The Evidence-Based Professionals' Newsletter - September 2016
Welcome to your September 2016 issue of The Evidence-Based Professionals' Monthly. Here is your collection of relevant articles, grant resources, performance tools and our upcoming events.
Articles & Updates
Evidence-Based Criminal Justice and Human Services:
- New York City’s data-driven war on poverty
- Denver Wants Mental Health Workers Teaming With Police as First Responders
- State Office of Mental Health to pay psychiatrists' student loans in exchange for service
- Getting “Moneyball” right in the social sector
- How to build great organizations for greater societal impact
- Expunging the “Scarlett Letter” of arrest and conviction records
Juvenile Justice:
- Physicians oppose prosecuting juveniles as adults
- Improving outcomes for youth through juvenile justice reform
- Trauma informed care for juvenile justice staff
- Dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline
- New tool for guiding responses to adolescent domestic battery
- Start early for real criminal justice reform
- New report examines 100 empirical studies of school choice programs
Substance Abuse:
- Republican Senators Introduce Bill to Restrict Powerful Synthetic Opioids
- New Hampshire City Opens Fire Stations to People Addicted to Opioids
- Study finds daily use of marijuana has grown rapidly
- Study finds teen suicide linked to abuse of prescription drugs
- New family resource center for teen substance abuse
- Study finds financial incentives may increase quit rates for low income smokers
Grants & Funding:
- United Way changes focus, agencies face funding cuts
- KDADS awards $580,000 in Mental Health Substance Use Prevention Grants
- Social Innovation Fund
Webinars and Podcasts:
- Collateral consequences of incarcerating youth in adult jails and prisons
- Strengthening collaboration between the behavioral health and juvenile justice systems
- “Prison Kids” documentary
- Keeping fathers engaged in post-release reentry programs
- Life after prison
- How a “whole student” approach can lift graduation rates
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Our Next Evidence-Based Events
Webinars & Webcasts
- Managing Employee Performance: Core Skills for "New & Less Tenured" Managers & Supervisors
September 16, 2016
- Effective Employee Performance Appraisals: How To Prep, Write & Deliver Accurate & Timely Performance Reviews Every-time!
September 23, 2016
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