NRRC: SCA Conference: Making Connections to Treatment

This session covers best practices in connecting people to effective mental health treatment programs, prioritizing resources for high-risk groups and those nearing release, and encouraging community-based aftercare will ensure better outcomes for people released from prisons and jails, and the communities to which they return.

Facilitators:
Fred C. Osher, M.D., Director of Health Systems and Services Policy, Council of State Governments Justice Center; Laurie C. Reid, R.N., M.S., Captain, U.S. Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Faye Taxman, Ph.D., University Professor, George Mason University

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Second Chance Act
• Reentry
• Justice Center
• NRRC
• mental health
• treatment
• Fred C. Osher
• Laurie C. Reid
• substance use disorder
• Josiah Rich
• Faye Taxman
• grantee