Meet Our Divisions

The Treatment Court Institute

In June at RISE23, we unveiled our new name and brand as All Rise. As part of the rebrand, we’ve also made changes to our divisions, and we’d like to introduce you to them one by one, starting with the Treatment Court Institute (formerly the National Drug Court Institute).

The Treatment Court Institute leads training, technical assistance, and research dissemination for treatment court programs in every U.S. state and territory. The Institute was founded in 1997 with funding from the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the President, to meet the growing need for standardized, evidence-based training and technical assistance for the rapidly growing treatment court field.

In the years since, the Institute has continually evolved to meet the ever-changing needs of treatment court professionals and other public health and public safety leaders, and has emerged as the definitive authority on the latest research, best practices, and cutting-edge innovations to respond to justice-involved individuals with substance use and mental health disorders. With expertise spanning numerous treatment court models, the Institute has trained more than 500,000 public safety and public health professionals.

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The Treatment Court Institute continues to set the standard for training across the justice and treatment fields. We are committed to achieving excellence by leading with research and evidence-based best practices, and we provide invaluable tools and expertise to help build healthier individuals, reunited families, and safer communities.

-Vanessa Matthews, Director, Treatment Court Institute

Training

Whether in-person or virtual, by jurisdiction or statewide, the Institute provides a full suite of training opportunities to meet your needs, including an entire e-learning center! Our new and improved website allows you to search for training by treatment court type, role, or topic.

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Technical Assistance

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) funds the Institute to provide robust technical assistance (TA) to BJA adult drug court grantees, adult drug court non-grantees, co-occurring courts, and DWI courts. TA is tailored to fit the needs of each program and designed to help you develop, implement, and sustain evidence-based practices.

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Publications

Through the Institute, you have access to hundreds of free publications at your fingertips. From the Adult Drug Court Best Practice Standards to Ask the Expert FAQs to the All Rise magazine, these publications cover a wide range of need-to-know topics like target population, incentives and sanctions, drug testing, risk and need assessment, and more.

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Webinars on Demand

You can view recorded webinars on critical topics anytime that’s convenient for you, and we add new webinars as they occur! Check out our current offerings, addressing areas such as harm reduction in treatment courts, suicide awareness and prevention, recovery capital, and more!

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Sample Documents

We know it can be difficult to write a document from scratch; that’s why we’ve developed samples so you don’t have to! Browse our sample documents for policy and procedure manuals, integrated case planning forms, participant handbooks, and dozens of other important documentation.

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Meet the Director

Prior to joining All Rise in 2016 to serve as the director of the Treatment Court Institute, Vanessa Matthews was a police officer with Oklahoma City from 1990 to 2012, working with the Oklahoma County Drug Court from May 1998 to September 2009. She was instrumental in the development of the court program, including policy manual development, budgeting, and staff training. In 2014, Ms. Matthews was appointed by the governor of Oklahoma to serve on the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board. In 2015, she was reappointed to a four-year term and elected chair of the organization. In July 2020, she was elected to serve as a member of the board of directors for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). In May 2023, she was selected to serve as part of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) mental health workgroup. Ms. Matthews has an associate degree from Oklahoma State University in applied police science and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Oklahoma in criminal justice.

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