Learning Opportunities

The Florida Office of the State Courts Administrator, a Category 2 COSSUP grantee, has seen many successes in their goal of enhancing and expanding evidence-based programs in existing family dependency drug courts. Notably, local circuit courts have made strides in establishing sustainable programs. Florida’s 15th Judicial Circuit Court of Palm Beach County, 5th Judicial Circuit Court of Marion County, and 9th Judicial Circuit Court of Orange County will share the challenges to sustainability and how they overcame them in this "State Successes" webinar.

Presenters

• Dr. Rachel Lively, Family Treatment Court Coordinator, 15th Judicial Circuit of Palm Beach County Family Treatment Court
• Christy Altaro, Juvenile Operations Manager, 15th Judicial Circuit of Palm Beach County Family Treatment Court
• Crystal Watkins, Drug Court Manager, 5th Judicial Circuit of Marion County Family Treatment Court
• Martha Firkins, Family Treatment Court Program Coordinator, 5th Judicial Circuit of Marion County Family Treatment Court
• Dawn Curtis, Drug Court Coordinator, 9th Judicial Circuit of Orange County Family Dependency Drug Court
• Karima Anderson, Court Operations Consultant, Office of the State Courts Administrator

The transition from incarceration back into the community is a particularly vulnerable time, especially for individuals with substance use disorder (SUD). Many individuals with SUD are released without connection to services or a clear plan for continuing treatment. Linkage facilitation has shown to be an effective strategy for ensuring seamless connections to community-based treatment programs, resources, support networks, and additional care systems during reentry. The term "linkage facilitation" (LF), also known as "linkage to care," refers to a variety of programs designed to assist people with opioid use disorder (OUD) in obtaining appropriate treatment and harm reduction interventions, continuing to take their medications as prescribed, participating in SUD/OUD recovery support services, and obtaining social and behavioral resources that support both short-term and long-term recovery objectives (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2022).

This webinar will delve into various linkage facilitation efforts that the JCOIN Clinical Research Centers (Research Hubs) are utilizing. Speakers will summarize their unique approaches, discuss challenges and outcomes, and highlight successful strategies. They will also review a conceptual framework for linkage facilitation and provide a brief overview of preliminary results from a linkage facilitation checklist used to measure activities across sites, which help identify and categorize key components of effective approaches.

Speakers:

• Tisha Wiley, Ph.D., Branch Chief, Associate Director for Justice Systems, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• Chestnut Health Systems Hub
  • Christine Grella, Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Lighthouse Institute, Chestnut Health Systems
  • John Palmer, Linkage Supervisor, Lighthouse Institute, Chestnut Health Systems
  • Dennis Watson, Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Lighthouse Institute, Chestnut Health Systems
• University of Kentucky Hub
  • Martha Tillson, Ph.D., Research Scientist, University of Kentucky
• University of Chicago Hub
  • Maggie Kaufmann, Harm Reduction Services Coordinator, University of Illinois Chicago
• Brown University Hub
  • Lynda Stein, Ph.D, Principal Investigator, The STRIDE Lab, University of Rhode Island
  • Anthony Coetzer-Liversage, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, The STRIDE Lab, University of Rhode Island
  • Machiste Rankin, Peer Support Specialist, Brown University
  • Nicole Theroux-Kochanek, Research Associate II, University of Rhode Island
• Yale Hub
  • Dorel Clayton, Community Health Worker Trainer, Transitions Clinic Network, University of California San Francisco
• Yale - HIV Hub
  • Sandra Springer, MD, Director and Principal Investigator, InSTRIDE, Yale School of Medicine
  • Stazja Stuccio, Community Health Worker, InSTRIDE, Yale School of Medicine

This webinar is sponsored by the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN), an initiative funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The webinar is also in partnership with the Addiction Policy Forum.

Join the National Family Treatment Court Program for the September Idea Exchange, where the topic will be the continuation of the conversation following the Practice Academy course—Intentional Integration: How to Identify and Support Parents With Co-Occurring Disorders. Many dependency court professionals recognize the prevalence of co-occurring disorders. Still, due to complexities in screening, assessment, diagnosis, and securing mental health services, family treatment courts may not appropriately identify and treat parents with co-occurring disorders. Come take part in a lively conversation with peers from across the country and discuss strategies, share innovations, and brainstorm solutions to challenges and barriers!

Purpose:

• Create or improve systems to support adults in jail custody who have substance use disorders (SUD).
• Demonstrate jail implementation models of medication for opioid use disorder (also known as MAT).
• Address the unique needs of adults in custody with SUD and learn methods to promote continuity of care at release.

Audience:

Ranking jail staff, corrections officers, jail healthcare providers, and community healthcare providers who partner with the criminal-legal system.

Sample Topics:

• Neurobiology of substance use disorders
• Medically supervised withdrawal
• How to build a medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD)/MAT program
• Culture change and SUD stigma within the criminal legal system
• Planning for release
• Recovery peers
• Jail staff resilience
• Funding SUD treatment in jail

Schedule:

10 sessions, held on Tuesdays from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Pacific), September 24, 2024, through December 3, 2024

Faculty:

• Daniel Hoover, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU); Addiction Medicine, Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) Director
• Melanie Menear, MHA, MSN, RN CCHP, Healthcare Administrative Services Manager, Clackamas County Jail
• Edward Buntin, Lieutenant, Kittitas County Jail
• Amber Potter, Peer Recovery Mentor, Mental Health and Addiction Association of Oregon (MHAAO)

Session and Title:

1. Intro to ECHO September 24, 2024,12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Pacific)
2. Understanding MOUD and Evidence in Corrections October 1, 2024,12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
3. Corrections Officers in MOUD and SUD Services October 8, 2024,12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
4. Screening and Withdrawal Protocols October 15, 2024,12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
5. Recovery Peers within the Criminal Legal System October 22, 2024,12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
6. MOUD Program Operations in Small/Rural Jails October 29, 2024,12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
7. Enabling MOUD in Jails via a RN Care Coordinator Model November 5, 2024,12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
8. Planning for Release November 12, 2024,12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
9. Finding Funding for SUD Services and Building Community Partnerships November 19, 2024,12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
10. Incorporating SUD Treatment Along the Jail to Community Continuum December 3, 2024,12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

If you have questions, please contact the Oregon ECHO Network at oen@ohsu.edu.

Recovery is a process, and family treatment courts (FTCs) are a time-limited acute intervention in a family’s life. FTCs must blend aftercare planning into their program design to best support parents and their children after case closure. Aftercare plans, also known as “continuing care plans,” can provide parents with structure, accountability, and needed ongoing services to both parents and children after child welfare, treatment services, and the FTC no longer remain a central part of their lives. This Practice Academy shares the "do's and don'ts" of aftercare planning, highlights innovative approaches to continuing care, and offers strategies and examples that FTC teams use to support sustained family recovery.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the purpose and process of aftercare planning.
• Establish do's and don'ts of aftercare planning.
• Apply lessons about aftercare planning successes and challenges from FTC alumni in sustained recovery.
• Adopt strategies from recovery research and innovative FTCs focused on sustained recovery.

Join the National Family Treatment Court Program for the December Idea Exchange, where the topic will be the continuation of the conversation following the Practice Academy course—Sustained Recovery: Don’t Make Aftercare an Afterthought. Recovery is a process, and family treatment courts (FTCs) are a time-limited acute intervention in a family’s life. FTCs must blend aftercare planning into its program design to best support parents and their children after case closure. Aftercare plans can provide parents with structure, accountability, and needed ongoing services to both parents and children after child welfare, treatment services, and the FTC no longer remain a central part of their lives. Come take part in a lively conversation with peers from across the country and discuss strategies, share innovations, and brainstorm solutions to challenges and barriers!

The 6th Annual National Law Enforcement Summit presented by the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (PAARI) will be held in Tampa, Florida, on February 25-26, 2025. The specific location will be announced soon.

This two-day gathering will unite law enforcement, public safety, and public health leaders from across the nation. Whether you are in the early stages of establishing non-arrest deflection programs or actively participating in them, this summit will offer valuable insights into pathways to treatment and recovery.