Friday Feb 16, 2024
4. Families That Recover Together, Stay Together
Justice & Recovery: Exploring Texas Specialty Court Programs
This is the official podcast presented by the Texas Association of Specialty Courts where we talk all things related to Texas specialty court programs. This show was previously titled The PodTASC but was rebranded to Justice & Recovery in November 2024. Episodes feature guest speakers with various specialty court experiences. We go deep on backgrounds and many characteristics on what it takes to operate a successful specialty court in Texas. The Texas Association of Specialty Court Courts (TASC) builds and strengthens Texas specialty courts through collaboration, advocacy and education. TASC was founded to: (1) Increase local and statewide political, media and community awareness of the existence and success of drug courts; (2) Support legislation authorizing funding for the operation of drug courts; and (3) Provide support for jurisdictions wanting to establish drug courts. Justice & Recovery is currently hosted by Liz Wiggins, the Communications Director on the TASC Board.
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Episodes
Episodes
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Liz is back with an inspirational guest speaker, Devon Anderson, the CEO/President of Justice Forward. Devon shares how Justice Forward supports 23 specialty courts in Harris, Galveston and Fort Bend Counties. With creative inspirational incentives and ideas on how to focus on housing opportunities for participants, this episode has tips for everyone.
As promised, find links/information below about what was discussed in the show:
Contact the show with comments or questions by emailing ThePodTASC@gmail.com
TASC is hosting its annual training conference on March 26-28, 2024, in Fort Worth. Registration opened January 5th. Learn more: http://tasctx.org/conference.html
Learn more about the Texas Association of Specialty Courts (TASC) at http://tasctx.org/index.html.
Learn more about Justice Forward here: https://www.justiceforwardtx.org/about-us and learn about their upcoming events at https://www.justiceforwardtx.org/events
Learn about party sober and their events here: https://www.partysober.org
To learn more about free nonprofit management classes, see: https://www.nonprofitready.org
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Liz brings another fantastic guest speaker to the show, Faustino "Tino" Lopez, the Director of the Hidalgo County Adult Probation Department. Tino shares how the role of probation has evolved over the years and how the role of a probation officer fits in the specialty court treatment team.
As promised, find links/information below about what was discussed in the show:
Contact the show with comments or questions by emailing ThePodTASC@gmail.com.
TASC is hosting its annual training conference on March 26-28, 2024, in Fort Worth. Registration opened January 5th. Learn more: http://tasctx.org/conference.html
Learn more about the Texas Association of Specialty Courts (TASC) at http://tasctx.org/index.html.
Learn more about All Rise here: https://allrise.org/ and about their annual conference being held on May 22-25, 2024 in California, here: https://allrise.org/trainings/rise/
Behavioral Health Solutions https://www.bhsst.org/
To contact Tino Lopez, see the Hidalgo County directory page: https://www.hidalgocounty.us/directory.aspx?eid=260
Thursday Jan 04, 2024
Thursday Jan 04, 2024
Liz tries out her newly acquired podcasting skills in the PodTASC's first episode with guest speaker, the Honorable Laura Barker, of County Court at Law #2 in Williamson County, TX. Judge Barker shares how she uses best practices with her Veteran's Treatment Court and DWI/Drug Court programs, and how she strives to ensure her programs meet the ever-changing needs of the community. These programs consider the role mental health plays in challenges for participants and the need for individualized treatment.
As promised, find links/information below about what was discussed in the show:
Contact the show with comments or questions by emailing ThePodTASC@gmail.com.
TASC is hosting its annual training conference on March 26-28, 2024, in Fort Worth. Registration opens January 5th. Learn more: http://tasctx.org/conference.html
Learn more about the Texas Association of Specialty Courts (TASC) at http://tasctx.org/index.html.
Learn more about All Rise here: https://allrise.org/ and about their annual conference being held on May 22-25, 2024 in California, here: https://allrise.org/trainings/rise/.
Information about the Texas Center for the Judiciary's annual DWI court team training can be found https://www.yourhonor.com/Online/Online/Events/2024-Conferences/2024-DWI-Conferences/Home.aspx?EventKey=24DWICT.
To contact Judge Barker, see the Williamson County directory page: https://www.wilcotx.gov/426/Court-at-Law-Two
Friday Dec 15, 2023
Friday Dec 15, 2023
The Texas Association of Specialty Courts is bringing you a podcast solely dedicated to all things specialty court programs. Join us in January 2024 as we kick off our first episode!
For questions and comments, email ThePodTASC@gmail.com and to learn more about TASC visit our website at http://tasctx.org/.
For information about the 2024 TASC conference, visit http://tasctx.org/conference.html.
