OAA and Bay Rivers Telehealth Alliance Announce FREE Webinar Series on Effective SUD Treatment in Correctional Facilities

Day 1: February 28, 2024

9:00 am – 9:10 am: Welcome: Tony McDowell, Executive Director, Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority and Donna Dittman Hale, Executive Consultant, Bay Rivers Telehealth Alliance.

9:10 am – 10:10 am: Legal Requirement for Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Provision in Correctional Institutions. Steve Gordon, Civil Rights Enforcement Coordinator, Assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia

10:20 am – 10:30 am: Break

10:20 am – 11:45 am: Why MAT: Tackling the Medical Implications and Stigma of Effective Treatment for Substance Use Disorder in Correctional Institutions and the HARP Program: Helping Addicts Recover Progressively

G. Montovani Gay, MD, Medical Director and Kerri Rhodes, LPC, LMFT, Director, Behavioral and Mental Health Division, Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office

11:45 am – 12:00 pm: Wrap Up and Resource Sharing

Day 2: March 27, 2024

9:00 am – 9:05 am: Welcome

9:05 am – 10: 20 am: Jail-Based Recovery Initiatives in the Fairfax County Detention Center: Sheriff Stacey Kincaid

10:20 am – 10:30 am: Break

10:30 am – 11:45 am: The Nuts and Bolts of Implementing STAR: Striving to Achieve Recovery Program: Laura Yager, LPC, and Sahana Karpoor, LCSW, Behavioral Health/MAT Program Manager,

11:45 am – 12:00 pm: Wrap Up and Resource Sharing

Day 3: April 24, 2024

9:00 am – 9:05 am: Welcome

9:05 am – 10: 20 am: Funding Effective SUD treatment in Regional and Local Jails: A look at Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority - Tony McDowell, Executive Director, VOAA

10:20 am – 10:30 am: Break

10:30 am – 11:45 am: Building Regional Collaboration to Access Funding: Donna Dittman Hale, Bay Rivers Telehealth Alliance Grant Resource Development Expert

11:45 am – 12:00 pm: Wrap Up and Resource Sharing