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Welcome to our October 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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Oppression-Based Stress and Alcohol Inequities Among Sexual and Gender Minority People: An Intersectional Multilevel Framework
from Alcohol Research: Current Reviews
Sexual and gender minority (SGM) people are at a heightened risk for alcohol use, hazardous drinking, and alcohol use disorder compared to heterosexual and cisgender individuals. Alcohol disparities are concerning, given their co-occurrence with and bi-directional impact on mental health outcomes. Use the link below to learn more about the study's purpose, search methods, and results.
Learn more here.
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Data Day 2024
Wednesday, October 23
Data Day is an annual event, hosted by Data You Can Use, which provides an opportunity for leaders from neighborhoods, nonprofits, universities, the public sector, and beyond to better understand what data are available, the implications of data on community revitalization, and how to increase connections between research and practice.
Learn more and register here.
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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
from Community Advocates
Domestic violence takes place in our nation every minute of every day, occurring just about every 15 seconds. Most Americans don’t realize just how real domestic violence is and how many lives are affected by it. This national focus gives Community Advocates another opportunity to raise awareness and educate the community about the issues of domestic violence, so that we can help break the cycles of violence.
Domestic violence affects individuals and families from all backgrounds and areas in our community. From young mothers to older women, from the person surviving abuse to the perpetrators, the Milwaukee Women’s Center, a division of Community Advocates, takes a holistic approach to breaking the cycle of violence and putting individuals and families on the path to healing and recovery. The Milwaukee Women’s Center is an integral part of the community.
Community Advocates is here to help men, women, and families break the cycle of violence and find safety, support, and hope for the future.
Our programs include:
- Emergency Shelter
- 24-hour Crisis Line
- Older Abused Women’s Program
- Nevermore Batterer’s Prevention and Intervention Program
- Children’s Programming
If you or someone you know is in an unsafe relationship,
call the Milwaukee Women’s Center’s 24-hour crisis line at 414-671-6140.
Trained domestic violence counselors answer the calls and can help anyone take the first steps to safety.
Find Milwaukee Women's Center's Programs and resources here.
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Funding Opportunity: Enhancing the Network of Youth Friendly Health Care Services and Statewide Youth Leadership
from Wisconsin DHS
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services announces the availability of funding for an organization to enhance the statewide network of youth-friendly health care services and provide statewide paid youth leadership opportunities. This project is a part of the Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant efforts.
This project will support strategies that:
- Empower and engage youth as leaders in public health, health care, and other youth-serving sectors.
- Utilize youth-adult partnerships to ensure appropriate, responsive, and high-quality health care for adolescents.
This funding opportunity will be for a one year period from January 1, 2025–December 31, 2025. Apply by October 23, 2024.
Learn more and apply here.
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4-Step Approach to Treating Co-Occurring Disorders Training
from University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Embark on a transformative online course designed to empower counseling and social work graduate students, as well as early-career professional therapists and counselors. Get ready to unlock the secrets of treating co-occurring disorders with our dynamic 4-step approach.
Step 1 – Unveiling the Assessment/Screening Essentials: Delve into the core elements of a comprehensive co-occurring assessment. Discover the essential mental health and substance abuse assessment questions and screening tools that will equip you to understand your clients on a deeper level.
Step 2 – Decoding Substance Use/Mental Health Disorders-Diagnosis and Formulation: Navigate the 11 DSM-V criteria for substance use disorders with confidence and unravel the mystery surrounding the top five substances encountered in clinics. Arm yourself with invaluable knowledge for better understanding clients with dual diagnoses and develop effective interventions.
Step 3 - Dimensional Decision Maker: Meet your guiding companion, the Dimensional Decision Maker, which will harness the power of the 6 ASAM Criteria dimensions and risk ratings to make informed choices in the face of substance abuse. Gain the confidence to chart the optimal path forward for your clients.
Step 4 – Unleashing Evidenced Based Treatment Strategies: Discover the most widely used evidence-based treatment approaches for co-occurring disorders. Explore how to seamlessly integrate these proven methods into the treatment planning process and make positive impacts on your clients.
Immerse yourself in engaging lectures, captivating videos, compelling case studies, and gamified quizzes that will elevate your learning experience.
Take home a valuable resource guide and practical handouts to immediately apply your newfound expertise in real-world practice.
Embark on this journey today and emerge as a confident and compassionate practitioner, equipped with the tools to navigate the complex landscape of co-occurring disorders.
Learn more here.
Register here.
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MATRIX Trainings
from Wisconsin CONNECT
These are the last Matrix trainings on our calendar for 2024, so don't miss out!
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MATRIX Core
Wednesday, November 6 and
Thursday, November 8
9:00a.m.-4:00p.m.
both days
in the Madison area, location TBD
Register here
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MATRIX Advanced
Friday, November 9
9:00a.m.-4:00p.m.
in the Madison area, location TBD
Register here
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PCP: Training
from Wisconsin DHS
Completion of our Person-Centered Planning (PCP) online training is the first step in learning this way of working. Developing a skillful Person-Centered Planning practice with integration into daily work requires ongoing learning, supervision, direct observation of practice, and performance-based feedback.
Our training provides an extensive overview to the core components and elements of Person-Centered Planning practice. The training is geared toward practitioners who seek to learn Person-Centered Planning. Service participants, peer supports, and family supports may complete the training.
Learn more here.
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Addressing Tobacco Dependence in the Behavioral Health System: Training in the "Bucket Approach"
from University of Wisconsin-Madison
This course presents evidence-based tobacco dependence interventions that are tailored to smokers who are affected by mental illness and/or other addictions.
Intended Audience
Social workers, case managers, psychotherapists/counselors, physicians (primarily psychiatrists), nurses, nurse practitioners, certified peer specialists, and health care administrators working in a behavioral healthcare setting
Learning Objectives
As a result of participating in this learning activity, participants will be able to:
- Determine the evidence-based tobacco dependence interventions appropriate for the motivational state of their patients who smoke.
- Provide evidence-based tobacco dependence treatment effectively to their patients who smoke.
- Organize the treatment of tobacco dependence as a population intervention within their treatments settings.
- Develop effective teams to implement this population intervention.
Learn more and register here.
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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and National Bullying Awareness Month
Observed since 1981, Domestic Violence Awareness Month is held every October as a way to unite advocates across the nation in their efforts to end domestic violence. Community Advocates and the Milwaukee Women's Center are committed to providing support and services to survivors of domestic violence.
With programs such as the Older Abused Women's Program and Nevermore Batterers Treatment Program, we seek to stop violence in intimate partner relationships.
Click here to learn more about Domestic Violence Awareness month.
The Milwaukee Women's Center's 24-hour crisis line is 414-671-6140. If you are in immediate danger, call 911.
| October is also recognized by the National Institutes of Health as National Bullying Awareness Month. According to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, bullying is defined as “unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-age children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Both kids who are bullied and who bully others may have serious, lasting problems.” Check out their Comprehensive Approach to Bullying Prevention. | |
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Energy Assistance Season started October 1!
from Community Advocates
The cost of everything seems to be going up these days, but help has arrived for Milwaukee County residents who need help with their heating bills. The Energy Assistance Heating Benefit Season begins October 1 to provide eligible renters and homeowners a break on their energy bills—plus additional benefits such as heater or water heater repair or replacement, energy-efficient lighting and thermostats, and weatherization assistance.
Community Advocates can help you schedule your appointment over the phone at 414-270-4356 (414-270-4-MKE) or online at keepwarmmke.org, plus we have limited availability for walk-in appointments beginning October 1 in our downtown offices, 728 N. James Lovell St., Milwaukee, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Get details and book your appointment.
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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. | |  |
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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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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