The New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI)/Columbia University Hub is studying strategies to implement New York’s new opioid intervention court model (OIC) in ten counties across the state. New York’s OIC was developed by the Unified Court System and provides practice guidelines for opioid intervention 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 OIC practice guidelines to be scaled up across New York.
Study Aims
Study Sites
Study Settings
Principal Investigators
Katherine 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
- Rabiah Gaynor, MS, Associate Commissioner – Criminal Justice, NYS Office of Addiction Services and Supports
Justice Agency Partners
- Dennis Reilly, JD, State of New York Unified Court System
- Susan McCafferty, MA, MPA, Statewide Opioid Court Project Director, Division of Policy and Planning, New York State Unified Court System, New York, New York