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Learn about Peer Support in Jails and Prisons in Upcoming Webinar

Register to participate in Peer Support in Jails and Prisons: Enhancing Therapeutic Communities and Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Programs, a webinar taking place on June 24, 2020, at 1 p.m. ET.

This webinar will focus on how supervisors, administrative staff, and organizations can:

  • Set a programmatic context that encompasses a person-centered, recovery-oriented, and peer-led approach to treatment.
  • Recognize the importance of corrections-based residential substance abuse treatment programs and therapeutic communities that include peer-based supports to the recovery of individuals who are returning to their communities.
  • Identify common challenges and explore potential solutions for improving community partnerships that benefit and serve returning individuals.
  • Describe the necessary steps for building your organization’s capacity to support peers in their work with returning individuals.

This webinar is offered through BJA's Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program.

Date Published: June 17, 2020