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JCOIN includes centers that are studying evidence-informed approaches to ensure quality care is provided to individuals with opioid use disorder in justice settings. Browse JCOIN articles, protocols, presentations, and more.

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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.

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Fidelity Monitoring Courses & Course Series

Free online courses designed to help develop skills and knowledge needed to engage in implementing programs using fidelity monitoring and the processes for using fidelity measurement and assessment methods.

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Season 3 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.

JCOIN Rapid Innovation Grants (J-RIG)

A rapid funding mechanism to support small research projects.

LEAP Program

A multifaceted program about conducting research in criminal justice settings.

JCOIN Research

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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:

Cascade of Care | Coordinating Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services for Justice-Involved Individuals

JCOIN Webinar | Recovery Housing for Justice-Involved Individuals

Reentry Best Practices for Individuals with Substance Use Disorders: A Course for Correction Leaders

Reentry Best Practices for Individuals with Substance Use Disorders: A Course for State and Local Leaders

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.

News & Announcements

November 30, 2022

CTC Updates & Wins

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October 14, 2022

Watch Now: Recordings from JCOIN’s September 2022 Steering Committee Meeting

October 3, 2022

New Pew Resource on Access to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment at the State Level

September 26, 2022

Resource on Overdose Prevention and Response in Community Corrections

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September 12, 2022

New Guides on Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) for Treatment Courts

August 31, 2022

JCOIN’s Massachusetts Research Hub Featured in NIH HEAL Initiative Spotlight

August 24, 2022

Publication: Medication-Assisted Treatment in Problem-solving Courts: A National Survey of State and Local Court Coordinators

August 17, 2022

Introducing NACo’s Opioid Solutions Center

JCOIN Research

JCOIN Publications Library
Recent additions to the JCOIN Publications Library:

Pandemic Procedures: Adapting Problem-Solving Court (PSC) Operations and Treatment Protocols During COVID-19

Lead Author: Lindsey Smith
Publication Year: 2022

Providing peer navigation services to women with a history of opioid misuse pre- and post-release from jail: A program description

Lead Author: Martha Tillson
Publication Year: 2022

Maintenance on extended-release naltrexone is associated with reduced injection opioid use among justice-involved persons with opioid use disorder

Lead Author: Audun Lier
Publication Year: 2022

Injecting Opioid Use Disorder Treatment in Jails and Prisons: The Potential of Extended-release Buprenorphine in the Carceral Setting (commentary)

Lead Author: Justin Berk
Publication Year: 2022

Medication for opioid use disorder treatment continuity post-release from jail: A qualitative study with community-based treatment providers

Lead Author: Tom Stopka
Publication Year: 2022

Use of Long-Acting Injectable Buprenorphine in the Correctional Setting

Lead Author: Rosemarie Martin
Publication Year: 2022

Individual, interpersonal and neighborhood measures associated with opioid use stigma: Evidence from a nationally representative survey

Lead Author: Qinyun Lin
Publication Year: 2022

Impacts of COVID-19 at the intersection of substance use disorder treatment and criminal justice systems: Findings from three states

Lead Author: Allyson Dir
Publication Year: 2022

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

Extended Release Buprenorphine in Correctional Settings Shows Increased Treatment Retention and Reduced Opioid Use

Video Explainer: Extended-Release Buprenorphine in Correctional Settings

Video Explainer: Opioid Use Disorder Stigma, Discrimination and Policy Attitudes

JCOIN Research Update: Opioid Use Disorder Stigma, Discrimination, and Policy Attitudes in a National Sample of U.S. Young Adults

States Policies to Expand Access to Substance Use Disorder Treatment during COVID-19

A Large Proportion of U.S. Jails Don’t Provide MOUD to Pregnant People with OUD, New Study Finds

Offering Buprenorphine Prior to Release from Jail May Reduce Recidivism

Issue Brief: Considerations for Initiation of OUD Medications for Patients Recently Released from Controlled Environments