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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