This guide serves as a resource for judges on how to take a leadership role in their community or region in convening stakeholders to collaborate on solutions to the opioid crisis. Continue reading
Resource Tag: Justice-Informed
The Court’s Role in Reshaping the Child Welfare System to Focus on Prevention
This 2019 publication from the National Judicial Opioid Task Force focuses on how judges and the judicial system can help reshape the child welfare system in the midst of the opioid epidemic by strengthening families and focusing on prevention. The report includes a discussion of the Family First Prevention Services Act and how the law affects judicial decision-making. Continue reading
Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) in the Criminal Justice System: Brief Guidance to the States
This 2019 publication by SAMHSA discusses the challenges to providing medication assisted treatment in criminal justice settings such as correctional facilities, reentry programs, and treatment courts and provides policy makers with strategies to overcome these challenges.
Funding Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder
This report from the National Judicial Opioid Task Force provides information about medication assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD) . It includes a description of MAT medications and legal considerations about MAT. Continue reading