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Mutual Aid: Community Recovery Support Groups - Webinar

National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma and Mental Health

September 18, 2019

7:00 am - 9:00 am

Mutual Aid: Community Recovery Support Groups

Every person’s recovery path is unique and often involves multiple dynamic and complementary forms of support. Mutual aid recovery groups offer unique opportunities for peer-based support, including the healing power of shared experience, neutralizing experiences of shame and stigma, and fostering a sense of community. This webinar will provide an overview of different kinds of mutual aid resources, how to best incorporate them into behavioral health treatment, Domestic Violence (DV) advocacy, harm reduction approaches, and family support services, as well as specific strategies within gender-responsive, culturally relevant, and DV/trauma-informed approaches. Objectives:

Describe different kinds of mutual aid offerings and resources.
Identify specific strategies for incorporating mutual aid resources within gender-responsive, culturally relevant, and DV/trauma-informed approaches.
Describe best practices when making referrals to mutual aid resources as a service provider.

Who should attend? This webinar is designed for clinicians, clinical supervisors, program managers, domestic violence advocates, Certified Recovery Support Specialists (CRSS), Certified Recovery Peer Specialists (CRPS), Certified Recovery Residence Administrators (CRRA), and executives in substance abuse and mental health agencies, Managing Entities, and DCF program staff.

Presented by: Gabriela Zapata-Alma, LCSW, CADC Director of Policy & Practice for Domestic Violence & Substance Use, NCDVTMH

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State Strategies to Address Opioid Use Disorder Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women and Infants Prenatally Exposed to Substances, Including Infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

CDC’s response to the opioid crisis involves strategies to prevent opioid overdoses and related harms by building state capacity and supporting providers, health systems, and payers. In 2018, CDC launched an initiative to support 12 state teams to implement policies and programs to address opioid use disorder among pregnant and postpartum women, and infants prenatally exposed to opioids. State Strategies to Address Opioid Use Disorder Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women and Infants Prenatally Exposed to Substances, Including Infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome describes these states’ strategies, barriers, and facilitators for capacity-building. Five focus areas were identified: 1) access to and coordination of quality services; 2) provider awareness and training; 3) data, monitoring, and evaluation; 4) financing and coverage; and 5) ethical, legal, and social considerations. Lessons learned through this collaborative can be used by health care systems, public health departments, and other state agencies to better address the needs of pregnant and postpartum women with opioid use disorder and infants prenatally exposed to opioids.

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Identifying and Engaging Women with Substance Use Disorder in Prenatal Care: Mitigating Fear, Shame and Stigma

Join us for this webinar to learn about effective approaches to engage women with substance use disorder in prenatal care

SEPTEMBER 23, 201912:00PM – 1:15PM ET / 11:00AM – 12:15PM CT

In Observance of National Recovery Month

Substance Use Disorder among Pregnant Women: Shifting the paradigm to view addiction as a life-threatening chronic medical condition in need of urgent clinical treatment

Ann E.B. Borders, MD, MSc, MPH, Executive Director and Obstetric Lead, Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative, Clinical Associate Professor Maternal Fetal Medicine, North Shore University Health System

Providing Care for Pregnant Women Experiencing Substance Misuse and Addiction: An integrated prenatal care and substance use treatment program

Amanda Brooks, LCSW, CADC, Chief Population Health Officer, PCC Community Wellness Center

Hosted by:U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health - Region 5

In collaboration with the Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative and PCC Community Wellness

Webinar platform provided by the HHS Administration for Children and Families/Office of Child Care

For more information: Michelle.Hoersch@hhs.gov

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HHS Secretary Azar Statement on Illnesses Associated with E-Cigarettes

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As of August 27, 2019, health departments from 25 states have reported 215 possible cases of pulmonary illnesses from users of e-cigarette products, resulting in one death. Additional reports are under investigation. Read Secretary Azar’s statement on what HHS is doing on this issue and recommendations for the public and clinicians.