Publications

In partnership with the New Jersey State Policy Lab and the New Jersey Reentry Corporation, the Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration launched an innovative initiative to transform mental health and addiction treatment services for people involved in the justice system in New Jersey. Using the Appreciative Inquiry methodology and the SOAR framework (Strengths, […]

A Vision for Transformation With funding from the New Jersey State Policy Lab, the Rutgers-Newark School of Public Affairs and Administration and the New Jersey Reentry Corporation are working to develop a plan to revolutionize mental health and addiction treatment services for justice-involved individuals. Through a series of SOAR (Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, and Results) Forums […]

In an innovative collaboration, Rutgers University Newark School of Public Affairs and Administration is partnering with the New Jersey Reentry Corporation and the New Jersey State Policy Lab to develop a comprehensive policy framework aimed at systematically improving mental health and addiction treatment for justice-involved individuals.

The professional staff of the New Jersey Reentry Corporation and other public and nonprofit service providing agencies can attest to the problem of fragmented and uncoordinated service-delivery systems that inhibit efforts to meet the mental health and substance use needs of previously incarcerated individuals in New Jersey.