Spring 2017 recipient Katie Evans pictured with Chief Andrew Turowski, StarkMHAR Board President, and John R. Aller, StarkMHAR Executive Director

Apply online by April 13 for the Workforce Development Scholarship! Applications are now being accepted online for the $1,000 Workforce Development scholarship! The Workforce Development Scholarship is offered to current workforce to extend their training and education in the Mental Health, Alcohol or Drug field. Scholarship applications from eligible applicants, with required narrative, should be submitted online. Only complete applications will be accepted. Applications due April 13. Apply online for the scholarship!

March 15: Cultural Influence and Health Care Series: LGBTQ Youth Homelessness RSVP today for the next training in our Cultural Influence and Health Care Series: LGBTQ Youth Homelessness. Trainings are held at Malone University, Johnson Center, 2600 Cleveland Avenue NW, Canton, OH 44709 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Questions? Contact Carrie Long, Training Coordinator, at 330-455-6644 or Carrie.Long@StarkMHAR.org. SPECIAL OFFER! Coming Together Stark County (CTSC) will host their 2018 Diversity & Inclusion Conference on Friday, April 13 with a full day focus on LGBTQ: Super Powers & Super Challenges. (CEUs will be awarded.) By registering for this StarkMHAR training, CTSC will provide a discounted registration fee at $100 for the Diversity & Inclusion Conference. March 15 training attendees will qualify for the Early Registration fee until April 6. This will provide an extended opportunity to learn more about the LGBTQ community. For further information, contact Angela Barwick at 330-454-5880. RSVP for LGBTQ Youth Homelessness, March 15

March 20: Career Fair at Stark State College Join us March 20 from 4:30-7 p.m. at Stark State College! StarkMHAR’s first Behavioral Health Career Fair will feature 10 local service providers and explore education opportunities. Register by March 19 for a chance to win a $25.00 gift card or one of our other prizes! Learn more and RSVP for Career Fair 2018

April 2: Sam Quinones (author, Dreamland ) at Canton Palace Theatre Award-winning journalist, storyteller, former LA Times reporter and author, Sam Quinones, discusses the opiate epidemic sweeping the nation at the Canton Palace Theatre on April 2. His book, Dreamland , recounts twin stories of drug marketing in the 21st Century: A pharmaceutical corporation flogs its legal new opiate prescription painkiller as nonaddictive. Meanwhile, immigrants from a small town in Mexico devise a method for retailing black-tar heroin like pizza in the US, and take that system nationwide, riding a wave of addiction to prescription pills from coast to coast. The collision of those two forces has led to America's deadliest drug scourge in modern times. Sam Quinones is a 2008 recipient of the Maria Moors Cabot prize and 1998 recipient of an Alicia Patterson Fellowship. Sam will speak about his book and answer audience questions. The evening will end with a book signing. Friends of the Library volunteers will have copies available for purchase if you don’t yet own a copy. Reserve your free seats today

April 9-10: PartnerSolutions Informatics Forum Join us for two days of learning and networking at the Kent State University at Stark Conference Center in Canton, Ohio! The PartnerSolutions Informatics Forum provides educational and networking opportunities to all behavioral health NextGen users. The 2018 keynote speaker will be Austin Eubanks, an injured survivor of the Columbine shooting, who has now devoted his career to helping others who have journeyed into addiction by way of trauma. Austin speaks nationally regarding the problems with overprescribing medication, how anonymity adversely effects youth, the importance of the continuum of care, benefits of treatment centered in empowerment vs. powerlessness and overcoming trauma as it pertains to addiction. Learn more and register by April 2

Training Center: Don't miss these 2018 trainings! Learn more about upcoming trainings from the StarkMHAR Training Center ! Visit the Training Center

Save these 2018 dates! March 15: Cultural Influence and Health Care Series: LGBTQ Youth Homelessness RSVP » April 2: Author Sam Quinones (Dreamland) at Palace Theatre RSVP » April 9-10: PartnerSolutions Informatics Forum RSVP » May 22: Stark County Coloring Day June 1: 2018 Leadership Breakfast June 21: Cultural Influence and Health Care Series: Faith-Based Culture and Community RSVP » September 20: Cultural Influence and Health Care Series: Amish Culture and Community RSVP » December 20: Cultural Influence and Health Care Series: Cultural Perspectives on Trauma RSVP »

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