The purpose of the Pretrial, Prosecution, Defense Counsel, and Courts Mentoring Initiative is to support the adoption and growth of strategies that focus on diverting justice-involved persons with substance use disorders to community-based treatment or connecting these individuals to treatment and support services during the pretrial and court adjudication phases of justice processing. The mentor sites will serve as models for individuals and teams interested in starting a program or for established programs, providing the opportunity to learn from experienced practitioners in a structured way.
