Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network

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Implementation Science

This free online course offers beginning, intermediate, and advanced learners an entrée into implementation science. While this LEAP Learner course, developed by JCOIN, uses examples drawing on research in health and criminal-legal settings, the principles found herein apply broadly and will interest anyone seeking an introduction to the theory and methods of implementation science.

New Episodes Every Tuesday!

Season 5 of the Aced It Podcast

The Aced It podcast is the place to go if you‘re trying to find out what‘s new in the health and justice research world, but don‘t have the time, energy, or know-how to decipher all that academic writing.

Training and Technical Assistance (TTA)

The CTC provides free TTA to support community-based organizations in developing strategies to improve substance use disorder (SUD) treatment delivery and to facilitate practitioner and researcher partnerships.

Webinar: Treatment Considerations in the Age of Fentanyl

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Presenters discussed practical clinical practice-based guidance on treating opioid use disorder in the age of fentanyl, the use of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in the treatment of individuals using fentanyl and other considerations and challenges.

LEAP Program

A multifaceted program about conducting research in criminal justice settings.

JCOIN Rapid Innovation Grants (J-RIG)

A rapid funding mechanism to support small research projects.

JCOIN Research

Learn about JCOIN studies and browse the JCOIN Publications Library.

The Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) re-envisions how the justice system responds to addiction. The JCOIN Coordination and Translation Center (CTC) (PI: Faye Taxman, Ph.D., George Mason University) supports this crucial initiative through engaging with key stakeholders, disseminating products and findings, and providing infrastructure.

JCOIN is funded through the Helping to End Addiction Long-term℠ Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative℠. The NIH HEAL Initiative℠ is an aggressive, trans-NIH effort to speed scientific solutions to the national opioid health crisis. Launched in April 2018, the initiative is focused on improving prevention and treatment strategies for opioid misuse and addiction and enhancing pain management. For more information, visit: https://heal.nih.gov.

JCOIN Training & Engagement Center (JTEC)

JTEC is a free learning, skill building, and facilitation platform for justice and health practitioners and scholars. Browse courses, webinars, podcasts, and other educational opportunities.

Just launched on JTEC:

Working with Professional Peers in Community Corrections: A Course for System Actors

JCOIN Quick Lesson | Literature Searching Tips: Grey Literature and Google Scholar

Professional Peers in Co-Responder Teams

JCOIN Speaker Series: Xylazine Prevalence and Response Strategies

News & Announcements

Dr. Elizabeth Evans

November 28, 2023

New Aced It Episode: “COVID, Medication for SUD, & Community Partnerships”

November 22, 2023

Join us for the next webinar in the JCOIN Speaker Series: Strategies to Reduce Recidivism and Prevent MOUD Diversion in Jails and Prisons

Dr. Rosemarie Martin

November 21, 2023

New Aced It Episode: “Improving Opioid Use Disorder Services Through Partnerships”

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November 20, 2023

Adoption of Virtual Services in Judicially Led Diversion Programs Final Findings

November 20, 2023

Virtual Services in Judicially Led Diversion Programs Participant Findings

November 16, 2023

JCOIN Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Speaker Series Presents: Lessons Learned: Mentoring the Next Generation of Investigators from Racial & Ethnic Minoritized Backgrounds in Addiction

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November 16, 2023

Caregiver Perspectives on Navigating the Juvenile Justice System: Peer Navigators Could Help Improve Caregiver Engagement and System Personnel Partnerships

November 14, 2023

New Aced It Episode: “Women, Incarceration, & SUD”

JCOIN Research

JCOIN Publications Library
Recent additions to the JCOIN Publications Library:

An Evaluation of the User Experience and Privacy Concerns of Individuals Misusing Opioids Using a Location Tracking Mobile Application

Lead Author: Maryam Hassani
Publication Year: 2023

Integrated Care Models: HIV and Substance Use

Lead Author: Katherine Hill
Publication Year: 2023

Associations between partisan media consumption, opioid use disorder stigma, and opioid policy support: An exploration of the media’s role in the ongoing opioid epidemic

Lead Author: Alex Kresovich
Publication Year: 2023

Identifying and treating incarcerated women experiencing SUDs: A review

Lead Author: Michele Staton
Publication Year: 2023

Network canvas: an open-source tool for capturing social and contact network data

Lead Author: Patrick Janulis
Publication Year: 2023

Neighborhood Incarceration Rates and Adverse Birth Outcomes in New York City, 2010-2014

Lead Author: Louisa Holaday
Publication Year: 2023

Expanding access to methadone treatment in Ohio through federally qualified health centers and a chain pharmacy: A geospatial modeling analysis

Lead Author: Suzan Iloglu
Publication Year: 2021

Impact of post-incarceration care engagement interventions on HIV transmission among young Black men who have sex with men and their sexual partners: An agent-based network modeling study

Lead Author: Anna Hotton
Publication Year: 2023

Research Translation
Recent breakdowns of research around substance use disorders within health and justice settings:

Caregiver Perspectives on Navigating the Juvenile Justice System: Peer Navigators Could Help Improve Caregiver Engagement and System Personnel Partnerships

New Assessment Tools for Non-Clinicians to Diagnose Opioid and Stimulant Use Disorders

Increased Assistance with Medicaid Enrollment is Associated with a Rise in Formerly Incarcerated People Seeking Health Care Services Upon their Release

Screening Tools to Assess Incarcerated Women for Opioid Use Disorder

15 Key Buprenorphine Dosing Recommendations for Jail-Based Treatment Programs

Six Strategies to Prevent MOUD Diversion in Jail-Based Treatment Programs

New Study Finds Inequitable Distribution of Federal Funding Across States to Address the Opioid Crisis in Justice Settings

Continuous Trainings on Behavioral Therapies May Help Address Implementation and Delivery Barriers of Effective SUD Treatments