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 systemic 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 the manifest injustice 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 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. |