JUVENILE ASSESSMENT, REFERRAL, PLACEMENT, AND TREATMENT PLANNING (JARPP)
Project: JUVENILE ASSESSMENT, REFERRAL, PLACEMENT, AND TREATMENT PLANNING (JARPP)
Sponsor: National Institute for Drug Abuse through the Institute for Governmental Service and Research, University of Maryland
IPS Staff: David Altschuler
Purpose and Approach
The University of Maryland, in collaboration with George Mason University and Johns Hopkins Uni-versity, was awarded a five-year research grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to work with the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services (DJS) on the development and testing of a staff training strategy. The study focuses on the impact of JARPP staff training on accessing substance abuse treatment and related health services for youth under DJS supervision in the community. IPS Principal Research Scientist David Altschuler was involved in developing the training curriculum cur-rently being used by the Institute for Governmental Service and Research at the University of Mary-land.
Results
While the planning process continues, Dr. Altschuler’s involvement was only contracted for the first year of the project.
