ONE MORE THING PROGRAMMING AGENDA
AUGUST 7-8 IN FORSYTH COUNTY
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7
12 – 4 p.m.
Check-In and Registration Desk Hours
2 – 2:15 p.m.
Welcome and Introductions
Johnnie Carswell, President, NCACC; Commissioner, Burke County
2:15 – 2:45 p.m.
Opioid Settlement Overview: Latest Status, How It's Going, Strategy Definitions
Steve Mange, Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs, NC Department of Justice
Nidhi Sachdeva, Director of Strategic Health and Opioid Initiatives, NCACC
2:45 – 3:30 p.m.
Importance and Impact of Peer Support Specialists in County Programs
Jason Powell, RESTART Program Coordinator, Caldwell County
Ryan Carver, Caldwell Comprehensive Support Specialist, Caldwell County
Sonya Cheeks, Intervention Team Coordinator, Surry County Office of Substance Abuse Recovery
Steven Lawson, Assistant Director, Surry County Office of Substance Abuse Recovery
View the presentation from Caldwell County. View the presentation from Surry County.
3:30 – 3:45 p.m.
Transition/Break
3:45 – 4:30 p.m.
Importance and Impact of Collaborative Strategic Planning
Alyssa Kitlas, Opioid Settlement Program Manager, Wake County
Robert Nesbit, Chief of Staff, Consolidated Human Services Agency, Mecklenburg County
David R. Tillman, Chair, Department of Public Health, Campbell University
View the presentation from Alyssa Kitlas. View the presentation from Robert Nesbit. View the presentation from David R. Tillman.
4:30 – 5 p.m.
Looking Ahead to Tomorrow
Johnnie Carswell, President, NCACC; Commissioner, Burke County
5 – 6 p.m.
Networking Reception
THURSDAY, AUGUST 8
8 – 11 a.m.
Check-In and Registration Desk Hours
8 – 8:30 a.m.
Networking Breakfast
8:30 – 9:45 a.m.
Settlement Strategy Breakouts — Part One
Breakout Room A
Moderator: Elizabeth Brewington, Health Program Manager, NCACC
Recovery Support Services (Strategy 3)
Recovery Housing (Strategy 4)
Devin Lyall, Executive Director, Wilkes Recovery Revolution
Emila Sutton, Housing and Neighborhoods Director, City of Raleigh
Breakout Room B
Moderator: Amy O’Regan, Health Program Manager, NCACC
Criminal Justice Diversion Programs (Strategy 10)
Addiction Treatment for Incarcerated Persons (Strategy 11)
Donnie Varnell, Investigator, Sheriff’s Office, Dare County NCHRC
Shuchin Shukla, Addiction Medicine Physician Consultant, NC Technical Assistance Center
Breakout Room C
Moderator: Jill Rushing, Senior Health Programs Manager and Evaluator, NCACC
Naloxone Distribution (Strategy 7)
Post-Overdose Response Team (Strategy 8)
Ashley Wurth, Overdose Prevention Team Lead, Injury and Violence Prevention Branch, NC Division of Public Health, NCDHHS
Jim Albright, Emergency Services Director, Guilford County and Mike Thull, Director, Guilford County Solution To the Opioid Problem
9:45 – 10 a.m.
Transition/Break
10 – 11:15 a.m.
Settlement Strategy Breakouts — Part Two
Breakout Room A
Moderator: Jill Rushing, Senior Health Programs Manager and Evaluator, NCACC
Employment-Related Services (Strategy 5)
Early Intervention (Strategy 6)
Devin Lyall, Executive Director, Wilkes Recovery Revolution
Ashley Wurth, Overdose Prevention Team Lead, Injury and Violence Prevention Branch, NC Division of Public Health, NCDHHS
Breakout Room B
Moderator: Amy O’Regan, Health Program Manager, NCACC
Evidence-Based Addiction Treatment (Strategy 2)
Reentry Programs (Strategy 12)
Shuchin Shukla, Addiction Medicine Physician Consultant, NC Technical Assistance Center
Evan Ashkin, Director NC Formerly Incarcerated Transition Program, Professor Family Medicine UNC Chapel Hill
Breakout Room C
Moderator: Elizabeth Brewington, Health Program Manager, NCACC
Syringe Service Program (Strategy 9)
Collaborative Strategic Planning (Strategy 1)
Tyler Yates, Community Overdose Prevention Initiatives Coordinator, NCDHHS
Denise Price, Deputy County Manager, Forsyth County
11:15 a.m.
Event Concludes
Special thank you to the One More Thing Planning Committee!
- Johnnie Carswell, NCACC President, Burke County
- Mike LaBrose, Committee Co-Chair, Caldwell County
- Shinica Thomas, Committee Co-Chair, Wake County
- Tare Davis, NCACC President-Elect, Warren County
- Hope Haywood, Commissioner, Randolph County
- Wendy Jacobs, Commissioner, Durham County
- Donnie Potter, Commissioner, Caldwell County
- John Shaw, Commissioner, Montgomery County
- Emily Truman, Commissioner, Gates County
- Jennifer Greene, Health Director, Alleghany and Ashe Counties
- Danny Scalise, Health Director, Burke County
- Robert Nesbit, Chief of Staff, Consolidated Human Services Agency, Mecklenburg County
- Wes Gray, Health Director, Pitt County