Overview
The Office of Grants and Research has secured funding through the federal Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) to support the development and implementation of a Diversion to Care project. This project will utilize a responsive and adaptive approach to reduce criminal justice system exposure for individuals experiencing substance use disorder. This program aims to:
- Expand use of evidence-based harm reduction and addiction treatment resources as alternatives to incarceration;
- Develop community-specific, culturally responsive advisory systems;
- Deflect individuals who use substances from arrest and incarceration through improvements to the crisis care continuum;
- Integrate peers and people with lived experience in deflection activities; and
- Improve real-time data collection.