Substance Abuse, Prevention and Treatment Coalition/Task Force 01/25/2018 Community Health Assessment/Improvement Plan Meeting Highlights and Action Plan Topic Welcome and Introductions Approval of December 14, 2018 minutes Key Points Carey welcomed all and introductions were made Motion to approve the December 14, 2018 minutes with changes made by Jay Weygandt, second by Kristina Downing. All in favor, motion carried Communications Team The website has been very successful. If there are any items that you would like to include on the website please contact Eric Mata, clarkcountysac@gmail.com The Communication Team is working on a content strategy. A strategy map is also in process, looking at what day of the week, what time of day, etc., are most popular Next meeting: February 19, 2019, 2:00 PM at Winans Data Committee The Data Committee is meeting regularly to determine gaps and needs. They collect data to use in grant applications. Next meeting: February 8 th, 2019, 10:00 AM at MHRB Forums/Lunch & Learns a. School Counselors Clark County Family and Children First Council Supply Reduction a. Medicine Disposal Bags- Clark State Health Fair April 3 b. April 27, National Drug Take back date Substation Johnny Lytle Demand Reduction a.botvin b.youth Led Prevention The Forum Committee will be scheduling their first meeting of 2019 soon. They will be looking at what sectors to target next for education. Carey, Wendy and Sheri are continuing to provide Lunch and Learn presentations. Carey focuses on what the Coalition is and what it is doing. Wendy and Sheri focus on the disease of addiction and the brain. If you are aware of any agencies, employers or group that are interested in Lunch and Learn presentation please let Carey McKee know. Carey has reached out to school counselors and Family and Child First Collaborative providing education about the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Coalition. The Drug Disposal Bag initiative is going well. There have been approximately 1600 bags distributed which exceeds the distribution goal. April 27 th is National Drug take back day. The Johnny Lytle Police Substation has offered to open their doors for a drug take back event in collaboration with the coalition. Discussion followed regarding making this a collaborative community event with multiple sites. The Minority Health Fair, Springfield Regional Medical Center, Sheriff s Office (Springview) etc. Youth Prevention needs to be a combination of curriculum, peer support, youth prevention leadership, and mental health services. Botvin Update: a. February 12 th Leslie Crew is schedule to give a Botvin presentation to Northeastern s principals and counselors in preparation of bringing Action Items Including Responsible Party/Timeline if applicable Changes to the Youth Prevention, Botvin notes were corrected prior to the meeting. Carey McKee, Joan Elder, Mike Cooper, Carolyn Young and Emma Smales will meet to discuss and plan event.
Death Prevention/Harm Reduction: Botvin into the district next year. b. Juvenile Detention Center is using the Botvin Program c. Schools that are interested in bringing the Botvin Program to their district have two options, they can have their staff trained and they will facilitate the program or they can coordinate/contract with Wellspring and Wellspring will provide the staffing for the program. Wellspring also conducts the evaluation piece of the program. d. If you are interested in receiving Botvin training please contact Leslie Crew, LeslieCrew<clarkfcfc@gamil.com. e. Well Spring provides Botvin Training. They are ready to take Train the Trainer training as well. f. Prevention Alliance is also offering a free Botvin Training g. Botvin can be used in settings other than schools, such as, group youth groups, Inside/Out group, etc. h. Leslie is working on a Peer network group between the schools that are already delivering Botvin to help each other through the process. Push4Prevention Grant: Youth Led Prevention a. Carey is still networking with schools. She has spoken with administrators and staff at CTC; she is working with them to initiate prevention activities. At Shawnee she met with students, administration, and resource officers. Shawnee is planning a Kick Off activity. b. Monies will be used to train adult allies Looking at juuling and e-cigarette data in regards to youth prevention initiatives. Looking at educational opportunities and Peer Support for youth. Carey has reached out to Rocking Horse regarding youth prevention. A Community Health Grant application has been submitted to support youth led prevention initiatives/activities. This grant will allow for expanding work with youth through youth lead prevention. Jim Ryan, Prevention Specialists Consultant, has been hired by MHRB to promote prevention in our community. Many strategies are needed to support change. Mental Health services are needed for those caring for displaced youth. Work group for Youth Prevention is being formed: a. Coalition Coordinator b. Clark State c. Rocking Horse Center d. Schools e. Interested coalition members Blood Borne Pathogen Prevention: One-2-One Prevention Program a. 19 visits to date with 15 clients served. b. 74 needles exchanged c. Hep C testing - 1 positive that is being linked to Rocking Horse Center for access to care d. HIV testing 0 positives e. 1 client is now involved in treatment due to resource connection, 2 nd client interested but currently incarcerated. The jail is aware of program and client interest, they will notify treatment program at release. f. Narcan training
Treatment GROW Recovery Supports Community Center & CCIM4C Grant Coalition Agenda Lieutenant Korge Mori Project Dawn Update: a. 763 kits distributed b. 47 lives reported saved. Many go unreported. c. McKinley Hall and Rocking Horse have kits. We need to get more kits out. Please contact Kellie at 328-5300, x109 for kits. GROW Get Recovery Options Working, working group met Friday January 18, 2019 This is a door to door outreach program in identified neighborhoods. The team going door to door consists of Springfield Police Diversion Officer, Peer Support Specialist, and Community Volunteer. When knocking on doors they can provide: a. Access to Care information b. Referral for treatment c. Transportation to treatment d. Narcan Training e. Resource information f. Drug Disposal Bags The tentative start date for the GROW Blitz is late February 1000 Drug Disposal bags has been ordered for this initiative Working closely with Montgomery County who has an active and successful GROW initiative in place. The CCIM4C work group had the opportunity to apply for and received a $60,000 grant to implement 1 strategy. They only had two weeks to submit the application and the money has to be spent by April 30. They had to choose a strategy that could be effectively implemented in the designated timeframe. They chose to implement a job readiness plan. Employment is a key to those in recovery remaining drug free. Job Readiness will include: a. Computer Lab for employment support (Community Center) b. GED prep, Tutoring and Job Readiness Training (to be led by local business group) c. Health and Wellness training (Recovery X) d. Peer Support Specialists e. Social activities and supplies (FOA) Kristina Downing will be reaching out to the local business leaders for support. Shaun Miley s clarification and input at the last meeting was instrumental in the decision to choose Job Readiness. Lt. Mori of Springfield Fire and Rescue addressed the coalition. He is asking how the Springfield Fire and Rescue can help. They are interested in employing their resources to help and want to be involved in meeting the needs of the community in regards to the opioid epidemic. What resources would the coalition be interested in utilizing? What are the coalition s areas of concern that the SFD may have information on or access to? Would like to make a connection and work with the Diversion Officer and the Peer Support Specialist. In what capacity can the SFD assist? SFD is interested in helping with coordination
Lt Mori is requesting: a. More education for all of SFD staff, i.e. what happens beyond the emergency room for those they save, One-2-One program. The Springfield Fire and Rescue has their annual protocol training in February, this would be an excellent opportunity for coalition members to present on multiple topic in regards to initiatives, programs (both prevention and treatment), etc. Carey will reach out to members to develop a presentation for this event if possible. b. Forum with a focus on Fire and Rescue personnel, city and county c. Requesting Drug Disposal bags for physical locations and to take on squad runs. d. Requesting a bulk supply of One-2-One information to have on the squad for distribution to patients and or family members. e. Lt Mori will let the all fire stations know that the Warm Hand-Off program is still operational. Fire and Rescue is interested in providing data a. What data do we needed? Much more than just OD stats, i.e. areas with high concentration of runs, specific facilities/neighborhood runs, what are the runs for? b. This data would be useful for grant applications, and program planning Tim Huber The coalition has an opportunity to participate in the Title 1 School District Survey by having 2-3 questions specifically for the coalition included. What information do we need that we have no other mechanism for collecting that could be advantageous for future planning or funding endeavors? If you have specific ideas of needed data please email the data committee for evaluation? Deadline for submission to data committee is Wednesday, January 30, 2019. The CCIM4C work group to discuss at Tuesday s meeting to determine if there are any questions that would assist the coalition in meeting CCIM4C goals/strategic plan directives The coalition newsletter was sent out last week. Is everyone receiving? All in attendance are receiving. Wright State 11 th Annual Medical-Spirituality Conference www.medicine.wright.edu/med-spirit Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation: Addiction Healing and Hope. This training looks at recovery support from the spiritual aspect. This training is open to the public and is a really good opportunity for health professionals. They are looking for vendors, the cost to vendors is very low and Carey can provide the vendor application if you are interested in having a table at the event. McKinley Hall will have a table. Annual Reception: Bruce Christopher, Psychologist and Humorist to speak Community Health Foundation Other Matthew Ruemping from Joshua Recovery Ministries a. Joshua Recovery Ministries is a faith-based transitional living program. The program is individualized by phases b. They have been operating for 11 years with 5 men s houses in the Dayton area and are in the process of opening 2 houses for women and children. c. They are opening a house in Troy and are getting ready to open one in Medway. A congregation in Medway will fully fund the house there.
d. The ministry is mostly run by volunteers. Hols Fischer and Stephanie Stephens from Troops and Family Assistance Center: a. Looking for local resources for military clients b. Troops and Family Assistance Center serves all branches of the military. c. Those in need of treatment, recovery supports are linked up with local providers. Submitted by: Tina Fisher Next Meeting: February 22, 2019. Location: Clark County Combined Health District, 529 East Home Road, Entrance B.