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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…
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….
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…
To ensure that program goals are met, state agencies are increasingly focusing their efforts on evaluating the effectiveness of their programs. The Division of Services for Children with Special Health Needs (DSCSHN) is committed to building systems of care for children and youth with special health care needs that incorporate six performance outcomes including: partnering…
The National HIV Prevention Program Monitoring and Evaluation (NHM&E) Service Center is the primary point of contact for NHM&E-related technical assistance for all Center for Disease Control (CDC)-funded HIV prevention grantees, including health departments and community-based organizations. In partnership with CACI International, Inc., JSI provides NHM&E technical assistance and facilitates monitoring and evaluation guidance in…
‘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…
In Massachusetts, Black, non-Hispanic women are more likely to receive a late-stage cervical cancer diagnosis and have higher cervical cancer mortality rates despite their higher rates of screening compared with women of other ethnic or racial groups. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has established the goal of reducing “the proportion of Black, non-Hispanic women…
The Quality and Patient Safety Division (QPSD) at the Board of Medicine oversees institutional systems of quality assurance, risk management, peer review, utilization review and credentialing–known collectively as a Patient Care Assessment (PCA) Program. The QPSD's function is unique among the nation's state licensing boards: It is not punitive or adversarial in nature; it does…
Recent changes in state and federal funding for public health services, combined with the passage of the Affordable Care Act, have resulted in public health and health care systems undergoing tremendous change. State sexually transmitted disease (STD) programs, family planning agencies, and public health labs need assistance to keep up with the changes, while maintaining…
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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