On Thursday, March 6, the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (PAARI) and Volunteers of America (VOA) Northern New England co-hosted their first Maine Statewide Convening of the year. With 52 community members registered, the event focused on advancing deflection efforts in Maine, specifically their law enforcement assisted diversion (LEAD) programs and other criminal justice […]
PAARI and VOA Co-Host First Maine Statewide Convening of 2024
On Thursday, March 7th, 2024, the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (PAARI) and Volunteers of America (VOA) Northern New England co-hosted the first Maine statewide convening of 2024, the fourth in the series. The gathering was attended by 57 professionals from the following organizations: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Artivism in Maine – HIIT […]
PAARI Hosts First New York Statewide Convening
On February 8, 2024, the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (PAARI) hosted a virtual statewide convening among New York law enforcement agencies and those working on deflection programs in the state. The convening was designed as an introduction to PAARI and to highlight local programming. The session commenced with Brittney Garrett, PAARI’s Senior Director […]
PAARI Hosts First South Carolina Convening
On January 9th, 2024, The Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (PAARI) hosted its first South Carolina Convening. The purpose of this gathering was to educate participants about PAARI, provide a platform for mutual learning among attendees, facilitate the exchange of resources, and foster discussions on best practices within the deflection space The convening commenced […]
Third Maine Statewide Convening is Held, Co-Hosted by PAARI and VOA
On Thursday, September 7th, 2023, The Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (PAARI) and Volunteers of America (VOA) Northern New England co-hosted the third virtual Maine statewide convening. This gathering brought together various participants, including Maine law enforcement agencies, community partners, local residents, and those formerly incarcerated or currently incarcerated in Maine facilities. The […]
Boston Globe Op-Ed by John Rosenthal: Why isn’t the US treating the overdose epidemic like the public health emergency it is?
P.A.A.R.I. cofounder and chair John Rosenthal today had an opinion piece published in the Boston Globe calling attention to the 100,306 Americans who died of drug overdoses from April 2020 to April 2021, as the COVID-19 pandemic overshadowed the overdose epidemic. An excerpt: There have been and continue to be effective treatments, such asmethadone, buprenorphine, […]
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