Learning Opportunities
COSSUP offers a wide range of learning opportunities to support the efforts of communities and practitioners addressing the illicit substance use and misuse. Whether it is a face-to-face convening, a peer-to-peer learning opportunity, or virtual learning via an upcoming webinar, we welcome your participation.
Upcoming Opportunities
Virtual Learning
Substance Use Disorders in Jails
9/24/2024 9:00 a.m. – 12/3/2024 10:00 a.m.
Substance Use Disorders in Jails
Purpose:
- Create or improve systems to support adults in jail custody who have substance use disorders (SUD).
- Demonstrate jail implementation models of medication for opioid use disorder (also known as MAT).
- Address the unique needs of adults in custody with SUD and learn methods to promote continuity of care at release.
Audience:
Ranking jail staff, corrections officers, jail healthcare providers, and community healthcare providers who partner with the criminal-legal system.
Sample Topics:
- Neurobiology of substance use disorders
- Medically supervised withdrawal
- How to build a medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD)/MAT program
- Culture change and SUD stigma within the criminal legal system
- Planning for release
- Recovery peers
- Jail staff resilience
- Funding SUD treatment in jail
Schedule:
10 sessions, held on Tuesdays from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Pacific), September 24, 2024, through December 3, 2024
Faculty:
- Daniel Hoover, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU); Addiction Medicine, Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) Director
- Melanie Menear, MHA, MSN, RN CCHP, Healthcare Administrative Services Manager, Clackamas County Jail
- Edward Buntin, Lieutenant, Kittitas County Jail
- Amber Potter, Peer Recovery Mentor, Mental Health and Addiction Association of Oregon (MHAAO)
Session and Title:
- Intro to ECHO September 24, 2024,12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Pacific)
- Understanding MOUD and Evidence in Corrections October 1, 2024,12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
- Corrections Officers in MOUD and SUD Services October 8, 2024,12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
- Screening and Withdrawal Protocols October 15, 2024,12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
- Recovery Peers within the Criminal Legal System October 22, 2024,12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
- MOUD Program Operations in Small/Rural Jails October 29, 2024,12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
- Enabling MOUD in Jails via a RN Care Coordinator Model November 5, 2024,12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
- Planning for Release November 12, 2024,12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
- Finding Funding for SUD Services and Building Community Partnerships November 19, 2024,12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
- Incorporating SUD Treatment Along the Jail to Community Continuum December 3, 2024,12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
If you have questions, please contact the Oregon ECHO Network at oen@ohsu.edu.
Virtual Learning
Family Treatment Court Practice Academy Idea Exchange IV: Aftercare
12/3/2024 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Family Treatment Court Practice Academy Idea Exchange IV: Aftercare
Family Treatment Court Practice Academy Idea Exchange IV: Aftercare
Join the National Family Treatment Court Program for the December Idea Exchange, where the topic will be the continuation of the conversation following the Practice Academy course—Sustained Recovery: Don’t Make Aftercare an Afterthought. Recovery is a process, and family treatment courts (FTCs) are a time-limited acute intervention in a family’s life. FTCs must blend aftercare planning into its program design to best support parents and their children after case closure. Aftercare plans can provide parents with structure, accountability, and needed ongoing services to both parents and children after child welfare, treatment services, and the FTC no longer remain a central part of their lives. Come take part in a lively conversation with peers from across the country and discuss strategies, share innovations, and brainstorm solutions to challenges and barriers!
Virtual Learning
Improving Behavioral Health Care for Older Adults in the Criminal Justice System
12/4/2024 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Improving Behavioral Health Care for Older Adults in the Criminal Justice System
Improving Behavioral Health Care for Older Adults in the Criminal Justice System
In response to an aging population that is quickly expanding within the criminal justice system, tailored care strategies that address both the physical and behavioral health complexities of older adults are needed. However, information, collaboration, and evidence-based practices are critically lacking in criminal justice settings to address the specific behavioral health needs of older adults, including cognitive decline, mental health disorders, end-of-life needs, and complications stemming from other physical health problems.
This webinar will explore the current need for improved behavioral health strategies for aging adults and critical partnerships between jails, prisons, and public and private community-based agencies. Emerging best practices for addressing the behavioral health needs for aging populations in jails, prisons, and upon reentry will also be presented. This webinar will build on SAMHSA GAINS center’s 2024 presentation “Responding to a Growing Demographic; Supporting Older Adult Populations within the Criminal Justice System.” Please see the link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xVXe35Pkvw&list=PLBXgZMI_zqfTZLFkwVAUAypnpsWWc_G9b&index=13
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this webinar, participants should be able to:
- Understand the prevalence and impact of behavioral health needs among aging adults in the criminal justice system.
- Describe emerging best practices for supporting aging adults within the criminal justice system.
- List important partners for collaboration to support optimal behavioral health care for older adults in the criminal justice system.
*Please Note: This webinar is not registered for CEU credit. A certificate of attendance will be provided for personal portfolio use only.
Virtual Learning
Screenings and Assessments for Substance Use Disorders to Support Successful Reentry
12/17/2024 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Screenings and Assessments for Substance Use Disorders to Support Successful Reentry
Screenings and Assessments for Substance Use Disorders to Support Successful Reentry
Screening and assessing for substance use disorders (SUDs) throughout an individual’s involvement with the justice system is critical to facilitating successful integration back into the community. Early identification of SUDs enables timely, targeted interventions and case planning to reduce recurrence of substance use and recidivism, while supporting long-term recovery in the community. This webinar will review a range of standardized and validated screening and assessment instruments for detecting SUDs among people involved in the justice system. How these assessments contribute to more effective treatment plans, align with reentry support services, and promote recovery-oriented outcomes will also be discussed.
Presenter
- Roger H. Peters, PhD, Emeritus Professor, Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
Meetings & Convenings - In-Person Events
2025 National Forum on Overdose Fatality Review
2/11/2025 – 2/12/2025
2025 National Forum on Overdose Fatality Review
The Overdose Fatality Review (OFR) National Forum will take place on February 11–12, 2025 in Portland, Oregon. Join your peers as we highlight the advances that Overdose Fatality Reviews (OFRs) and communities have made in collaborating to prevent substance misuse and future overdose deaths.
This 1½-day convening offers the unique opportunity for multidisciplinary OFR members who participate in, lead, support, or are interested in OFRs to connect directly with colleagues from different backgrounds to discuss relevant issues, share ideas, exchange resources, and gain new skills to improve programs.
To underscore this year’s theme, Turning the Tide: Saving Lives, Supporting Recovery, and Honoring Those We Have Lost, participants will learn from national experts and practitioners of OFR in a mix of general-interest plenary sessions, workshops for those new to OFR, and skills trainings to strengthen existing OFRs.
No-cost Registration
There is no registration fee to attend! For more information and to register, visit our website. The registration confirmation email will include logistical details, including hotel reservation guidelines.
Post-Conference
If you are representing a tribal community or an OFR that is interested in working with area tribal communities or agencies, please consider attending our post-conference half-day event, Building Hope for Healing: Exploring Implementation of Overdose Fatality Reviews in Tribal Communities Workgroup.
Questions
Questions are welcome anytime at www.ofrtools.org/ContactUs.
Meetings & Convenings - In-Person Events
2025 Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (PAARI) Law Enforcement Summit
2/25/2025 – 2/26/2025
2025 Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (PAARI) Law Enforcement Summit
2025 Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (PAARI) Law Enforcement Summit
The 6th Annual National Law Enforcement Summit presented by the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (PAARI) will be held in Tampa, Florida, on February 25-26, 2025. The specific location will be announced soon.
This two-day gathering will unite law enforcement, public safety, and public health leaders from across the nation. Whether you are in the early stages of establishing non-arrest deflection programs or actively participating in them, this summit will offer valuable insights into pathways to treatment and recovery.