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Advocates ask Fayetteville-area drug task force to pilot a social-worker-integrated response
Summary
Representatives of Arkansas Justice Reform proposed a 'Bridging Enforcement and Care' pilot to embed a licensed social worker with the Judicial Drug Task Force, presenting evidence-based frameworks and two cost models (about $120,800 and $325,800) and asking the board to consider grant and surplus funding.
Representatives of Arkansas Justice Reform urged the Judicial Drug Task Force on Sept. 4 to start a pilot program that would embed a licensed social worker with law enforcement to divert certain responses from the criminal-justice system to treatment.
At the meeting, Ranga Sullivan said the program, titled “Bridging Enforcement and Care,” draws on DOJ and NIJ frameworks and would place a licensed social worker on the team to assess individuals’ needs at the point of contact. "In this proposal, we have an attached…
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