CERRC Resource Repository
The Resource Repository is a curated collection of community-engaged research resources and tools related to topics such as education, justice involvement, ways to support people with lived experience (PWLE) with substance use and/or the criminal legal system, community-based participatory research (CBPR), and more. These items have been sourced from a variety of organizations and include videos, tipsheets, programs, and guides, among other formats. Click each link to view the resource.
If you have suggestions for other materials or resources that would be helpful additions to the Resource Repository, please email the CERRC team at [email protected].
| Topic | Resource | Organization(s) | Keywords | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topic | Resource | Organization(s) | Keywords | Description |
| Language & Imagery | Advancing the Use of Person-First and Non-Stigmatizing Language | JCOIN | language, stigma, substance use, justice involvement | This document outlines a person-first language approach and offers guiding principles and recommendations regarding accurate and nonpejorative terminology. |
| Language & Imagery | Using Non-Stigmatizing Imagery for Substance Use Disorders and Justice Involvement | Addiction Policy Forum/JCOIN/NIH HEAL Initiative | language, stigma, substance use, justice involvement | This publication details recommendations for images to use and images to avoid in publication and materials. |
| Language & Imagery | FICGN's Pledge to Use Person-First Language | Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network (FICGN) | language, stigma, justice involvement | The mission of the FICGN is to promote the education and empowerment of formerly incarcerated people through a collective community. This pledge illustrates the importance of emphasizing the individual first and using humanizing language. |
| Language & Imagery | Addictionary | Recovery Research Institute | language, substance use, stigma | The Addictionary is a comprehensive glossary of key terms, some well-known and others not, concerning addiction and recovery. |
| Supporting PWLE | Center for Justice & Economic Advancement | Jobs for the Future (JFF) | career development, justice involvement | The Center for Justice & Economic Advancement at JFF seeks to break down barriers and promote fair chance employment for people with criminal records while driving economic advancement. |
| Supporting PWLE | Britebound Center for Career Navigation | Jobs for the Future (JFF) | emerging adults, career development, justice involvement | While not limited to individuals with legal system involvement, Britebound is an initiative that empowers young people to confidently explore post-high school pathways leading to a successful future. Through this partnership, the Center offers resources, guidance, and innovative tools to help students and families make informed decisions about what comes next. |
| Supporting PWLE | Resilient Professional Community | Resilient Professional Community (RPC) | education, justice involvement | The RPC connects formerly incarcerated individuals to an extensive business network to set and achieve their career goals. Their services include peer support, networking, a mentoring program, and live, interactive events, workshops, and courses. |
| Supporting PWLE | Alliance for Higher Education in Prison | Alliance for Higher Education in Prison | education, justice involvement | The Alliance is a national network supporting the growth of quality higher education for currently and formerly incarcerated people. They work collaboratively to advance the field of higher education in prison by supporting practitioners and students, producing reliable data and research, and communicating the need, importance, and value of quality higher education in prison. |
| Supporting PWLE | The Petey Greene Program | The Petey Greene Program (PGP) | education, justice involvement | The PGP supports the academic and career goals of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people through high-quality tutoring and other educational programs while serving to educate our volunteers and the public on issues in the carceral system. |
| Supporting PWLE | The Last Mile | The Last Mile (TLM) | education, career development, justice involvement | TLM unlocks the human and economic potential of justice-impacted people through education and technology training. |
| Supporting PWLE | Video: Sharing Advice on Transitioning to a Professional Role as a Person with Lived Experience | JEAP Research Center | education, career development, justice involvement, substance use | This video features several speakers sharing their advice about transitioning to a professional role as a person with lived experience. |
| Supporting PWLE | Tipsheet: Transitioning to a Professional Role as a Person with Lived Experience | JEAP Research Center | education, career development, justice involvement, substance use | This tipsheet is a compilation of ideas and themes for how an individual with lived experience (in recovery and/or with the criminal legal system) can successfully transition into a professional role. |
| CBPR | Toolkit: Effective Community Board Partnerships Using Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) | JEAP Research Center | CBPR, research | This toolkit from JEAP Research Center and their partners is intended as a resource for substance use researchers who are interested in developing effective Community Board partnerships using CBPR. |
| CBPR | Webinar: Trust and Rigor: When Community-Engaged Research Meets Randomized Controlled Trials | National Center for Health and Criminal-Legal Systems Integration for Suicide Prevention (NCHATS) | CBPR, research | This webinar explores how researchers are integrating the strengths of community-engaged research and RCT approaches to produce evidence that is not only rigorous, but also relevant and sustainable. |
| Supporting PWLE | Center for Addiction Recovery Support (CARS) | Center for Addiction Recovery Support (CARS) | education, career development, substance use | CARS is a national center for supporting addiction recovery support services. They offer trainings and free tailored support (called Technical Assistance) to help grow, improve, and enhance recovery support services nationwide. |
| Supporting PWLE | Recovery Ready Workplace Resource Hub | U.S. Department of Labor | career development, substance use | This website provides information and a comprehensive toolkit, plus state and local resources, to expand employment opportunities for people in or seeking recovery. |
| Supporting PWLE | From There to Here: A Journey Through Substance Use Disorder, Prison, and Recovery | Journal of Substance Use & Addiction Treatment | substance use, justice involvement, research | This narrative describes the author’s experience with substance use disorder. It includes a trip through the criminal legal system, recovery, higher education, and a career in research. |
| Supporting PWLE | Challenging Assumptions About Mothers Who Use Drugs: Lessons from the Lived Experience of Pregnancy and Infant Loss in Recovery | Journal of Substance Use & Addiction Treatment | substance use, justice involvement, research, pregnancy | This essay reflects on the author’s experience with substance use, recovery, pregnancy, and the healing process. |
| CBPR | Community-Engaged and Community-Based Participatory Research | Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Program | CBPR, research | This course introduces learners to Community-Engaged Research (CEnR) and CBPR. It also identifies the ethical and practical considerations particular to the design, review, and conduct of CEnR. |
| Language & Imagery | A JLUSA Course: Addressing the Stigma around Substance Use Disorders | JCOIN and JustLeadershipUSA (JLUSA) | substance use, justice involvement, research | This free course was developed to help educate individuals involved with the criminal justice system on the latest research and innovations around issues on addiction and criminal justice. |
| CBPR | Online Course on CBPR: A Partnership Approach for Public Health | Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center | CBPR, research | This free online course from the Detroit URC gives researchers, health and human service practitioners, and members of community-based organizations an opportunity to learn about CBPR. |