New COSSAP Learning Opportunity - Register Today! No images? Click here Making Data-Driven Decisions to Enhance your Diversion or Deflection ProgramThe Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) leadership, in collaboration with the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP) team, invites you to this no-cost webinar on November 23, 2020, at 2:00 p.m., ET. About the WebinarThis webinar will highlight how administrators of law enforcement-led and first responder diversion programs can apply evaluation recommendations to adjust program implementation for improved outcomes. Data are critical to understanding the individual- and community-level impacts of law enforcement-led and first responder diversion programs over time. Data collection efforts should focus on measures that can be used to track program performance, especially across goals such as improved outcomes for individuals, police agencies, treatment providers, and the community. However, program evaluations are valuable only if program administrators utilize the findings to make adjustments to program implementation. Speakers from two police-led diversion programs, Hero Help in New Castle County, Delaware, and the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program in Longmont, Colorado, will briefly discuss evaluations of their programs and key actions they took based on the recommendations of those evaluations. The moderator will then facilitate a roundtable discussion in which webinar attendees are encouraged to participate. (Note: To allow enough time for discussion during the roundtable portion of the webinar, please read about Hero Help and Longmont’s LEAD program prior to attending the event. Information about both programs is provided through the following links.) Presenters
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BJA’s COSSAP is a collaborative effort that includes the training and technical assistance teams from Advocates for Human Potential, Inc.; the Altarum Institute; the Center for Health and Justice at Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities; the Institute for Intergovernmental Research; the National Criminal Justice Training Center of Fox Valley Technical College; the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Training and Technical Assistance Center; and RTI International. This project was supported by Grant No. 2017-AR-BX-K003 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART). Points of view or opinions are those of the presenters and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. |