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Kelly Crosbie, MSW, LCSW
Director, DMH/DD/SUS
| | Hot Topics | June 10, 2025 | | North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Dev Sangvai is traveling to western North Carolina on Thursday, June 12 to learn about recovery efforts and highlight mental health resources available to people impacted by Hurricane Helene. Leaders will first give an update on the Hope4NC program, a $12.4 million investment that supports crisis outreach in 25 counties hit hardest by Helene. Trained crisis counselors have been going door-to-door to provide education, assist in recovery efforts, link people with critical behavioral health services and provide counseling where people need it most. The Secretary will also visit a Healthy Opportunities Pilot program providing essential services to people recovering from the storm. | | DMH/DD/SUS Director Kelly Crosbie Shares Prevention and Recovery Strategies at the 2025 Adolescent SUD Conference | | |
DMH/DD/SUS Director Kelly Crosbie delivered a message on substance use prevention to over 700 mental health and substance use professionals and advocates at the Governor's Institute Adolescent SUD Conference last week.
This year’s event featured panels on neurobiology and the adolescent brain, evolving substance use, and links to suicidality and trauma. One in 13, or 7.7% of all North Carolina youth ages 12-17, have a substance use disorder. Only 1% of those who are Medicaid-enrolled, and less than 1% who are uninsured, were receiving treatment in 2023.
The DMHDDSUS strategic plan priorities of increasing access to care across the state and preventing substance misuse and overdose include strategies that target youth. The annual conference is sponsored by the Governor’s Institute and NCDHHS.
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Hope4NC Vaya Health teams are on the ground in Buncombe County helping community organizers provide emotional, spiritual and physical support to those who are trying to rebuild after Hurricane Helene. At the Land of Sky United Church of Christ in Asheville, Vaya Teams helped a single mother of two who had lost her job due to the storm.
The community center where she worked was destroyed and remains closed due to funding shortages, leaving her struggling with a profound loss of connection. Hope4NC Vaya Health teams provided guidance on local community centers where she could rebuild relationships and engage in activities to foster a renewed sense of belonging.
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SERNRA / NAMRC / NCRA Training Conference
Call for Session Proposals
| | The SERNRA / NAMRC / NCRA conference is scheduled for September 22-24, 2025 at the Sheraton Four Seasons in Greensboro, NC. The joint conference is an opportunity for training, education, and credentialing of our diverse membership that believes excellence and outcomes are achieved by upholding the utmost importance of continuous learning, professional development, and personal enrichment. Submit a session proposal application by July 9, 2025. | | Learn More About What's Happening in Your Community | | | |
Advancing Health Priorities that Matter to the IDD Community
Learnings and Future Directions
| | Join the Duke Margolis Institute for Health Policy for a webinar to share learnings from the intellectual and developmental disabilities community about health outcomes that matter to them. This session will feature a panel of state and national disability experts to explore opportunities to center the voices of the disability community in policy and co-create patient-centered outcome measures. The public is invited to attend. | | | |
North Carolina Higher Education Consortium
Collegiate Substance Use Summit
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Dr. Angela Maxwell, Substance Use Prevention Grant Manager for DMH/DD/SUS will be a keynote speaker at this year's statewide Collegiate Substance Use Summit focused on the power of peer education. Dr. Maxwell will discuss the importance of continuing primary substance use prevention with college students, since college can be a vulnerable period with increased risk for substance use and behavioral health challenges. This free, one-day event brings together leaders in the collegiate alcohol and other drug field to collaborate, strategize, and share their experiences. It is free of charge and there are virtual and in-person attendance options.
Date/Time: Friday, June 13, 2025, 9:00-3:30 p.m.
In-Person Location: Elon University, 50 Campus Drive, Elon, NC
Registration: Register for the summit
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Hope Mission of Coastal Carolina
Peers on the Beach Kick-Off Event
| | You are invited to attend the second annual Peers on the Beach event at Atlantic Beach. Special guest speakers include Senator Bob Brinson and Carteret County Sheriff Buck. The public is invited to attend and the event is free. The purpose of the “Peers on the Beach” campaign is to destigmatize substance use addiction and mental illness and provide immediate access to peer support resources. | | | |
Following the event, on every Friday afternoon throughout the summer, Peer Support Specialists will visit Atlantic Beach to exchange with beach guests about the recovery resources available through Hope Mission of Coastal Carolina. They will also set up a resource table every Friday afternoon at Fort Macon.
Date/Time: Friday, June 13, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
Location: Fort Macon State Park, 2303 East Fort Macon Rd, Atlantic Beach, NC
More Information: Download the event flyer
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State Consumer and Family Advisory Committee
Meeting Rescheduled for June 18, 2025
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The State Consumer and Family Advisory Committee (SCFAC) advises NCDHHS and the General Assembly on the planning and management of the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Services. This month's meeting was rescheduled due to a conflict with the i2i Center for Integrative Health Spring Conference.
Date/Time: Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 9:00-3:00 p.m.
Registration: Register for the meeting
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