Being A Drug Addict Should Not Be A Crime,
Locking One Up Should Be
Addicts Need Treatment, Not Incarceration

ENSO Recovery

ENSO Recovery is an outpatient and correctional treatment program for substance use disorders that specializes in medication assisted treatment of opioid use disorders in Augusta and Sanford Maine utilizing a treatment approach rooted in the Harm Reduction philosophy. ENSO provides free naloxone distribution services and is in partnership with the City of Portland Department of Public Health, The Portland and Sanford Police Departments, the Cumberland County and Kennebec County Drug Courts and the correctional institutions in Kennebec, Lincoln, Sagadahoc and Waldo counties. The founder of ENSO has been a harm reduction activist since 1979.


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PTAC
PTAC Inaugural Conference Information

The Police, Treatment, and Community (PTAC) Collaborative is the nation’s knowledge leader in the field of pre-arrest diversion. Practitioners in criminal justice, behavioral health, research, advocacy, and public policy are joining with community leaders and stakeholders from across the nation to provide national vision, leadership, voice, and action on pre-arrest diversion as part of the PTAC Collaborative. Recognizing that pre-arrest diversion is a type of front-end justice intervention, the PTAC Collaborative champions the widespread adoption of this promising approach. The PTAC Collaborative encourages community leaders to come together through cross-sector collaboration to employ pre-arrest diversion initiatives that best address the needs of their communities and their citizens. There currently are approximately 500 known formalized PAD initiatives designed to respond to individuals manifesting substance use disorders, whereas within only the last six years there were just a handful. For mental health PAD, initiatives can be found in 49 states. Nevertheless, significant opportunity for new growth and to scale up current efforts exists. With approximately 850,000 police officers in 18,000 departments across the country, PAD interventions may offer a potential referral source to mental health and substance use treatment unmatched by any other effort, justice related or otherwise.

PTAC Collaboration Founding Partners:

  • Center for Health and Justice at TASC
  • C4 Recovery Foundation
  • International Association of Chiefs of Police
  • WestCare Foundation
  • Civil Citation Network
  • AdCare Criminal Justice Services
  • CSH: The Source for Housing Solutions
  • National League of Cities: Institute for Youth, Education, and Families.
  • Amity Foundation
  • Western Carolina University: Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • George Mason’s University’s Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence (ACE!)
  • Association of Prosecuting Attorneys
  • Center for Court Innovation
  • JBS International
  • PJI – Pretrial Justice Institute
  • Gaudenzia
  • Community Catalyst
  • Faces and Voices of Recovery
  • ENSO Recovery
  • Ammon Labs

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