Alaska Department of Health Course: Reentry Best Practices for Individuals with Substance Use Disorders
Welcome to JCOIN’s Course on Reentry Best Practices for Individuals with Substance Use Disorders. This course was developed by Addiction Policy Forum, the Alaska Department of Health, and JCOIN to share the best practices that correctional, community-based behavioral health, and probation and parole agencies can implement to ensure successful reentry for people with substance use disorders.
The course takes approximately 40 minutes to complete and will cover topics from screening and assessment, withdrawal management, medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), behavioral interventions, recovery capital, and developing a relapse prevention plan.
Learn about best practices in criminal justice settings to ensure successful reentry for people who have substance use disorders.
Participants will learn about screening and assessment for substance use disorders (SUD), withdrawal management, evidence-based treatment for substance use disorders, and essential components of reentry planning, including developing a relapse prevention plan.
Case managers, treatment professionals, health insurance navigators, client advocates, public policy analysts, service providers, systems change consultants, and anyone interested in learning more about successful reentry for individuals with SUD
This course is sponsored by the Justice Community Overdose Innovation Network (JCOIN), an initiative funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
Addiction Policy Forum & Alaska Department of Health. (2025). Alaska Department of Health Course: Reentry Best Practices for Individuals with Substance Use Disorders. Justice Community Overdose Innovation Network Coordination and Translation Center. https://www.jcoinctc.org/courses/alaska-department-of-health-course-reentry-best-practices-for-individuals-with-substance-use-disorders/
