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TASC's Center for Health and Justice compiles, consolidates, and communicates findings that help improve policy, practice, and outcomes at the intersections of health and justice.

Browse the sortable table of CHJ and TASC publications below or contact our CHJ team for more information on building solutions for your community.

Year Resource Type Title
Program / Media Feature | 2022
Jac Charlier, executive director of TASC’s Center for Health and Justice and director of the Police, Treatment, and Community Collaborative (PTACC), was featured in this article which appeared in the April 2022 edition of "Catching Up With COSSAP," an online newsletter distributed by the...
Program / Media Feature | 2021
This article co-authored byTASC Center for Health and Justice (CHJ) Executive DirectorJac CharlierandJessica Reichert, manager for the Center for Justice Research and Evaluation at the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA), introduced the deflection...
Report / Issue Brief | 2021
TASC Center for Health and Justice (CHJ) Executive DirectorJac Charlierco-authoreda new paper which appeared inthe special issueof theJournal for Advancing Justiceon Emerging Best Practices in Law Enforcement Deflection and Community Supervision...
Report / Issue Brief | 2021
TASC consulting was mentioned in a report describing the response of police departments and sheriffs’ offices to a Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) survey. The report outlines challenges presented by some policies under which law enforcement...
Report / Issue Brief | 2021
Conducted through the Center for Health and Justice at TASC and NORC at the University of Chicago, this first-of-its-kind national survey focused on the critical role of law enforcement-led diversion and first responder deflection programs in responding to the opioid crisis. CHJ is a...
Factsheet / Handout | 2020
This document, produced by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, highlights collaborative pre-arrest diversion strategies and the work of PTACC and...
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Factsheet / Handout | 2020
10 Steps Deflection and Pre-Arrest Diversion Sites Can Take During and After the PandemicAs part of an ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Police, Treatment, and Community Collaborative (PTACC) has created its 10 Steps document.This paper outlines steps deflection and pre-arrest...
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Factsheet / Handout | 2020
TASC's Center for Health and Justice offers naloxone training and deflection co-responder technical assistance to help prevent overdose deaths. Learn more about our work inpre-arrest diversion and deflection, and ourTASC deflection trainings in suburban Cook County. Contact the CHJ...
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Program / Media Feature | 2020
This articleis a colloborative effort by CHJ andKaren MalineatInternational Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP),who wrote the content and led the relatedwebinar. [Those without Adobe Connect, canview the presentation PDF.] The article appeared in the...
Program / Media Feature | 2020
Jac Charlier, executive director of TASC's Center for Health and Justice, recently co-authored this April 28, 2020, op-ed for The Crime Report. It discusses the importance ofrapidly adapting andapplying thelessons...
Program / Media Feature | 2020
Deflection Featured in Sun-Times Editorial Deflection andJac Charlier, executive director of PTACC and TASC's Center for Health and Justice, were featured in a June 9, 2020, commentary by the Chicago Sun-Times editorial board. Excerpts are included, below: Sun-Times Editorial:...
Program / Media Feature | 2020
This articlewritten by TASC’s Center for Health and Justice (CHJ) appeared in theJune 2020 edition of "Catching Up With COSSAP," an online newsletter distributed by the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP). CHJis...
Program / Media Feature | 2020
This article appeared in the April 2020 edition of "Catching Up With COSSAP," an online newsletter distributed by the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP). TASC's Center for Health and Justice (CHJ) is aCOSSAP training and technical...
Report / Issue Brief | 2020
CHJ authored this Pathways to Diversion Case Studies Series focusing on officer intervention. CHJis aCOSSAP training and technical assistance partnerand helps grantees implement evidence-based, systemic solutions at the front end of the justice system to respond to the...
Report / Issue Brief | 2020
CHJ authored this Pathways to Diversion Case Studies Series focusing on officer intervention.CHJis aCOSSAP training and technical assistance partnerand helps grantees implement evidence-based, systemic solutions at the front end of the justice system to respond to the...
Report / Issue Brief | 2020
TASC-CHJ As communities across the country face crises of drug addiction and overdose, the need for timely access to quality, evidence-based treatment for people with substance use disorders is clear and pressing. This series of briefs is offered to help...
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Slide Deck | 2020
Considering Children and Families A Presentation from the COAP National Forum During the 2020 COSSAP (Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program, formerly known as COAP) National Forum CHJ's Jac Charlier presented on the importance of considering the needs of children...
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Report / Issue Brief | 2019
Jac Charlier, executive director of TASC’s Center for Health and Justice (CHJ), and Ben Ekelund, director of CHJ, have co-authored an issue brief for the National Drug Court Resource Center to support law enforcement officers in...
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Slide Deck | 2019
FrameworkLaw enforcement personnel in the community are on the front lines of the opioid epidemic. They save lives by carrying naloxone and reviving people who have overdosed, and they save lives again by connecting people to treatment.The model is a pre-arrest diversio...
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Video / Podcast | 2019
CHJ facilitated this July 2019 episode of the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program (or COAP) podcast series, in which Daniel Meloy introduces the Quick Response Team model for overdose response and...
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