News and Announcements
- Police officers trained in crisis intervention teams were less likely to use force when responding to mental health crisis, new study finds.
- WSU School of Social Work partners with multiple agencies in crisis response initiative
- Ingham Co. Jail to receive Narcan vending machine (Spartan News Room)
- Free Narcan now available at Ann Arbor city hall (WDIV Local 4)
- Ingham County Jail could receive vending machine offering free naloxone kits (WKAR News)
- Vending machines with lifesaving drug grow as opioid crisis rages in US (The Guardian)
- Wayne State University program provides free Narcan in vending machines (WDIV Local 4)
- Jail reforms report shows over 150,000 drivers getting licenses back (Manistee News Advocate)
- Opioid Crisis: Reducing harm, one vending machine at a time (Traverse City Record Eagle)
- MSU professor to help lead new $15M suicide prevention research center (Lansing State Journal)
- CBHJ, SSW welcome Matt Larson to faculty and staff
- New toolkit section provides guidance for Community Mental Health providers and their role in AOT
- Narcan vending machines are the latest weapon against opioid overdoses (Fox News)
- To reduce stigma, Oneonta recovery center uses vending machine to distribute overdose-reversal drug (WSKG)
- After overcoming prison and drug addiction, School of Social Work alum now helps others using mindfulness and meditation
- Wayne County Behavioral Health Pilot Project Helping ‘Familiar Faces’ in the Justice System
- Assisted outpatient treatment toolkit bridges the gap of mental health treatment law and implementation
- Force for Change: Standout School of Social Work student and instructor receives prestigious fellowship in Washington, DC
- Jackson County Jail vending machine stocked to save lives (WILX 10)
- Free Narcan Vending Machines Popping Up Around Michigan (WJR 760)
- Jackson County Office of the Sheriff says its Narcan vending machine helps save lives (Fox 47)
- No snacks or drinks, these vending machines dispense something that saves lives (Detroit Free Press)
- “Was this gonna be a death sentence for me?” Inside the pandemic at the Wayne Co. Jail (Michigan Radio)
- Social Work Spotlight: Meet Crisis Response Manager Leonard Swanson
- Social Work Spotlight: Meet Information Specialist Jessica Best