National Development and Research Institute
Principal Investigator:
Stanley Sacks, Ph.D., Director
Center for the Integration of Research & Practice (CIRP)
National Development & Research Institutes, Inc. (NDRI)
71 W 23 Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10010
Office: 212.845.4400
Other-Investigators:
Frank S. Pearson, Ph.D.
Gerald Melnick, Ph.D.
Criminal Justice Co-PI:
Joan Shoemaker, RN, BSN
Criminal Justice Co-Investigator
Director of Clinical Services
Colorado Department of Corrections
2862 South Circle Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
Office: 719.226.4774
joanie.shoemaker@doc.state.co.us
National Development & Research Institutes, Inc. (NDRI) was founded in 1967 as a non-profit research and educational organization dedicated to advancing scientific knowledge in the areas of drug and alcohol abuse, treatment and recovery; HIV, AIDS and HCV; therapeutic communities; youth at risk; and related areas of public health, mental health, criminal justice, urban problems, prevention and epidemiology. The Rocky Mountain Research Center (RMRC), operated by NDRI’s Center for the Integration of Research and Practice (CIRP), is under the direction of Dr. Stanley Sacks, the Principal Investigator for this CJDATS2 project. The NDRI-RMRC has its headquarters in New York City, with a field site in Denver, Colorado, to coordinate research activities in Colorado. The NDRI-RMRC Project Management Team, led by Dr. S. Sacks, includes Co-Investigators Dr. F. Pearson and Dr. G. Melnick, with Dr. C. Cleland, Biostatistician. Dr. M. Schoeneberger, who is located in Denver, coordinates all field staff and study activities in Colorado. Other members of the NDRI-RMRC team support a variety of statistical and administrative activities. CJDATS2 activities of the NDRI-RMRC are conducted in close cooperation with the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC), which began its collaboration with NDRI on projects REFORM and RECOVERY conducted in the late 1980s. The research alliance with NDRI’s CIRP was initiated in 1995 with a 5-year NIDA-supported project, entitled “Modified TC for MICA Inmates in Correctional Settings,” and continued with several other NIDA projects, including CJDATS1 and 2. The NDRI-RMRC is an active participant in all CJDATS2 workgroups, study planning, and Steering Committee functions. In conducting these various research endeavors, the NDRI-RMRC research team has developed extremely productive professional relationships with key CDOC officials, including Ms. Joan Shoemaker, RN, BSN, Director of Clinical Services within CDOC who is the RMRC Criminal Justice Co-Investigator. The research partnership with CDOC has expanded to include other stakeholders involved in the treatment of substance abusing offenders, such as Colorado’s major treatment agencies and the state’s largest managed care organization, along with regional consortiums that administer State block grants for substance abuse services, and the Division of Behavioral Health Services of the Colorado Department of Heath Services. CDOC, with its 17-year history of participation in research, is fully committed to the activities of CJDATS2, and to continuing the productive associations established in CJDATS1, during which the NDRI-RMRC investigative team conducted six studies, resulting in instruments to screen substance abusing offenders for mental disorders, two special journal issues, 23 published papers, various reports, and numerous presentations. The experience and history of the NDRI-CDOC partnership ensures that the goals and objectives of CJDATS2 will be achieved.