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The strain to maintain business as usual, the timeframe to complete deliverables, and the sheer number of individuals within a coalition can create an environment in which members may remain unseen. For everyone who is not seen, it could mean community voices go unheard and therefore crucial needs hidden. However, if one person chooses to practice cultural humility, it can reshape a coalition to respond to specific population needs.
Please join us for an informative webinar that will explore the significance of cultural humility in the mobilization of substance use prevention coalitions. This session will investigate the ways in which cultural humility can be employed by individuals to improve community responsiveness during key phases of the Strategic Prevention Framework.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Describe the concept of cultural humility and how it benefits coalitions.
List the key phases of the Strategic Prevention Framework and how cultural humility can be integrated.
Apply practical strategies to mobilize a substance misuse prevention coalition to be responsive to its community.
Share real-world examples that demonstrate how cultural humility can impact prevention efforts.
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PRESENTER:
Albert Gay, MS
Albert Gay, MS, has many years of experience in community work. Albert began as a youth pastor in a local church in Gary, Indiana. Since that time, he has continued to influence communities with prevention services through his various roles at youth servicing agencies, nonprofits, and coalitions. Albert Gay is a consultant with both private and governmental agencies. As a national trainer in substance use prevention, Albert has trained the behavioral health workforce, the United States military, diverse population groups and community coalitions in the public health approach to drug reduction. He recently worked as an Education/Training Specialist and Research Associate with Indiana University’s Prevention Insights within the School of Public Health. In that position, he coordinated substance misuse and HIV prevention strategies and trainings. Currently, Albert is president of Albert Gay Incorporated and a managing partner and master trainer for SheRay’s and Associates, LLC, and TTJ Group, LLC. In these roles, Albert provides services to non-profit, faith-based, and community organizations and governmental entities in developing and implementing technical assistance and training services in innovative and practical ways. Locally, Albert has leadership roles in coalitions that serve the city of Gary and the Northwest Indiana region. Besides prevention, his other areas of interest include faith-based initiatives, mental health promotion, societal and health disparities, cultural competence, historical trauma, and strategic planning.
Albert obtained his BA in English Arts from the historically distinguished, Hampton University in Virginia, and he obtained his Master of Science in Management from Oakland City University in Indiana. He received ministry training from Christian International’s Ministry Training College in Florida.
The Great Lakes PTTC is offering this training for individuals working in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI. This training is being provided in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders. Others outside this region are welcome to attend.
Toolkit
El NeCPTTC ha creado un conjunto de herramientas de planificación de la sostenibilidad para ayudar a los especialistas en prevención a producir y mantener resultados positivos en el uso indebido de sustancias. Este conjunto de herramientas guía a los profesionales en la evaluación de sus procesos e intervenciones de planificación estratégica para determinar qué es necesario sostener y la mejor manera de hacerlo. El conjunto de herramientas ofrece un proceso de planificación de la sostenibilidad de cinco pasos para ayudar a las comunidades a pasar de la comprensión a la acción y a identificar y asegurar los recursos necesarios para mantener resultados positivos de prevención más allá de la financiación actual.
Los pasos incluyen establecer objetivos de sostenibilidad, seleccionar su enfoque de sostenibilidad, identificar los recursos necesarios, identificar colaboraciones y asociaciones y desarrollar su enfoque de alcance de sostenibilidad. Para cada uno de estos cinco pasos, el kit de herramientas proporciona una hoja de trabajo complementaria para ayudar a guiar de manera práctica a las personas y organizaciones a través de este proceso de planificación. El kit de herramientas ya está disponible para su uso. Puedes acceder a todas las piezas a continuación:
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The New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center created this document as part of a Technical Assistance Request to support the Maine Recovery Council's Prevention Ad Hoc Subcommittee in their strategic planning process to identify gaps in prevention funding and opioid use prevention services and create strategy funding recommendations. This document shows how the subcommittee identified substance misuse prevention funding priorities for the Opioid Settlement Dollars through that strategic planning process. This document shows the workplan and outcomes of this process for the workgroup itself to reflect back on in future planning and also offers a process guide for other entities (municipalities, states, regions, etc.) who want an example of a robust process to examine the prevention landscape in other places, demonstrate service gaps, and prioritize funding for opioid use/misuse prevention using opioid settlement dollars.
The Maine Recovery Council:
The Maine Recovery Council was established pursuant to the Maine State Subdivision Memorandum of Understanding (PDF) and Agreement Regarding Use of Settlement Funds and 5 M.R.S.A. §203-C. The purpose of the Council is to direct the disbursement of funds within the Maine Recovery Fund for specific uses throughout the state to address the opioid crisis in Maine. Examples of approved uses are reversing overdoses through naloxone or other FDA-approved drugs, expanding the availability of medication-assisted treatment for Mainers struggling with opioid use disorder, helping Mainers avoid opioid use through evidence-based prevention programs, and providing additional special education resources to Maine school administrative units. The Council comprises 15 members appointed by the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, the Attorney General, and certain counties, cities, and towns in Maine.
All council meetings are held in person unless otherwise specified on the notice and agenda. Council meetings are open to the public, and members of the public are permitted to attend to observe but not participate unless otherwise specified on the notice and agenda. Members of the public may also observe by a remote video link provided in each agenda.
Process for Prevention Workgroup prioritizing:
The New England PTTC worked with the Maine Recovery Council (MRC) to help process the priorities for funding prevention strategies in Maine for the 2024-2025 fiscal years. The New England PTTC proposed supporting a strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) planning process, which was accepted by the Maine Recovery Council and spearheaded by the MRC Prevention Seat, Liz Blackwell-Moore. The MRC had identified Prevention as a priority in their MOU with the Maine Office of the Attorney General, responsible for the stewardship of the money from the state to communities. These strategy recommendations were presented to the Council in October 2024, and were accepted by the Council in November 2024.