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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

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TASC’s Pam Rodriguez Part of National Conversation on Crime, Race, and Politics during COVID-19

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National Recovery Month 2020: Celebrating Connections

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Pandemic's Emotional Hammer Hits Hard

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Study Shows: Substance Use After Opioid Prescriptions in Youth Lower Than Previously Thought

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TWITTER News: TASC Offers Criminal Justice Reform Recommendations to Illinois Lawmakers at Joint Hearing; New data: Solitary confinement increases risk of premature death after release; Removing Cops From Behavioral Crisis Calls: 'We Need To Change Model'; More. https://t.co/TCgEfYJtQq https://t.co/XRzfz8athn Oct 19, 2020	TWITTER RT @AATOD1984: Your are invited to next week’s complimentary webinar: Increasing Access to #MAT for #OUD in the Criminal Justice System. Th… Oct 16, 2020	TWITTER Latest News: Illinois lawmakers, Advocates Discuss Ideas for Prison Reform [TASC Mentioned]; Hospitals Reduce Beds for Addiction Treatment and Mental Health During Pandemic; Cities Aim To Remove Police From Most Psychiatric, Substance Abuse Calls; More. https://t.co/k2Bugwp0YE https://t.co/5arMYN848n Oct 15, 2020	TWITTER ICYMI: Most people locked in U.S. jails retain the right to vote. But many detainees still face barriers to the ballot box that exclude them from the electoral process, according to a report released last week by the Prison Policy Initiative. https://t.co/pHzDHigNP8 Oct 13, 2020

TWITTER

News: TASC Offers Criminal Justice Reform Recommendations to Illinois Lawmakers at Joint Hearing; New data: Solitary confinement increases risk of premature death after release; Removing Cops From Behavioral Crisis Calls: 'We Need To Change Model'; More. https://t.co/TCgEfYJtQq https://t.co/XRzfz8athn

Oct 19, 2020

TWITTER

RT @AATOD1984: Your are invited to next week’s complimentary webinar: Increasing Access to #MAT for #OUD in the Criminal Justice System. Th…

Oct 16, 2020

TWITTER

Latest News: Illinois lawmakers, Advocates Discuss Ideas for Prison Reform [TASC Mentioned]; Hospitals Reduce Beds for Addiction Treatment and Mental Health During Pandemic; Cities Aim To Remove Police From Most Psychiatric, Substance Abuse Calls; More. https://t.co/k2Bugwp0YE https://t.co/5arMYN848n

Oct 15, 2020

TWITTER

ICYMI: Most people locked in U.S. jails retain the right to vote. But many detainees still face barriers to the ballot box that exclude them from the electoral process, according to a report released last week by the Prison Policy Initiative. https://t.co/pHzDHigNP8

Oct 13, 2020

TWITTER News: Community Spotlight: Change Is Upon Us; But We Can Choose How We React; Confidential Coronavirus Outbreak Data Shows Undisclosed Incidents At Prisons, Workplaces, Schools, Meatpacking Plants Across IL; More. https://t.co/5YazxuQVPt https://t.co/7qb9JmMeKK Oct 12, 2020	TWITTER RT @IDPH: COVID-19 is still present in Illinois, be sure to properly wear your face covering and help prevent the spread of this deadly vir… Oct 9, 2020	TWITTER Latest News: Cocaine Overdose Deaths Nearly Tripled in Five Years; Health Officials Say Repealing Obamacare Would Be ?Catastrophic? For Cook County [IL]; Pandemic Takes Toll on Treatment for Substance Use Disorders, Mental Health: WHO; More. https://t.co/59SHtQ2a52 https://t.co/XuCS4bLEoK Oct 8, 2020	TWITTER ICYMI: Deaths linked to alcohol use rose 43% in rural areas of the U.S. between 2006 and 2018, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). https://t.co/DtOPRqmQrs Study: https://t.co/Y3xQbzgOm0 Oct 7, 2020

TWITTER

News: Community Spotlight: Change Is Upon Us; But We Can Choose How We React; Confidential Coronavirus Outbreak Data Shows Undisclosed Incidents At Prisons, Workplaces, Schools, Meatpacking Plants Across IL; More. https://t.co/5YazxuQVPt https://t.co/7qb9JmMeKK

Oct 12, 2020

TWITTER

RT @IDPH: COVID-19 is still present in Illinois, be sure to properly wear your face covering and help prevent the spread of this deadly vir…

Oct 9, 2020

TWITTER

Latest News: Cocaine Overdose Deaths Nearly Tripled in Five Years; Health Officials Say Repealing Obamacare Would Be ?Catastrophic? For Cook County [IL]; Pandemic Takes Toll on Treatment for Substance Use Disorders, Mental Health: WHO; More. https://t.co/59SHtQ2a52 https://t.co/XuCS4bLEoK

Oct 8, 2020

TWITTER

ICYMI: Deaths linked to alcohol use rose 43% in rural areas of the U.S. between 2006 and 2018, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). https://t.co/DtOPRqmQrs Study: https://t.co/Y3xQbzgOm0

Oct 7, 2020

TWITTER Looking for resources to help educate others on health disparities affecting Hispanics/Latinos in the U.S.? Visit @MinorityHealth Hispanic Heritage Month webpage to access their Minority Population Profiles, statistics, and more: https://t.co/IeWG8iewAy… #HispanicHeritageMonth https://t.co/MuXXPIBaK1 Oct 6, 2020	TWITTER Check Out Our Latest HJN: Voting Nearly Impossible for Eligible Voters Behind Bars; Some Health Workers Suffering From Addiction Steal Drugs Meant For Patients; Lake County [IL] Suicides, Drug-overdose Deaths Up During Pandemic; More. https://t.co/f8QI0AXh20 https://t.co/Fsmp5b2zIv Oct 5, 2020	TWITTER Huge thanks to @FirstMidwestFMB for your generous donations of jackets, clothing, diapers, and other necessities for 75 TASC clients and families in Chicago. On behalf of moms, dads, and kids we serve, we are so grateful to be beneficiaries of your Volunteer Week! #Momentumforall https://t.co/i7jqpw9JNt Oct 1, 2020	TWITTER News: Crisis response team without cops would be sent to mental health emergencies under Chicago City Council proposal; Illinois Lawmakers Pressed to Protect Telehealth; Youth Justice Under the Coronavirus; More. https://t.co/9LLdumIPxJ https://t.co/p0vH6MbK1q Oct 1, 2020

TWITTER

Looking for resources to help educate others on health disparities affecting Hispanics/Latinos in the U.S.? Visit @MinorityHealth Hispanic Heritage Month webpage to access their Minority Population Profiles, statistics, and more: https://t.co/IeWG8iewAy… #HispanicHeritageMonth https://t.co/MuXXPIBaK1

Oct 6, 2020

TWITTER

Check Out Our Latest HJN: Voting Nearly Impossible for Eligible Voters Behind Bars; Some Health Workers Suffering From Addiction Steal Drugs Meant For Patients; Lake County [IL] Suicides, Drug-overdose Deaths Up During Pandemic; More. https://t.co/f8QI0AXh20 https://t.co/Fsmp5b2zIv

Oct 5, 2020

TWITTER

Huge thanks to @FirstMidwestFMB for your generous donations of jackets, clothing, diapers, and other necessities for 75 TASC clients and families in Chicago. On behalf of moms, dads, and kids we serve, we are so grateful to be beneficiaries of your Volunteer Week! #Momentumforall https://t.co/i7jqpw9JNt

Oct 1, 2020

TWITTER

News: Crisis response team without cops would be sent to mental health emergencies under Chicago City Council proposal; Illinois Lawmakers Pressed to Protect Telehealth; Youth Justice Under the Coronavirus; More. https://t.co/9LLdumIPxJ https://t.co/p0vH6MbK1q

Oct 1, 2020

TWITTER

News: TASC Offers Criminal Justice Reform Recommendations to Illinois Lawmakers at Joint Hearing; New data: Solitary confinement increases risk of premature death after release; Removing Cops From Behavioral Crisis Calls: 'We Need To Change Model'; More. https://t.co/TCgEfYJtQq https://t.co/XRzfz8athn

Oct 19, 2020
TWITTER

RT @AATOD1984: Your are invited to next week’s complimentary webinar: Increasing Access to #MAT for #OUD in the Criminal Justice System. Th…

Oct 16, 2020
TWITTER

Latest News: Illinois lawmakers, Advocates Discuss Ideas for Prison Reform [TASC Mentioned]; Hospitals Reduce Beds for Addiction Treatment and Mental Health During Pandemic; Cities Aim To Remove Police From Most Psychiatric, Substance Abuse Calls; More. https://t.co/k2Bugwp0YE https://t.co/5arMYN848n

Oct 15, 2020
TWITTER

ICYMI: Most people locked in U.S. jails retain the right to vote. But many detainees still face barriers to the ballot box that exclude them from the electoral process, according to a report released last week by the Prison Policy Initiative. https://t.co/pHzDHigNP8

Oct 13, 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 Offers Criminal Justice Reform Recommendations to Illinois Lawmakers at Joint Hearing

TASC News

TASC’s Pam Rodriguez Part of National Conversation on Crime, Race, and Politics during COVID-19

TASC News

National Recovery Month 2020: Celebrating Connections

Related Issues

Pandemic's Emotional Hammer Hits Hard

Related Issues

CHJ Work Featured in August 2020 COSSAP Newsletter

TASC in the News

Community Spotlight: National Recovery Month -- Celebrating Connections

TASC News

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