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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

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Law Enforcement & Pre-arrest Diversion

Pam Rodriguez

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TWITTER News: Where Coronavirus Is Surging & Electronic Surveillance; initiative to help Illinoisans expunge marijuana arrests, convictions; Call for Expression of Interest--Expanding Evidence on Replicable Recovery & Reunification Interventions for Families; More https://t.co/N9410UMy81 https://t.co/hjiu7TQmJ3 Nov 23, 2020	TWITTER News: Fentanyl Deaths Increase in Western U.S.; New AMA Policy Recognizes Racism as a Public Health Threat; Chicago To Open Midway Airport Testing Site As COVID-19 Cases Surge; Apply Now for JCOIN?s 2021 LEAP Mentorship Program; More. https://t.co/J5aJDOVkja https://t.co/oZwFLQG06I Nov 19, 2020	TWITTER News: Study suggests COVID-19 patients more susceptible to mental illness; Open Enrollment For ACA Ends In December; Cook County Jail halts in-person visits; ?Pretrial Fairness Act? would make Illinois the first state to abolish cash bail; More. https://t.co/dBzWHy0oVI https://t.co/QvEfceahCL Nov 16, 2020	TWITTER News: TASC CEO Pam Rodriguez Announces Coming Retirement; IL Lawmakers, AG seek tougher decertification standards for law enforcement; South Side Chicago Churches Can Get Free Mental Health Training From This Local Group; More. https://t.co/YpNtMWqFK7 https://t.co/OUHT4GlL1w Nov 12, 2020

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News: Where Coronavirus Is Surging & Electronic Surveillance; initiative to help Illinoisans expunge marijuana arrests, convictions; Call for Expression of Interest--Expanding Evidence on Replicable Recovery & Reunification Interventions for Families; More https://t.co/N9410UMy81 https://t.co/hjiu7TQmJ3

Nov 23, 2020

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News: Fentanyl Deaths Increase in Western U.S.; New AMA Policy Recognizes Racism as a Public Health Threat; Chicago To Open Midway Airport Testing Site As COVID-19 Cases Surge; Apply Now for JCOIN?s 2021 LEAP Mentorship Program; More. https://t.co/J5aJDOVkja https://t.co/oZwFLQG06I

Nov 19, 2020

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News: Study suggests COVID-19 patients more susceptible to mental illness; Open Enrollment For ACA Ends In December; Cook County Jail halts in-person visits; ?Pretrial Fairness Act? would make Illinois the first state to abolish cash bail; More. https://t.co/dBzWHy0oVI https://t.co/QvEfceahCL

Nov 16, 2020

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News: TASC CEO Pam Rodriguez Announces Coming Retirement; IL Lawmakers, AG seek tougher decertification standards for law enforcement; South Side Chicago Churches Can Get Free Mental Health Training From This Local Group; More. https://t.co/YpNtMWqFK7 https://t.co/OUHT4GlL1w

Nov 12, 2020

TWITTER News: Opioid Crisis Response Leaves Black Americans Behind; Understanding Impacts of COVID-19 on Substance Use Disorder and Treatment; What Biden?s Win Means for the Future of Criminal Justice; More. https://t.co/Bb05cMwDGD https://t.co/SunQdh2JjW Nov 9, 2020	TWITTER Special Election Edition: Oregon Decriminalizes Small Amounts of Heroin & Cocaine; Four States Legalize Marijuana; How the Election Could Affect Health Care and Drug Policy; Other News: Opioid Misuse In High School Linked To Heroin Use In Adulthood; More. https://t.co/woV2trPyEO Nov 5, 2020	TWITTER RT @CICAD_OEA: La @CICAD_OEA organiza un curso de actualización sobre Manejo de Casos y Atención para los profesionales en Trinidad y Tobag… Nov 5, 2020	TWITTER RT @CICAD_OEA: The @CICAD_OEA holds a refresher course on the Case Care Management training for professionals in Trinidad and Tobago with @… Nov 5, 2020

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News: Opioid Crisis Response Leaves Black Americans Behind; Understanding Impacts of COVID-19 on Substance Use Disorder and Treatment; What Biden?s Win Means for the Future of Criminal Justice; More. https://t.co/Bb05cMwDGD https://t.co/SunQdh2JjW

Nov 9, 2020

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Special Election Edition: Oregon Decriminalizes Small Amounts of Heroin & Cocaine; Four States Legalize Marijuana; How the Election Could Affect Health Care and Drug Policy; Other News: Opioid Misuse In High School Linked To Heroin Use In Adulthood; More. https://t.co/woV2trPyEO

Nov 5, 2020

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RT @CICAD_OEA: La @CICAD_OEA organiza un curso de actualización sobre Manejo de Casos y Atención para los profesionales en Trinidad y Tobag…

Nov 5, 2020

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RT @CICAD_OEA: The @CICAD_OEA holds a refresher course on the Case Care Management training for professionals in Trinidad and Tobago with @…

Nov 5, 2020

TWITTER Latest News: Formerly Incarcerated People Face Problems Re-Entering Financial System; COVID May Be Making Opioid Treatment Less Accessible for Pregnant Women; School-to-Prison Pipeline Still Functions During Pandemic, Advocates Warn; More. https://t.co/d8fLAvktWb https://t.co/Ad6WmNuD98 Nov 2, 2020	TWITTER News: U.S. Prison, Jail Populations Fall By 170,000 In Pandemic; This Addiction Treatment Works. Why Is It So Underused?; New Study Will Examine Women With Opioid-Use Disorder In Justice System; How Juvenile Justice Fails Kids In Custody Academically; More https://t.co/RXe0ZSYg6y https://t.co/Q5jygsw2fQ Oct 29, 2020	TWITTER News: Unlocking The Vote In Jails; CDC Updates Its Guidelines for Close COVID-19 Contact After Prison Guard Gets Infected; How Juvenile Probation Lands More Youths in Jail; Just 2% Of People Arrested By CPD Got Access to Lawyer in Early 2020; More. https://t.co/THk1w3u9lM https://t.co/tOjAFEzs3L Oct 26, 2020	TWITTER Latest News: Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charges for Opioid Sales; Expanded Access to Naloxone Can Curb Opioid Overdose Deaths; If the Affordable Care Act Falls, People Battling Drug Addiction Will Be Hit Especially Hard, Experts Say; More. https://t.co/6yEohtgQnZ https://t.co/edGPzcxSxd Oct 22, 2020

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Latest News: Formerly Incarcerated People Face Problems Re-Entering Financial System; COVID May Be Making Opioid Treatment Less Accessible for Pregnant Women; School-to-Prison Pipeline Still Functions During Pandemic, Advocates Warn; More. https://t.co/d8fLAvktWb https://t.co/Ad6WmNuD98

Nov 2, 2020

TWITTER

News: U.S. Prison, Jail Populations Fall By 170,000 In Pandemic; This Addiction Treatment Works. Why Is It So Underused?; New Study Will Examine Women With Opioid-Use Disorder In Justice System; How Juvenile Justice Fails Kids In Custody Academically; More https://t.co/RXe0ZSYg6y https://t.co/Q5jygsw2fQ

Oct 29, 2020

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News: Unlocking The Vote In Jails; CDC Updates Its Guidelines for Close COVID-19 Contact After Prison Guard Gets Infected; How Juvenile Probation Lands More Youths in Jail; Just 2% Of People Arrested By CPD Got Access to Lawyer in Early 2020; More. https://t.co/THk1w3u9lM https://t.co/tOjAFEzs3L

Oct 26, 2020

TWITTER

Latest News: Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charges for Opioid Sales; Expanded Access to Naloxone Can Curb Opioid Overdose Deaths; If the Affordable Care Act Falls, People Battling Drug Addiction Will Be Hit Especially Hard, Experts Say; More. https://t.co/6yEohtgQnZ https://t.co/edGPzcxSxd

Oct 22, 2020

TWITTER

News: Where Coronavirus Is Surging & Electronic Surveillance; initiative to help Illinoisans expunge marijuana arrests, convictions; Call for Expression of Interest--Expanding Evidence on Replicable Recovery & Reunification Interventions for Families; More https://t.co/N9410UMy81 https://t.co/hjiu7TQmJ3

Nov 23, 2020
TWITTER

News: Fentanyl Deaths Increase in Western U.S.; New AMA Policy Recognizes Racism as a Public Health Threat; Chicago To Open Midway Airport Testing Site As COVID-19 Cases Surge; Apply Now for JCOIN?s 2021 LEAP Mentorship Program; More. https://t.co/J5aJDOVkja https://t.co/oZwFLQG06I

Nov 19, 2020
TWITTER

News: Study suggests COVID-19 patients more susceptible to mental illness; Open Enrollment For ACA Ends In December; Cook County Jail halts in-person visits; ?Pretrial Fairness Act? would make Illinois the first state to abolish cash bail; More. https://t.co/dBzWHy0oVI https://t.co/QvEfceahCL

Nov 16, 2020
TWITTER

News: TASC CEO Pam Rodriguez Announces Coming Retirement; IL Lawmakers, AG seek tougher decertification standards for law enforcement; South Side Chicago Churches Can Get Free Mental Health Training From This Local Group; More. https://t.co/YpNtMWqFK7 https://t.co/OUHT4GlL1w

Nov 12, 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

Related Issues

Illinois Could Drastically Reduce Its Prison Population Without Seeing Crime Increase, New Report Says

Related Issues

Opioid Crisis Response Leaves Black Americans Behind

TASC News

TASC CEO Pam Rodriguez Announces 2021 Retirement; Board Praises Legacy of Leadership, Begins Executive Search

TASC in the News

Community Spotlight: How stressful times can reveal our strengths

Related Issues

Expanded Access to Naloxone Can Curb Opioid Overdose Deaths

Related Issues

Cocaine Overdose Deaths Nearly Tripled in Five Years

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