TREATMENT COURT TRAINING & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
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VIRTUAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES
NCSC offers Virtual Learning Communities for statewide grant recipients. These free, virtual sessions offer a variety of learning experiences and peer mentoring opportunities to help new and experienced grant managers. The goals are to elevate shared knowledge across grantees, state coordinators, and their teams; increase network relationships across state lines; influence communication and collaboration; identify new concepts and practices; and explore best practices and lessons learned in the field. Upcoming learning opportunities are listed below, and topic calendars will be distributed quarterly to ensure the best topics are highlighted year-round!
UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
SAVE THE DATE
New Coordinator Cohort Meetings:
Peer-led Zoom meetings for state coordinators with <5 years’ experience in their current role to discuss concerns, questions, and collaborate with one another. Occurring monthly at 12:30pm-1:30pm ET. Visit the Registration page to view all dates.
PAST LEARNING COMMUNITY TOPICS
- The Gold(en) Standard: The Science, Ethics, and Boundaries of Drug and Alcohol Testing - Mar. 4, 2025 | Webinar|Presentation
- Monitoring Treatment Court Fidelity: A Statewide Approach - Feb. 18, 2025 | Webinar | Presentation
- The Value of Mentors, Alumni, Certified Peers, and Veteran Mentors Supporting the Treatment Court Program - Jan. 22, 2025 | Webinar | Presentation
- Building a State Conference – Nov. 7, 2024 | Webinar | Presentation
- Veterans Treatment Court Enhancement Initiative – Oct. 30, 2024 | Webinar | Presentation
COORDINATOR KUDOS
The Training and Technical Assistance Collaborative, including the National Center for State Courts, All Rise, Center for Justice Innovation, the National Treatment Court Resource Center, and the Tribal, Law and Policy Institute, nominates coordinators across the country to recognize their hard work. Each month one State Treatment Court Coordinator is selected for a ‘kudos’ for their work and commitment to expanding and enhancing treatment courts.
FEBRUARY 2025
Name: Krista Forster
Years as State Coordinator: 6 years
What about treatment courts keep Krista going in her role?
The people. My colleague at the AOC, Sixto Valdivia, who is instrumental in keeping our best practices initiatives moving forward. The county coordinators who work with us and advocate with their programs and executives to implement best practices. The recovery court teams who work every day to help people find success. The participants who strive to find a different path and who, along with their family and friends, always provide me inspiration with their testimonials at graduation. And finally, I am a believer in Best Practices and the promise of all Arizona treatment courts becoming Best Practice programs and reaching higher levels of success is what keeps me going in this role.
Why she was nominated:
Krista Forster and her staff have been very willing to include the tribes of Arizona in the State’s Drug Court activities. She has been instrumental in assisting Arizona tribes’ utilization of the state risk/need assessment tool. Ms. Forster is providing training opportunities for non-tribal jurisdictions to gain knowledge and understanding in working with Native American treatment court participants. Her involvement in the Tribal Law and Policy Institute’s annual national Tribal Healing to Wellness Court Implementation and Enhancement Training was appreciated by the Arizona tribal attendees. She serves as a model example of a State Coordinator who not only includes tribes but goes a step further and directly reaches out to tribes in her state.
Krista Forster and her staff have been very willing to include the tribes of Arizona in the State’s Drug Court activities. She has been instrumental in assisting Arizona tribes’ utilization of the state risk/need assessment tool. Ms. Forster is providing training opportunities for non-tribal jurisdictions to gain knowledge and understanding in working with Native American treatment court participants. Her involvement in the Tribal Law and Policy Institute’s annual national Tribal Healing to Wellness Court Implementation and Enhancement Training was appreciated by the Arizona tribal attendees. She serves as a model example of a State Coordinator who not only includes tribes but goes a step further and directly reaches out to tribes in her state.
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