PAARI (Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative)
Zoom Meeting - March 15 -10:30
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Grandmothers will be joined for its March meeting by Travis Rapoza from the PAARI organization.

The Police Assisted Addiction & Recovery Initiative (PAARI) provides training, strategic guidance, support, and resources to help law enforcement agencies nationwide create non-arrest pathways to treatment and recovery.

Recognizing that law enforcement has a front row seat to the opioid epidemic and are in a unique position to prevent overdose deaths, in June 2015 the Gloucester Police Department launched the Angel Program, which created a simple, stigma-free entry point to treatment on demand and reframed addiction as a disease, not a crime. PAARI was founded as a nonprofit alongside the Angel Program to help law enforcement agencies create non-arrest programs that prevent and reduce overdose deaths and expand access to treatment and recovery.

Now a national network of nearly 600 police departments in 34 states, PAARI primarily supports non-arrest, or early diversion, program models that reach people before they enter the criminal justice system. Programs are customized based on the community and can utilize multiple law enforcement entry points to treatment, including self-referrals to the station and risk or incident-based outreach. Cross-sector collaboration and partnerships are vital to these programs and they are often supported by clinicians, social workers, recovery coaches, and/or trained volunteers.

Travis Rapoza

Travis Rapoza completed a triple major from Brandeis University in Politics, International and Global Studies and French. He subsequently spent several years as a professional violinist before pivoting to a career in public service.

He served as an AmeriCorps VISTA through PAARI, where he was embedded in the New Bedford Police Department, served on PAARI's Outreach Team, and helped plan and organize their 2022 National Law Enforcement Summit. He was hired as a staff member at PAARI, the first AmeriCorps VISTA to be offered a full-time position, where he serves as Program Manager.

You can learn more about PAARI here.

Topic: Grandmothers Against Gun Violence Meeting
Time: Mar 15, 2023 10:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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