What's New in COSSAP—August 13, 2021 No images? Click here Supported by the Bureau of Justice Assistance's (BJA) Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP), the COSSAP Digest is a compilation of COSSAP-developed publications, webinars, podcasts, and other information recently posted to the COSSAP Resource Center, as well as upcoming events. Designed to equip the COSSAP community of practice with the latest tools to advance its ongoing support for colleagues, friends, family members, and neighbors professionally or personally addressing substance use disorders, entries are also searchable in the media library. Invite others to receive COSSAP updates by sharing this link: https://cossapresources.org/subscription. Emergency Department-Administered, High-Dose Buprenorphine May Enhance Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Outcomes BJA Supports DOJ's Response to the Opioid Crisis SAMHSA Awards $250 Million to 100 Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers to Improve Community Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Treatment Services SAMHSA Distributes $13.3 Million for Services to Treat and Strengthen Families Affected by Substance Use Biden-Harris Administration Provides $90 Million to Improve Health Care in Rural Communities DEA Expands Access to Mobile Narcotic Treatment Programs Drug Courts Flyer COSSAP Webinar: Incorporating Fentanyl Test Strips in Community Substance Use Programming COSSAP Webinar: Financing and Sustaining Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Programs in Jails and Prisons—Lessons From the Field
COSSAP Forum: 2021 Virtual National Forum on Overdose Fatality Review Mid-Year Meeting: From the Field—Unifying Policy and Practice Standards COSSAP Webinar: Law Enforcement Responses to Drug Endangered Children Through Deflection and Youth Engagement in Tribal Communities State and Local Coronavirus Fiscal Recovery Funds SAVE THE DATE: The 2021 COSSAP national conference will be held this fall. We look forward to your participation in this informative and dynamic virtual event! Details are forthcoming and will be posted on the Meetings and Convenings page of the COSSAP Resource Center when available. Do you have a program, initiative, or campaign that has been successful in your community? The COSSAP Digest would like to feature your success stories here for other COSSAP grantees and programs working in the field to read and learn from. Please email Krista Wright at kwright@iir.com for more information on being featured in the next edition of the COSSAP Digest! 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 authors and/or presenters and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. |