The New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI)/Columbia University Hub is studying strategies to implement New York’s new opioid court model (OCM) in ten counties across the state. New York’s OCM was developed by the Unified Court System and provides practice guidelines for drug courts to reduce overdose, decrease recidivism, and improve service delivery and linkages to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) for justice-involved individuals across the state. The goal of the study is to develop, evaluate, and refine implementation strategies to support the OCM practice guidelines to be scaled up across New York.
Study Aims
Study Sites
Study Settings
Principal Investigators

Katharine Elkington
PhD, New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University

Milton Wainberg
MD, New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University

Edward Nunes
MD, New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University
Health Agency Partner
- Steven Hanson, MEd, New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports
Justice Agency Partner
- Dennis Reilly, JD, State of New York Unified Court System