News and Announcements
- SF unlikely to arrest its way out of the doom loop, experts say (Mission Local)
- See someone in crisis? You don't have to call the police. Here are alternatives. (Michigan Radio)
- Narcan vending machines help deter overdose deaths (NaCO County News)
- Cops & Clinicians: The World of Police Alternatives (Hour Detroit)
- Opinion: Employing parolees could help both businesses, society (Crain's Detroit Business)
- Vending machines fighting drug overdoses with free Narcan (Spartan News Room)
- Lenawee County starting program aimed at reducing mentally ill people in justice system (Daily Telegram)
- 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