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Cases responded to and closed during the reporting period July - December 2023 were 374

AHP assisted in the successful delivery of the session for the 2023 COSSAP National Forum: From the Community to Jail and Back Again: Closing the Gaps.
Presenters:
Edmond Hayes, Assistant Superintendent, Director of Opioid Treatment Program, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, Greenfield, Massachusetts
Rachel Katz, MSN, FNP-BC, Director of Addiction Services, Community Health Center of Franklin County, Greenfield, Massachusetts

AHP assisted in the successful delivery of the session for the 2023 COSSAP National Forum Session: SOAR-ing into Recovery: Bridging the Gap in Alternative to Incarceration Programs for Low-level Felony Drug Offenders.
Presenters:
Molly Roffers-Susa, MS, Special Programs Coordinator, Winnebago County District Attorney’s Office, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Caitlin Weihing, MS, Crime Data Analysis, Winnebago County District Attorney’s Office, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

AHP assisted in the successful delivery of the 2023 COSSAP National Forum Session: Franklin County, Ohio: Supporting Access to Treatment and Recovery Services across the Justice Intercepts.
Presenters:
Caitlin Looney, LISW-S, Grants Administrator, Franklin County Office of Justice Policy and Programs, Columbus, Ohio
Ryan Newsome, MSW, LISW, Social Services Coordinator, Franklin County Office of Justice Policy and Programs, Columbus, Ohio
Token Carter, MS, LPC, Discharge Planner, Franklin County Office of Justice Policy and Programs, Columbus, Ohio

AHP assisted in the successful delivery of the 2023 COSSAP National Forum: Providing Medication-assisted Treatment (MAT) in Jails: COSSUP’s Jail-based MAT Peer Mentor Initiative session.
Presenters:
Edmond Hayes, Assistant Superintendent, Director, Opioid Treatment Program, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, Greenfield, Massachusetts
Levin Schwartz, MSW, LICSW, Assistant Superintendent, Director, Reentry Services, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, Greenfield, Massachusetts

AHP assisted in the successful delivery of the session for the 2023 COSSAP National Forum: Creating Access to Reentry and Recovery Support Services in Transylvania County Detention Center: First-Year Findings.
Presenters:
Albert Kopak, PhD, Research Scientist, University of North Carolina Health Sciences at Mountain Area Health Education Center, Sylva North Carolina
Kristen Gentry, MA, Program Director, Community Awareness Recovery Effort (CARE) Coalition, Brevard, North Carolina

AHP assisted in the successful delivery of the session for the 2023 COSSAP National Forum: It Takes a Village…To Serve the People of St. Louis County, Minnesota.
Presenters:
Jennifer Swanson, MPA, COSSUP Program Coordinator, Recovery Alliance Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
Jessica Pete, Jail Administrator, St. Louis County Sheriff’s Department, Duluth, Minnesota
Sergeant Jason Ringdahl, St. Louis County Jail, Duluth, Minnesota

The Rhode Island Public Safety Grant Administration Office has reached out for assistance with the development, distribution, and analysis of a survey. The survey aims to gather information on the comprehensive needs of the state's criminal justice system. Rhode Island plans to distribute this statewide survey to gain a better understanding of the crime trends in their communities. What makes this survey unique is that it includes community members and those with lived experience, such as survivors and justice-impacted individuals.

The opioid crisis and the flood of other drugs has reached epidemic proportion in many of our tribal communities across the nation. According to the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health Tables, twice as many American Indians and Alaska Natives require treatment for addiction compared to any other racial and ethnic group.

The Center worked with the New Hampshire's judiciary to support the 2023 NH Annual Treatment Court Conference that took place on September 20-21, 2023 in Bartlett, New Hampshire. The Center has provided financial support to invite a subject matter expert Dr. Brian Meyer to deliver 3 presentations titled "What’s Under the Hood? The Psychology of the Treatment Court", "Complicated Relationship between Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse", and "What’s New in PTSD Treatment".