Welcome to our July 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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Creating Effective Evaluation Plans
from Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network
Wednesday, July 12
This course provides a step-by-step guide for creating an evaluation plan based on a proven effective, widely used template. After taking this course, you will better understand the importance of an evaluation plan, the basic elements of an effective evaluation plan, and how to use and share an evaluation plan to maintain credibility and effectiveness in your evaluation. This webinar, from the Southeast PTTC, will be held from 12 to 1:30 p.m. on July 12.
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Improving Behavioral Health Services and Care for Your Sexual and Gender Diverse Clients: Rethinking Minority Stress
from Community Advocates Public Policy Institute
Thursday, July 27
For over two decades, the minority stress model has guided research on the health of sexually diverse individuals (those who are not exclusively heterosexual) and gender-diverse individuals (those whose gender identity/expression differs from their birth-assigned sex/gender). According to this model, the cumulative stress caused by stigma and social marginalization fosters stress-related health problems.
Yet studies linking minority stress to physical health outcomes have yielded mixed results, suggesting that something is missing from our understanding of stigma and health. Social safety may be the missing piece. This webinar, presented by Lisa Diamond Ph.D., is part of Community Advocates Public Policy Institute’s LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Series. It will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on July 27.
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Community Improvement Job Training Grant Opportunity
from Wisconsin DHS
"We are seeking applications from tribal nation agencies, government agencies, and nonprofit agencies to provide job training and substance use prevention services in Wisconsin communities where gangs are present. The goal of this program is to improve the lives of young people impacted by gang activity. This program is authorized under Wis. Stat. § 46.48(26). One grant of up to $250,000 is expected to be awarded."
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MHA Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month Toolkit
from Mental Health America
July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month! The theme of Mental Health America’s 2023 BIPOC Mental Health campaign is Culture, Community, & Connection.
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Community Narcan Training
in Milwaukee
Thursday, July 27
The Milwaukee Turners and The Daily Bird will offer a FREE community Narcan (naloxone) training at Turner Hall, 1034 N. Vel R. Phillips Ave., from 3:30 to 4:40 p.m. on July 27. Narcan can rapidly reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Free Narcan will be distributed at the training. This event is FREE and open to the public. No registration required.
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DHS Seeks Public Input on Use of JUUL Settlement Funds
Listening sessions and public survey will gather public input on use of nearly $15 million directed toward youth tobacco prevention programs
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) will hold three listening sessions and offer an online survey to gather ideas from the public and partners about how to use nearly $15 million over the next five to nine years to reverse the harm caused by electronic nicotine delivery devices, also known as e-cigarettes or vapes. The funds are from a multi-state settlement reached with JUUL Labs, a leading manufacturer of vaping devices.
"Wisconsin has made great strides in keeping kids from becoming addicted to nicotine; however, JUUL's predatory marketing made vaping attractive to youth and has driven an increase in youth exposure and addiction to nicotine," said Kirsten Johnson, DHS secretary-designee. "We are grateful to Attorney General Josh Kaul for securing these dollars for Wisconsin to prevent and reverse the effects vaping has had on our young people."
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BEST PRACTICES FOR TREATING WOMEN AND FAMILIES WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER
from Meta House
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
12:30 - 4:30 PM
virtual
Join us for a review of best practices for treating women and families in Residential, Outpatient, and Recovery Housing settings.
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Prevention Leadership Through a Culturally Humble Lens
from Community Advocates Public Policy Institute
Wednesday, July 19
11am-12:30pm CST
This first session of the Southeast Region PTTC Health Equity Series 2023 is an interactive course that will provide a foundational conversation placing the idea of prevention leadership in the context of cultural humility, inequity, and social justice.
Learning Objectives:
- Define cultural humility.
- Identify the difference between cultural humility vs. cultural competence.
- Discuss the importance of these topics within the context of current SUD prevention priorities, and prevention leadership.
- Discuss potential resources for prevention leaders.
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ECHO is an opportunity for women’s substance use treatment providers to come together with clinicians who provide care to women with substance use disorders to learn and share information and strategies to improve the lives of women, their children, and their families.
The ECHO is conducted monthly for 1 hour and includes a brief educational presentation on a topic of interest, a case presentation by a collaborator, and a discussion on strategies that can help the provider offer the best possible care for the client/patient.
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The next ECHO is. . .
July 11, 2023
9am-10am CST
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Upcoming Dates for 2023
held virtually on the second Friday of almost every month. . .
August
September
October
November
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FASD Self-Paced Training Series
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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Advanced
Thursday, July 13, 2023
9:00am-1:00 pm
virtual
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Basic
Thursday, September 14
9:00am-4:00pm
virtual
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Additional Grants Awarded to Help Reduce Disparities in Behavioral Health Care System
Equity and inclusion trainings to be offered to service providers
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) today announced four organizations have received funding to help providers better serve communities that continue to experience barriers to accessing behavioral health care. Each organization has received $85,762 in one-time grants as part of an ongoing effort by DHS to improve health equity and access.
"With these grants, we are working towards improved health outcomes. We need to meet people where they are with respect, dignity, and understanding of cultural differences to meaningfully address the gaps in services," said DHS Secretary-designee Kirsten Johnson. "We know when people have access to a system that respects the whole person and addresses an individual's needs, beliefs, and preferences, they are empowered to create healthier outcomes for themselves and their communities."
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DHS Announces Expansion of Harm Reduction Efforts
New funding for public health vending machines aimed at preventing or reversing overdose
Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) Secretary-designee Kirsten Johnson joined attendees at the state’s inaugural Harm Reduction Conference in Green Bay today to announce expanded efforts to address the overdose epidemic and the devastating impact it has had on communities statewide.
"Overdose continues to take far too many lives in Wisconsin, and I am proud to support our partners across the state who work to save lives, prevent harm, and promote hope for the future," said Secretary-designee Johnson.
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Reading recommendations to further your understanding and develop new ideas in your field.
Let us know if you have any to share!
Book: The Myth of Normal by Dr. Gabor Maté
In The Myth of Normal, renowned physician Gabor Maté eloquently dissects how Western countries that pride themselves on their healthcare systems are actually seeing an upsurge in chronic illness and general ill health. Prescription drug usage, high blood pressure, mental illness, and so many other troubling issues are on the rise.
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Save the Date for Conferences
August 29-31, 2023
In-person in Kansas City, Missouri
September 13-14, 2023
Hybrid. In-person in the Wisconsin Dells
October 19-20, 2023
Hybrid. In-person at Kalahari Resort and Convention Center Wisconsin Dells, WI
October 24-25, 2023
In-person at the Oshkosh Convention Center.
November 15-16, 2023
In-person in the Wisconsin Dells
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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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Click here below to see all the upcoming trainings and events across topics. |
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Have a training interest? Looking for technical assistance? Simply fill out this online form with what you are seeking, and we will follow up to further explore your needs. |
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Wisconsin CONNECT Social Media |
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Go follow the new Wisconsin CONNECT social media pages for regular updates on training opportunities as well as to connect and network with other professionals. |
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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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