Learning Opportunities
COSSUP offers a wide range of learning opportunities to support the efforts of communities and practitioners addressing the illicit substance use and misuse. Whether it is a face-to-face convening, a peer-to-peer learning opportunity, or virtual learning via an upcoming webinar, we welcome your participation.
Upcoming Opportunities
Virtual Learning
Expanding Methadone Access in Correctional Facilities: An Opportunity to Save Lives and Promote Equity
3/28/2024 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
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Read More >>Expanding Methadone Access in Correctional Facilities: An Opportunity to Save Lives and Promote Equity
Register to attend online or in person.
Read More >>Expanding Methadone Access in Correctional Facilities: An Opportunity to Save Lives and Promote Equity
Expanding the availability of methadone to more persons who are incarcerated is a key intervention to preventing fentanyl and other opioid-related overdose deaths and reducing recidivism. You are invited to an event that will focus on opportunities to expand access to methadone in correctional facilities, including recent developments with the SAMHSA 2024 final rule on the use of methadone. The event brings together federal and state leaders, as well as Johns Hopkins University practitioners, to discuss initiatives to increase access to treatment and how correctional facilities can save lives.
Featured speakers include:
- Rahul Gupta, MD, MPH, FACP, MBA, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
- Brendan Saloner, PhD, Bloomberg Professor of American Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Yngvild Olsen, MD, MPH, Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
- Matthew Strait, MA, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control Regulatory (DCR), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
- Sara Whaley, MPH, MSW, MA, Senior Practice Associate, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Catherine Smith, DO, Director of Addiction Medicine, Washington State Department of Corrections
- Ryan Thornell, PhD, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry
Virtual Learning
Naloxone in Public Housing: Success in St. Louis
4/4/2024 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Naloxone in Public Housing: Success in St. Louis
In 2022, over a 36-hour period, St. Louis experienced the deadliest mass drug overdose event in the city's history, leading to 11 overdoses and 7 deaths. These overdoses occurred at Parkview Apartments, public housing run by the St. Louis Public Housing Authority. They were the result of accidental fentanyl consumption, a synthetic drug that hit Missouri’s drug supply in 2016 and has left a devastating imprint. This webinar will discuss the responsive cross-sector partnership that arose from this tragic event, which is focused on increasing outreach efforts to public housing facilities in St. Louis and lowering barriers for people to access life-saving naloxone and other health resources. The webinar will feature community health workers' and residents’ perspectives on the program’s benefits. There will be time for Q&A after the panel presentation.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will learn about the racial disparities in the current opioid overdose crisis in St. Louis and evidence that harm reduction approaches can save lives.
- Participants will understand the collaborative model developed to increase outreach and access to harm reduction tools inside public housing facilities.
- Participants will walk away with key learnings to navigate barriers such as local policy, substance use stigma, and community capacity.
This webinar will be recorded and ASL and live captioning will be provided. Certificates of participation will be provided to those who complete a post-event evaluation, but no CEUs are included in this event.
Please direct questions or concerns about HHRC training events to: info@hhrctraining.org