Using Opioid Settlement Funds: A Conversation on Engagement (5/21/24)

Supporting Decision Makers Using Opioid Settlement Funds: What's in it for the People? A Conversation on Engagement With support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Prevention Institute and its partners–Big Cities Health Coalition, ChangeLab Solutions, SheRay's and Associates, and RTI International– are working collectively to increase an understanding of the evidence-base for preventing substance use, misuse, and overdose; build the capacity of decision makers to make choices informed by science, contextual, and lived experience to reduce overdose in their jurisdictions; and strengthen partnerships to enhance the effectiveness of using opioid settlement funding. This webinar, co-hosted by Prevention Institute and SheRay's & Associates, LLC, focuses on the importance of engaging People with Lived and Living Experience (PWLLE) in decisions about the use of opioid settlement funding. Explore equity and inclusion as key principles for considering the uses of settlement funds. Gain insights into how state and local jurisdictions have engaged PWLLE as decision-makers. Tracy Johnson, managing partner of SheRay's & Associates LLC, facilitates this conversation and engages a dynamic group of panelists in sharing their experiences, knowledge, and insights on working with PWLLE and opportunities to center them in discussions about using settlement funds. Panelists include Dr. Marketa Robinson (Executive Director of Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Program, Dayton), Michael J. Nozile Sr. (President and CEO of Gang Alternative, Inc.), Dr. Anthony Carl Pickett (Medical Director/CEO of Maternity Center of Vermont and Vice Chief, Laborist Department at California Hospital Medical Center), and Jeremy Triblett (Prevention Integration Manager at Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Services). This project is supported by Cooperative Agreement Number NU38OT000305 awarded to Prevention Institute and funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Department of Health and Human Services.