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Seeking Applications for the Peer Recovery Support Services Mentoring Initiative

Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP)

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is accepting applications to participate in the 2024 Peer Recovery Support Services Mentoring Initiative (PRSSMI).

PRSSMI promotes networking and program-to-program learning among organizations implementing peer recovery support services (PRSS). This program is part of BJA’s Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) Training and Technical Assistance Center on Peer Recovery Support Services at Altarum.

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Collaborative Crisis Response and Intervention Training Program

This program supports law enforcement partnerships with mental health, substance use disorder, and community service agencies to improve responses to individuals in crisis who have behavioral health conditions or intellectual, developmental, or physical disabilities.

How to Support Recovery with Treatment Courts - Carlos Gonzales

September 2023
During this interview from RISE23, hear from Carlos Gonzales, Statewide Program Manager, Alumni and Peer Initiatives, New Mexico. In the interview, Mr. Gonzales speaks about how treatment courts impacted his recovery journey, providing him with a way to become accountable in and a part of his community. Mr. Gonzales also discusses the role that treatment court alumni can have in the treatment court process.

How Treatment Courts Support Recovery with Abby Frutchey

September 2023
During this interview from RISE23, hear from Abby Frutchey, Co-Founder, National Treatment Court Alumni Association. In the interview, Ms. Frutchey speaks to how treatment courts impacted her recovery journey and how that led to her working to bring alumni together to help support courts across the country.