Specifications include, but are not limited to: Court Diversion programs, funded by the Office of the Attorney General (AGO), follow a Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) approach to the Youth Substance Abuse Safety Program (YSASP). YSASP provides an alternative to the civil court process for youth who violate Vermont’s underage alcohol or marijuana laws. YSASP case managers help young people to understand the impact on themselves and others of using substances and to lower their risk of future use, while connecting those identified as using at higher-risk levels to professional substance use clinicians. The AGO is working with the Vermont Department of Health’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program (ADAP) and the Center for Behavioral Health Integration (C4BHI) to strengthen the use of SBIRT within YSASP. Proposals to provide coaching and support to YSASP case managers in various locations are requested.
