The Center for Advancing Justice
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. You’ve already met the Treatment Court Institute, Impaired Driving Solutions, and Justice for Vets; finally, we’re thrilled to introduce our newest division, the Center for Advancing Justice.
As the newest division of All Rise, the Center for Advancing Justice serves as an incubator for emerging justice system innovations, leads strategic partnerships and collaborations, and works internationally to promote recovery from substance use and mental health disorders.
The Center identifies, assesses, and implements programs at every intercept of the justice system, with a focus on evidence-based and promising interventions for people impacted by substance use and mental health disorders. Internationally, we help implement evidence-based legal and health system improvements that address these underlying causes of crime, reduce reoffending, and strengthen communities.
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“All Rise is more than treatment courts. Our newest division, the Center for Advancing Justice, embodies All Rise’s commitment to building more effective approaches to substance use and mental health disorders at all stages of the justice system, from initial police contact to reentry. By combining training, technical assistance, research, and advocacy, the Center will help jurisdictions in the U.S. and around the world implement evidence-based practices and test new and innovative solutions.”
-Dr. Jacqueline van Wormer, Director, Center for Advancing Justice
Meet the Director
Jacqueline van Wormer, Ph.D., currently studies court responses to the opioid epidemic; bail and pretrial justice reform; interagency collaborative partnership “drift” within court models; and improving case planning efforts with risk/need tools. She holds an affiliate faculty position at Washington State University. Prior to joining All Rise, she was an associate professor of sociology at Whitworth University. Dr. van Wormer has held various positions in the justice field, including serving as the Spokane Regional Criminal Justice Administrator, MacArthur Foundation Coordinator for the Benton/Franklin Counties Juvenile Court, intervention services manager, probation supervisor, and coordinator for both the adult and juvenile drug treatment court programs in Benton/Franklin Counties. She has lectured and trained extensively across the country and internationally on issues related to courts, pretrial reform, and the treatment court model.
