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Tag: Madison Area Recovery Initiative (MARI)

November 26, 2024 2:23 PM

(MADISON) --The Madison Police Department has been awarded a $1.6 million federal grant to help prevent overdose deaths, and expand access to evidence-based treatment, recovery, peer support and more. The grant continues and expands the nationally-recognized Madison Area Recovery Initiative … [read more]

August 11, 2024 11:47 AM

Dear Madison Community Members, Thank you for attending our 2024 National Night Out (NNO) event in partnership with the Madison Police Department! Your presence made the evening a tremendous success and a wonderful celebration of community spirit. We would also like to extend a special … [read more]

July 20, 2023 10:50 AM

This month we celebrate the efforts and work of those involved in reducing substance use disorder and seeking alternatives to arrest and incarceration. The National Deflection Week is an opportunity fo rthe Madison Police Department to highlight two Pathways to Recovery (PTR) grant programs … [read more]

October 22, 2020 1:24 PM

Madison Area Addiction Recovery Initiative The Madison Area Addiction Recovery Initiative (MAARI) is a Bureau of Justice Assistance initiative that seeks to refer persons who overdose or are stopped for low-level, victimless offenses and offer them a referral to medication-assisted and … [read more]

September 18, 2020 10:26 AM

The Madison Addiction Recovery Initiative (MARI) was a Grant funded program that ran from 2017 to 2020 at the Madison Police Department. The goal of the program was pre-arrest diversion, which means that we deflected people with eligible charges that are suffering from addiction away from the … [read more]

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