Part 2: Engaging the Faith Community in Substance Use Prevention will focus on delivery models to engage faith leaders in prevention. Drew Brooks and Ben Spooner will facilitate a panel presentation with faith leaders working across the continuum of care in Region 5.

Drew Brooks is the Executive Director of Faith Partners, a non-profit organization providing leadership, administration, and training for a congregational addiction team ministry model. He has been active in church all his life and provided leadership in a number of ministries. Drew has worked in the prevention, treatment, and public health fields for over thirty-six years with Hazelden, Johnson Institute, and other organizations including providing training and consultation to faith communities, schools, and community organizations across the country. He recently served as co-chair of the Austin Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC) Initiative, member of the Texas Recovery Initiative (TRI), and a member of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) twelve person team to assist the State of Texas in designing and implementing recovery-oriented supports, services, and systems.

Ben Spooner has contributed to technical assistance (TA) efforts in communities across the nation, including work with multiple American Indian tribes. He has served as a TA provider for the Massachusetts TA system since 2012. Prior to this, his most recent work was with the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Training and Technical Assistance Center and with the Tribal Youth Program Training and Technical Assistance Center providing TA on youth substance use and violence prevention.

This webinar is part two of a two-part series.  Be sure to join us for Part 1

Engaging the Faith Community in Substance Use Prevention, Part 1
October 29, 2019
10:00-11:30AM
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