Communities Address Opioid Use Disorder During Pandemic

Related Issues

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