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One of five intensive 3-day RJ trainings offered to criminal justice agencies around the United States in partnership with the Center for Justice Innovation.

One of five intensive 3-day RJ trainings offered to criminal justice agencies around the United States in partnership with the Center for Justice Innovation.

One of five intensive 3-day RJ trainings offered to criminal justice agencies around the United States in partnership with the Center for Justice Innovation.

The WellnessCourts.org website continues to be managed and enhanced. A platform conversion occurred June 2024. This conversion eliminates a security notice when visiting the website, allows in-house website updates to occur quickly and easily, and will allow for Google Analytics use for the website. This reporting period, in-house website updates occurred. Google Analytics was also enabled with this change and shows that 1,937 visits to WellnessCourts.org occurred last reporting period with 60% from desktop web traffic, 38% mobile, and 2% tablet.

One of five intensive 3-day RJ trainings offered to criminal justice agencies around the United States in partnership with the Center for Justice Innovation.

One of five intensive 3-day RJ trainings offered to criminal justice agencies around the United States in partnership with the Center for Justice Innovation.

Deflection, Crime Reduction, and Policing: What’s Old is New Again! Willow B
In this presentation, deflection will be explored as a form of crime reduction through its
preventative and interventive approaches to addressing the impact of substance use and
related issues in communities. Framed as a form of community advocacy and an extension
of the community policing ethos, deflection creates community-driven solutions with active
engagement from community stakeholders, inclusive of law enforcement. Deflection can

Wellness Court Specialist Angie Juárez-Monger provided outreach and support to the Southern Ute Tribe (FY23 Adult Treatment Court grantee) this reporting period with project check-ins and offering of training and technical assistance. After a tragedy experienced by the Southern Ute THWC, TLPI engaged in healing and memorial efforts to honor a Southern Ute Wellness Court graduate. An Alumni Award was created to honor the memory of their participant and will be added to TLPI's Wellness Court Training annual recognitions.

Over the past decade, communities and first responders have successfully worked together to establish sustainable, effective alternatives to arrest for people with substance use disorder through the implementation of deflection initiatives. In tandem, the law enforcement community has also acknowledged the high importance of incorporating racial equity practices in order to better serve communities experiencing the highest rates of overdose and drug-related arrests.

The 2023 Police, Treatment, and Community (PTACC) Deflection and Pre-Arrest Diversion Training Summit was held in Seattle, Washington on October 28-November 1, 2024. Over 400 people attended the summit, including COSSUP grantees. Attendees and presenters included law enforcement officers and other first responders, behavioral health practitioners, community-based service providers, deflection program managers, researchers, and officials from the local, state, and national levels.