Justice Community Overdose Innovation Network (JCOIN)

The Justice Community Overdose Innovation Network (JCOIN), a nationwide initiative led by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), aims to advance scientific knowledge on effective policies, practices, and interventions and to expand their use in daily practice within health and justice settings. JCOIN’s research spans a broad range of justice settings, including jails/prisons, drug courts, probation and parole, and juvenile justice programs, testing innovative strategies to integrate evidence-based treatment. Since its inception in 2019, JCOIN has conducted large-scale multisite studies, gathered data on more than 23,000 individuals, and implemented 88 research protocols across 137 counties in 38 states and Puerto Rico. The program also provides opportunities for researchers to study the impacts of emerging policies and programs that impact criminal justice systems and introduces new and underrepresented investigators to justice-related research. JCOIN has developed a rich set of resources to promote broad uptake of research-backed interventions and services that includes multiple training, technical assistance, and other capacity building activities for practitioners.