Chemung County HOPE Court

Introduction to Project Opioid Court REACH

Welcome! You are one of the 10 counties participating in Project Opioid Court REACH. This is your court's private page where you will find project materials, your county's Technical Assistance leads and contact information, and upcoming events and activities.

Project Resources

A directory of county-specific resources including your Needs Assessment Report, and other court and clinical resources.

Access Project Resources

Training Modules

Register Here

Technical Assistance Team

AJ, Colleen and Courtney are excited to be working with you. Feel free to contact them at the emails below if you ever have any questions.

AJ Garcia

Alejandra Garcia, MSW

Associate Director, Technical Assistance, Center for Justice Innovation.

agarcia@nycourts.gov
Colleen Gibbons, JD

Colleen Gibbons, JD

Senior Program Manager, 
Technical Assistance, Center
for Justice Innovation.

cogibbons@nycourts.gov
Courtney Williams

Courtney Williams, MS

Senior Program Manager, Technical Assistance, Center for Justice Innovation. 

cwilliams@nycourts.gov

Upcoming Events and Activities

You are in Phase 3: Roll-out. Events and activities include:

  • Action Plan Implementation: . Stakeholder group members are now implementing their action plan items and meeting with TA facilitators as needed to assist with completion of action plan goals.
  • Ongoing Data Collection and Quarterly Data Reports: Data will be collected and presented on court and treatment outcomes

Timeline

Phase 1: Needs Assessment

~6 months

The Needs Assessment phase will lend insight into key areas of focus or improvement for your county's opioid court.

 

Activities include:

  • Identifying and convening your county's opioid court stakeholder group
  • Kickoff meeting
  • Surveys and interviews
  • System mapping
  • Inter-agency systems mapping
  • Treatment provider capacity

These activities will result in a Needs Assessment Report for your county.

Phase 2: Targeted Enhancement Support

~6 months

The Targeted Enhancement Support Phase will enable your county, with technical assistance, to outline implementation goals, objectives, and activities for your opioid court.

Activities include:

  • Web-based training modules with continuing education credits
  • Technical assistance workshop(s)
  • The development of an action plan
  • Targeted technical assistance to support goals and objectives

The goal of this phase is to review technical assistance recommendations and develop an action plan for your court.

Phase 3: Roll-out

~12 months

In the Roll-out phase, the technical assistance team will provide support and facilitation in implementing, evaluating, and revising your opioid court action plan as necessary.

Activities include:

  • Action plan implementation
  • Ongoing facilitation
  • Data collection on court and treatment outcomes
  • Data feedback reports with facilitation

As this phase progresses, evaluation and continuous improvement of your opioid court will occur.

Phase 4: Monitoring

6-18 months

In the Monitoring Phase, the technical assistance team will provide ongoing evaluation of your opioid court action plan implementation, without additional support or facilitation.

Activities include:

  • Continued data collection on court and treatment outcomes
  • Data feedback reports will continue to be provided to your county.

The purpose of this phase is to evaluate the implementation of your opioid court action plan.