The Evidence-Based Professionals' Newsletter - May 2016
Welcome to May's issue of The Evidence-Based Professionals' Newsletter. Here is your collection of relevant articles, grant resources and dates for our upcoming events.
Articles & Updates
Substance Abuse:
- Fentanyl: The new heroin, but deadlier
- The public scorns the addiction treatment Prince was going to try. They shouldn’t -- Opinion
- Counseling session in the ER can help reduced opioid misuse
- SAMHSA endorses computerized CBT program
- No Scientific Basis for Setting Legal Limits for Marijuana and Driving: AAA
- Scientists concerned about mental health consequences of marijuana use
- E-cigarettes most widely used tobacco product among teens
Evidence-Based Criminal Justice and Human Services:
- Behavioral Health Services for N.H. Kids Lacking Coordination; Bill Seeks to Change That
- Stepping up to address jail inmates with mental illness
- Denying Housing Over Criminal Record May Be Discrimination, Feds Say
- Justice Reinvestment in Rhode Island
- National Reentry Week Fact Sheet
- Virginia makes it easier for former felons to vote
- Pitt, fellow universities strengthen mental health services
Juvenile Justice:
- Racial and ethnic disparities in juvenile justice
- New evidence in juvenile justice
- Community –based juvenile justice reinvestment in Kansas
Webinars, Videos and Podcasts:
- Obama on employment-focused reentry
- Responding to the second chance act smart reentry solicitation
- Responding to the justice and mental health collaboration program solicitation
- Sharing information between behavioral health and criminal justice systems
Grants:
- Bureau of Justice Assistance, Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Institute of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, etc.
- Current funding opportunities from SAMHSA
- Social Innovation Fund
- Groups announce $100 million social service collaboration in Chicago
Our Next Evidence-Based Workshops & Conferences
San Diego, California:
- Substance Use & Abuse Prevention, Treatment & Management
June 7 - 8 - Employment Focused Workforce and Career Services
June 7 - 8 - Vicarious Trauma & Traumatic Stress
June 9 - 10 - Motivational Interviewing: Core Skills
June 9 - 10
Atlanta, Georgia:
- Employment Focused Workforce and Career Services
August 9 - 10 - Becoming an Evidence-Based Organization & Practitioner: Core & Advance Skills for Professionals
August 10 - 12 - Vicarious Trauma & Traumatic Stress
August 11 - 12
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