We work to help our clients achieve results that improve health systems, services, and, ultimately, people’s lives.
The New Hampshire Alcohol and Drug Treatment Locator is an online directory that was created by JSI for use by primary care clinics, hospitals, families, and individuals to help those experiencing addiction to find appropriate services for the treatment of substance use disorder. The directory was created based on an assessment JSI conducted to understand…
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) chose JSI to develop and provide educational materials, targeted media promotions, trainings, and technical assistance to increase awareness and promote utilization of the Colorado Medicaid tobacco cessation counseling benefit and pharmacotherapy benefit available to Medicaid clients. Over the course of the three-year project, JSI developed an…
JSI provided consultation services to the MA Health Policy Commission (HPC), an independent state agency that develops policy to reduce health care cost and improve the quality of patient care. JSI gathered and reviewed data and prepared a summary of recommendations to support the HPC’s development of policy recommendations related to long-term reduction of incidence…
Despite laudable efforts and success in reducing tobacco use and its associated burden in Vermont over the past several decades, tobacco use remains considerable. Currently, an estimated 81,000 Vermont adults smoke cigarettes and significant disparities in tobacco use and burden exist among Vermonters (e.g., individuals with lower education and income levels, mental health and substance…
Through the RI Prevention Resource Center, we provided training and technical assistance to address the challenges and barriers to implementing evidence-based approaches in community program settings. Also, we worked to increase the ability and commitment to proactively build programs’ capacity and infrastructure of twelve (12) high need RI sub-recipient communities.
The County of Cheshire, New Hampshire, enhanced their Cheshire County Adult Drug Court Program (CCDC) with funding from the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance. The CCDC sought to increase assessment, treatment, and recovery services offered by the Phoenix House Keene Center and Southwestern Community Services to high-risk/high-need adult offenders in a post-adjudication model….
The County of Cheshire, New Hampshire, was expanding the substance use disorder treatment capacity in their Superior Court through the development of the Cheshire County Adult Drug Court Program (CCDC). With funding from SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, the CCDC wanted to increase assessment, treatment, and recovery services being offered by the Phoenix House…
‘Diversion’ is an attempt to divert, or channel out, youthful offenders from the juvenile justice system,’ as articulated by the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Bynum and Thompson, 1996). Within the State of New Hampshire, there are approximately seventeen certified diversion programs. However, diversion practices vary in terms of the initial juvenile…
JSI works with the RI Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals to manage the Rhode Island Prevention Resource Center (RIPRC), a training and technical assistance (TTA) resource for Rhode Island substance abuse prevention providers. TTA is provided based on the self-identified capacity building needs of substance abuse prevention providers and delivered in a…
According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) and the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), New Hampshire consistently ranks in the top states for rates of alcohol use and abuse, marijuana use, and non-medical use of prescription pain relievers (young adults). The State of New Hampshire lacked centralized, accessible, comprehensive technical support…
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