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Taking Action: Resource Coordinators Bridge Courtrooms and Social Services

Jul 8, 2020

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An increasing number of courts are finding that the addition of a new staff role—the “resource coordinator”—enables judges and lawyers to connect defendants to the services they need to address underlying issues driving re-offending. This publication highlights four examples from around the nation.

The Center for Court Innovation’s “Taking Action” series aims to inform justice practitioners about innovations in the field and support their efforts to replicate innovative practices locally.