MCSAP updates, events, meetings and more!

February 18, 2021

MCSAP Coalition Updates, Events & News

Join MCSAP for our coalition meeting on March 18 from 12-2 pm, when we will hear from presenters from Urban Underground, Sky Connections, and 16th Street Community Health Centers. We will also be giving updates on our change in by-laws and discussing presentations as workgroups. If you have any events or information you would like to be shared during the meeting, please email me at Akohn@communityadvocates.net.

RSVP for March 18th Meeting

MCSAP Is Taking On Light & Unite Red Week!

MCSAP is taking the lead on Light & Unite Red Week on March 22-29.

Light & Unite Red is a community-wide prevention initiative. In 2018, nearly 50 community organizations, health departments, high schools, libraries, and government entities worked together to shine a spotlight on the dangers of substance use and unite our community to engage in prevention, encourage treatment, and support recovery throughout the year. Light & Unite Red was started by the Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division (BHD) and now led by Milwaukee County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition.

If your oranization is interested in joining these efforts, please reach out to the MCSAP coordinator, Alexandria Kohn at akohn@communityadvocates.net for more information.

Keep a look out for events during Light & United Red Week, along with buildings in Milwaukee County turning red in support!

Mental Health and Wellness Updates

Question, Persuade, Refer Training

Thursday, February 25

QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. 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.

Training Participants will learn the QPR Chain of Survival Elements:

EARLY RECOGNITION OF SUICIDE: The sooner warning signs are detected and help sought, the better the outcome of a suicidal crisis will be.

EARLY QPR: Asking someone about the presence of suicidal thoughts and feelings opens up a conversation that may lead to a referral for help.

EARLY INTERVENTION AND REFERRAL: Referral to local resources or calling 1-800-Suicide for evaluation and possible referral is critical.

EARLY ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT: As with any illness, early detection and treatment result in better outcomes.

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Thursday, Feb. 25 | 2 PM - 4 PM

Family Support Webinars

Families of persons with serious mental illness play an important role in the lives of their loved ones. In addition to being caring siblings, parents or spouses, they often function as caregivers and can be an asset to any mental health team to ensure the optimal benefit of treatment.

A new workforce is emerging to support these families. Family peer support workers are persons with a lived experience trained to provide support to other family members who are caring for a person with a serious mental illness.

Join the Mid-American Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network every month for their Family Peer Support: An Emerging Workforce webinar series. Speakers will outline SAMHSA-published competencies in peer support and explore how persons with lived experience as a family member, friend, or another caregiver of a person with a mental illness can support others in a similar situation, and discuss the training needs of this emerging workforce.

Special guests with experience in the field will help tell this important story. Content is tailored to address needs within our four-state region — Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri — but all are welcome.

Certificates of completion will be provided to viewers of 50% or more of the live webinars.

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MCSAP Member Events & Updates

Join Samad's House and Planned Parenthood on March 6th at 2pm to remember the lives lost to drug overdose in 2020.

Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers just opened their new National Avenue clinic. They will be providing a number of behavioral and mental health services.

Oxford House, Inc. is a drug and alcohol rehabilitation organization designated to provide housing and fellowship to both men and women. Find out more information below. Please call 414-208-5510 to reach an Milwaukee-area Oxford house.

Running Rebels Community Organization will be hosting a Black History Program via Zoom on Friday, February 26, from 4 to 5 p.m. This program will include performances of Black excellence, history and culture.

RSVP HERE

Substance Abuse Prevention in the News

Lessons from the Recovery Legacies of Frederick Douglass and Malcolm X. Read more here.

Black History Month: African Americans Who Have Made an Impact on Addiction Treatment and Psychology. Read more here.

Wisconsin Expands Medicaid Coverage of Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Members. Read more here.

Baldwin, Braun, Whitehouse, and Brown Lead Senate Introduction of Bipartisan Medicaid Reentry Act. Read more here.

Overdose Deaths Hit New Highs As Pandemic Worsens Opioid Crisis. Read more here.

Why 2020 Saw The Most Drug Related Deaths In Milwaukee County History. Read more here.

MCSAP Spotify Playlist

MCSAP will be sharing a playlist each month to help you groove while you work! This month's playlist highlights Black History with Black artists. Click the button below for the playlist!

MCSAP Black History Month Playlist

Let's Stay in Touch

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The MCSAP Newsletter is brought to you by the Community Advocates Public Policy Institute. For more information about each of our prevention programs, click here.

Alexandria Kohn | akohn@communityadvocates.net | ppi.communityadvocates.net