Events

CCHN Opioid Summit

May 8, 2019, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Colorado Springs, CO

Please join CCHN before the May Triannual meeting for an Opioid Summit. 

The Opioid Summit will bring together leadership, clinic, operations, and policy leaders from Colorado Community Health Centers and experts in the community to share multi-perspective considerations around opioid use, prevention, stigma, and treatment in Colorado. 

There is no cost to attend the Opioid Summit. This invitation is open to all CCHN members attending the May Triannual. 

Opioid Summit Agenda  

1:00-1:05 Welcome and Introductions

CCHN welcome

1:05-1:45 Lift the Label: Stories to break the stigma

Cristen Bates, Liz Owens, Office of Behavioral Health & Lift the Label presenters

• Pending: Prescription Opioid Wall
• Lift the Label panel of folks that have experienced OUD & Treatment/Recovery
• 10 min Q&A

1:45-2:30 The Colorado landscape of Medication Assisted Treatment

Jalyn Ingalls, Colorado Health Institute

• Review of Colorado data
• Present highlights from November 2018 Report Providing Medication-Assisted Treatment in Colorado
• 10 min Q&A

2:30-2:45 Break – snacks provided

2:45-3:40 Harm Reduction: Approach and Impact

Lisa Raville, Harm Reduction Action Center

• Work of HRAC, harm reduction approach
• Impacts of Naloxone training and distribution
• 10 min Q&A

3:40-4:50- Legislative and Policy Session

4:50-5:00 Wrap-up and Evaluation