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Welcome to our March newsletter!
Wisconsin CONNECT is a collaborative. We seek to provide technical assistance and training opportunities for substance use prevention and treatment grantees, providers, clinicians, social workers, and support staff.
We draw on local and national academic and community resources to reduce and prevent substance use and improve overall health and wellness in Wisconsin.
To that end, we want to help you connect the dots with this newsletter. It is a tool to support our efforts to promote new research, share tools and trainings that aim to help you engage in different communities, enhance practice and improve the health of your clients and program participants.
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Important Note:
There's been many changes in the work force recently, including staff changing or organization technology updates. It's come to our attention that due to these changes, a lot of the emails on our contact list are out of use. Please remind your colleagues if they have been affected by whatever changes to re-sign up for our newsletter. We can't get information on trainings and more opportunities to communities who are not looped in to our contact list.
They can do so on our home page at this link.
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New Data Dashboard for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
from Wisconsin DHS
Wisconsin has a new data dashboard highlighting how the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline service is being used throughout the state. The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline connects Wisconsinites experiencing a suicidal, mental health, and/or substance use concern with confidential support from a trained counselor. People can voluntarily provide demographic information.
The data dashboard shows how many people are contacting 988, reason for contacting 988, how many counselors are answering Wisconsin contacts, and how many are resolved through support from the counselors. Dashboard users can view the data for calls verses chats along with demographic information (when provided by callers) such as age, gender, race, and ethnicity. The dashboard displays data by month and by county.
This information is used only in summary form and allows for evaluating the needs, performance, and reach of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline over time. This includes addressing service gaps and helping ensure that everyone has an equal chance to benefit from the service. The 988 data dashboard was developed by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute Evaluation & Engaged Research Group, in collaboration and partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and Family Services of Northeast Wisconsin, the operators of the 988 Wisconsin Lifeline.
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The Trevor Project finds 1 in 5 (21%) Black transgender, nonbinary, or questioning young people reported a suicide attempt in the past year
A large body of research links experiences of discrimination to adverse mental health outcomes and suicide attempts (Vargas et al., 2020). Although there is well-documented evidence of discrimination's harm, there is a lack of research focused on groups who routinely experience discrimination on the basis of their multiple marginalized identities, such as Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning (LGBTQ+) young people (Bowleg, 2021; Bowleg et al., 2017). This gap in knowledge is critical because of the possible additive effects of repeatedly experiencing discrimination.
Black LGBTQ+ young people specifically report high rates of discrimination and victimization, as well as high rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide. Using data from The Trevor Project’s 2023 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ Young People, this brief highlights the specific context around experiencing multiple forms of discrimination, suicide, as well sources of support for Black LGBTQ+ young people.
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Lunch and Learn Series: Mastering Qualitative Research Skills
Monday, March 11 through Friday, March 15
The Central East & Southeast PTTCs are pleased to present this week-long Lunch & Learn Series in collaboration with the Southeast Regional SPTAC Team. Uncover the secrets of successful focus group facilitation in this session. From creating a welcoming atmosphere to managing group dynamics, learn the essentials of guiding discussions that yield valuable qualitative data. This 5-part series will be held from March 11 through March 15, from 11 a.m. to 12 noon each day.
Get details here.
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2024 Joint Meeting on Youth Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery
from the National Center on Youth Justice Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery and SAMHSA
Bringing Youth Back to the Top of Our Nation’s Substance Use Agenda
The National Center on Youth Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery (youthrecoveryanswers.org), in partnership with SAMHSA, the Bureau of Indian Affairs/Office of Justice Services, and Indian Health Services, Behavioral Health Division, will be hosting the national Joint Meeting on Youth Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery March 18-20, 2024 in conjunction with the third annual Pathways to Wellness Forum March 20-21, 2024. Join us for these events in-person in Baltimore, MD or virtually on the virtual Whova platform. This conference brings together practice, research, and policy to address the top public health problem facing our nation’s youth: alcohol and other drugs. This conference would not be possible without the generous support of the Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation!
Keynote speakers include:
- Tom Coderre, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Geetha Subramaniam, Associate Director of the Center for Clinical Trials Network, National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Roselyn Tso, Director of the Indian Health Service, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Michael Dennis, Lighthouse Institute Director and Senior Research Psychologist at Chestnut Health Systems
- Representative of the Bureau of Indian Affairs/Office of Justice Services, TBA
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Learn more here: youthrecoveryanswers.org/national-conference/
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Please note: The room block guarantees the room rate until February 23, 2024! This is where rooms can be booked, while supplies last: book.passkey.com/event/50637383/owner/3649/home
- Check out the website and social media to learn more about the conference, including information about our keynote speakers!
- Social Media
- Twitter/X: @YouthCenterRRI
- Facebook: @YouthRecoveryAnswers
- Instagram: @YouthRecoveryAnswers
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With any questions, email them at info@youthrecoveryanswers.org
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Tenants Clinic: Remove Records from CCAP Searches
Thursday, March 7
The Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Rental Housing Resource Center are partnering to help individuals currently looking to remove past evictions from their CCAP Search. This free clinic will be held on Thursday, March 7, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the Community Advocates building, 728 N. James Lovell St., Milwaukee. This event is currently open to individuals with dismissed evictions and completed payment plans only. Walk-ins are welcome but appointments preferred. Milwaukee County cases only.
Book an appointment here.
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Substance Use and Pregnancy Certificate Program
from Wisconsin CONNECT
This program provides evidence-based information on substance use and pregnancy and provides the framework to understand the short- and long-term effects of a variety of drugs on mother and child. This certificate program supplements other professional training and provides an opportunity to develop an Action Plan and Poster Presentation to take back to an agency to strengthen opportunities for clients and their families.
This training is designed for treatment and other social services providers offering services for women with substance use disorders or those at risk.
Registration deadline: April 1, 2024
Register here
More information here
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New Lethal Combinations and Clinical Challenges
from Wisconsin CONNECT
Methamphetamine and cocaine use rates and overdose deaths are rapidly increasing in much of the US. Over 50% of overdose deaths in the US now involve use of stimulants, alone or in combination with fentanyl and/or xylazine. The presentation will review the clinical challenges presented by individuals who use stimulants and current protocols for addressing acute medical/psychiatric conditions. Evidence-based behavioral/psychosocial strategies are presented, along with pharmacotherapies currently considered promising. Fentanyl and xylazine have changed the illicit drug landscape and made harm reduction the essential framework for addressing the needs of individuals who use illicit drugs. Information will be provided on the changing mixture of drugs being used, the effects of these drugs, the challenges that the use of these drugs provide to first responders, medical professionals and addiction treatment providers.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2024
10:00am-11:30am
Virtual on Zoom
Register here
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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
10:00am-11:30am
Virtual on Zoom.
Register here
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MATRIX Trainings
from Wisconsin CONNECT
We have the entire year's worth of MATRIX trainings on the calendar! Here is what's upcoming:
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Matrix and Contingency Management
Thursday, March 7
9:00a.m.-4:30p.m.
In-Person in Milwaukee
Register here
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MATRIX Advanced
Friday, March 8
9:00a.m.-4:30p.m.
In-Person in Milwaukee
Register here
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Connecting the Dots
from Wisconsin CONNECT
On Demand Training
In a podcast format, Kyle Mounts and Lonnetta Albright from the original Women and SUD ECHO team will host experts in the field. Experts will also come from our provider community who will discuss relevant and current research in the field of substance use recovery for women-- to spark meaningful discussion aimed at facilitating practice change.
Our goal is simple—to provide current, relevant information intended to: Increase Awareness & Knowledge; and Identify Application Strategies for changes in practice to support the work you do. On the second Friday of every month, a new podcast will go live.
Available episode topics:
- Self-Care and Wellness
- Principles of Care for Pregnant and Parenting People
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FASD Self-Paced Training Series
from Wisconsin Connect
On Demand Training
Many medical, allied health care providers, educators, and others work with individuals affected by prenatal alcohol exposure—diagnosed or undiagnosed—but may lack training to identify, refer, and/or provide effective services. Few agencies offer FASD training to address these important issues.
This FASD self-paced learning series helps decrease the knowledge gap by providing on-demand educational opportunities to learn more about the prevention, identification, and treatment of FASD.
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Become a Certified Addiction Recovery Coach
from UW Stevens Point
Open Enrollment, Start Anytime!
Learn the causes of addiction and the dynamics of a strengths-based system for changing addictive behaviors, including such concepts whole-life recovery. This blended-learning course brings together self-directed study and live skills facilitated by a master coach. Graduates receive an internationally recognized credential as a certified professional coach with a specialty in addiction recovery.
Registration
This program has been approved for 40 CE credits by the NBHWC.
- Standard Fee: $4,497
- UWSP Alumni Discounted Rate: $4,050
Register here.
Visit website to learn more.
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Supporting LGBTQ+ Immigrants
from Center of Excellence
Tuesday, March 5
Using an Indigenized framework this webinar will share knowledge to assist providers to think through culturally responsive best practices when providing services to LGBTQ+ immigrants. This webinar will also share information on how to support LGBTQ+ immigrants in their own communities, as well as ways to address the barriers they face in accessing and receiving care. This session from the LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity Center of Excellence will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. on March 5.
RSVP here.
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QPR Question Persuade Refer Suicide Prevention Training
Monday, March 18
The QPR mission is to reduce suicidal behaviors and save lives by providing innovative, practical and proven suicide prevention training. The signs of crisis are all around us. We believe that quality education empowers all people, regardless of their background, to make a positive difference in the life of someone they know. This two-hour interactive introduction to suicide awareness and prevention will also cover statistics and intervention strategies. It’s organized by Community Advocates Public Policy Institute and will be held from 9 to 10:30 a.m. on March 18.
RSVP here.
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Adult Mental Health First Aid
Tuesday, March 19
Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders. This training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem and help connect them to the appropriate care. This training is organized by Community Advocates Public Policy Institute and will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on March 19 via Zoom. RSVP by March 12.
RSVP here.
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Check out our video archive to find a session you might have missed.
You can also go back to the training session webpage to find other resources, slides and handouts.
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We do this in partnership with the Bureau of Prevention, Treatment and Recovery within the Wisconsin Department of Health Service's Division of Care and Treatment Services, UW-Milwaukee, and our network of training providers. |
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