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In recognition of Overdose Awareness Week and National Recovery Month, PTACC acknowledges our friends and colleagues in public safety, treatment, and community that bring public health solutions to public safety problems and make deflection possible. PTACC exists to support you! Our purpose is to provide national vision leadership, advocacy, and education to facilitate the practice of deflection and pre-arrest diversion across the United States.
“Recovery Is for Everyone: Every Person, Every Family, Every Community.”- National Recovery Month 2021
Webinar: The Fletcher Group
How Building Recovery Ecosystems Enhances the Health of Rural America
Thursday, September 2, 2021 2:00pm ET
The Fletcher Group will launch its new monthly Webinar Series this Thursday, with Founder and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ernie Fletcher discussing with CEO Dave Johnson the importance of “Recovery Ecosystems” to the health and well-being of rural America.
The Webinar series will continue the First Thursday of every month at 2 pm EST with Subject Matter Experts from across the country sharing valuable insights, tools, and resources regarding recovery in general and recovery housing in particular. Register here.
Webinar: SAMHSA & SMI Advisor
Reimagining Crisis Response: 988 and a Crisis Standard of Care
Thursday, September 2, 2021 3:00pm ET
Many communities lack a robust mental health crisis infrastructure, resulting in people in psychiatric crisis cycling in and out of jails and prisons, emergency departments, and homelessness. The impending 2022 implementation of 988, a nationwide number for mental health and suicidal crises, provides a unique opportunity to reimagine our nation’s crisis response system. In this webinar, learn about the current status of 988 implementation, how 988 fits into a larger mental health crisis system, and ongoing efforts to make sure 988 is more than a number. Register here.
Webinar: Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center
Alcohol is STILL a Drug: An Exploratory Webinar Series
Tuesday, September 7, 2021 11:00am ET
Alcohol is STILL a drug. The opioid crisis increases in stimulant misuse, and marijuana legalization dominate the news—yet alcohol remains the number one substance causing health, social, legal, and financial problems throughout the United States. While this series will focus on the hopefulness of recovery from alcohol use disorder, we’ll also take a deep dive into what we know about the full impact of alcohol overuse and the ways it affects every person in the United States. This series takes place the first Tuesday of each month. There will be a new expert presenter for every session. September 7, October 5, November 2, and December 7, 2021, and February 1, March 1, April 5, May 3, June 7, 2022. Register for the series.
Event: The Council of State Governments- Justice System
Taking the Call- National Conference
October 20–21, 2021, Virtual
Taking the Call will bring people together from across the U.S. to explore how jurisdictions are serving as laboratories for innovation to ensure that emergency calls receive the appropriate response. The conference will explore the opportunities and challenges of these community responder models and whether or how the approach may improve community health, lessen the burden on law enforcement, and reduce unnecessary justice system contact. Learn more and register.
PTACC National Partner News
Canadian and American Firms Come Together to Advance Community Safety and Well-Being Initiatives
Operation 2 Save Lives (O2SL) & QRT National, a United States-based firm operating within the pre-arrest diversion (PAD), deflection field and The Global Network for Community Safety (Global Network), a Canadian-based firm that focuses on innovations to improve Community Safety and Well-being across Canada and in the U.S., announce their partnership to provide states, provinces, counties, and communities with comprehensive, collaborative solutions in addressing issues of marginalization, including poverty, victimization, substance use (SUD) and mental health disorders (MHD). Learn more.
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Did you see it?
National Criminal Justice Association 2021 Forum on Criminal Justice
Thursday, October 7, 14, 21 and 28 from 1:00-5:30 pm ET
Registration is open for the 2021 Forum on Criminal Justice. Co-hosted by the National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA) and the International Community Corrections Association (ICCA) this online event will highlight programs, research and policies that will help justice practitioners, researchers and decision makers move the criminal justice system forward. This re-imagined conference will include four days of virtual workshops, networking roundtables and special keynotes sessions. View the agenda and register here.
Many ERs Fail People Who Struggle With Addiction. These New Approaches Might Help
A recent report from the Legal Action Center and the Bloomberg American Health Initiative found that despite widespread consensus on the importance of addiction treatment in the ER and an unprecedented rise in overdose deaths, many hospitals fail to screen for substance use, offer medications to treat opioid use disorder or connect patients to follow-up care. Many patients who don't receive those services die shortly after discharge or within a year of their ER visit, the report says. But a growing number of emergency rooms and health professionals are trying to change that by developing new approaches that address the missed treatment opportunity in ERs. Read more.
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Check It Out! The PTACC National Pre-Arrest Diversion Resource Website.
PTACC is the NATIONAL voice of the pre-arrest diversion field and provides vision, leadership, advocacy, and education to facilitate the growth and practice of deflection and pre-arrest diversion across the United States.
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