States Policies to Expand Access to Substance Use Disorder Treatment during COVID-19

New Data from JCOIN’s Brown University Clinical Research Center Source: PDAPS The Prescription Drug Abuse Policy System (PDAPS) is an online resource, developed by a team at the Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University, through a supplement to JCOIN’s Brown University Clinical Research Center (Hub), that provides data and information on state…

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Offering Buprenorphine Prior to Release from Jail May Reduce Recidivism

Findings from JCOIN’s Massachusetts Research Hub Individuals leaving incarceration with opioid use disorder (OUD) are at a high risk for overdose, recidivism, and adverse health outcomes. Providing medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) prior to incarceration and post-release is effective in reducing negative outcomes. Existing studies tend to examine how the use of methadone and/or…

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JCOIN Rapid Innovation Grant (J-RIG) Program

The JCOIN Rapid Innovation Grant (J-RIG) program is a rapid-funding mechanism to support small research grants to study newly emerging policies, practices, or interventions that address prevention and treatment of addiction in justice settings. While opioids are a key priority for J-RIG projects, applications may focus more broadly on other substance use issues, particularly substances…

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Policy Surveillance for OUD/Justice/COVID (043)

COVID-19 threatens to exacerbate the ongoing opioid epidemic in the United States, but the pandemic has also provided an opportunity to experiment with changes in how opioid treatment services are delivered around the country. The current pandemic has resulted in a flurry of unprecedented policy measures, and it is crucial to understand the impact that…

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ACTION: Addressing Risk through Community Treatment for Infectious Disease Now (042)

Improving HIV and opioid use disorder (OUD) management and implementation for justice-involved individuals requires effective approaches to screening, linkage, and adherence to integrated services across community agencies and service providers. Community reentry represents a critical opportunity to link individuals to HIV prevention, treatment, and OUD service providers. The Yale University JCOIN Research Center is conducting…

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NIATx vs ECHO as Comparative Implementation Strategies (041)

This trial will test two timely, successful evidence-based implementation practices, NIATx Coaching and Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO), to increase the use of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) with justice-involved populations. NIATx Coaches provide expertise in MOUD implementation and organizational change to help treatment organizations and staff start, sustain, and spread the use…

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Systematic Literature Reviews (015)

Policies aimed at addressing the high rates of opioid overdose have prioritized increasing access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). Numerous barriers exist to providing MOUD within the criminal justice system and/or to justice-involved populations. The aim of this study was to conduct a scoping review of the peer-reviewed literature on the implementation of…

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Arnold/BJA Bridges Project Evaluation (009)

This supplement is to conduct an implementation process evaluation for the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and Arnold Ventures’ “Planning Initiative to Build Bridges between Jail and Community-Based Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder.” The goal of the 9-month planning initiative is to help 16 communities develop a continuum of care for providing medications for opioid…

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Reducing Opioid Mortality in Illinois (ROMI) (040)

The University of Chicago JCOIN Research Center is conducting a multi-site trial called ROMI (Reducing Opioid Mortality in Illinois) to study the effectiveness of case management approaches to link individuals with community-based treatment services upon release from jail. The ROMI intervention includes peer recovery coaches to improve linkages to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD),…

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