SNOAC Community Ad-Hoc Updates

Written By Katarina Pulver

Good Afternoon SNOAC Community,

I hope you have been well! As a reminder, our next meeting is Tuesday, November 2nd at 10am and will be available in a hybrid format (virtual and in person). Virtually you can access the meeting via Webex or in-person at Roseman University (*NEW ADDRESS* 3755 Breakthrough Way, Las Vegas, 89135). In the meantime, please see some community ad-hoc updates:

  • Clark County Regional Opioid Task Force

    • Clark County officials are looking for applicants to serve on the new regional Opioid Task Force. The duty of the task force is to review data related to opioid overdose deaths and near deaths to find gaps in community services related to the drug.

    • The following 15 appointments are needed for the task force:

      1. One member who represents a social services agency in Clark County;

      2. One member who represents the Clark County School District;

      3. One member who represents the Department of Family Services of Clark County;

      4. One member who represents the Department of Juvenile Justice Services of Clark County;

      5. One member who represents the Southern Nevada Health District;

      6. The Clark County coroner or his or her designee;

      7. One member who represents law enforcement selected from a list of nominees submitted by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department;

      8. One member with experience in the field of public health epidemiology selected from a list of nominees submitted by the Southern Nevada Health District;

      9. One member with experience in the field of primary health care;

      10. One member with experience in the field of behavioral health;

      11. One member with experience in the field of mental health;

      12. One member with experience in the field of addiction medicine;

      13. One member who represents a provider of emergency medical services in Clark County;

      14. One member who represents public health educators or community health workers who represent or serve persons with limited English proficiency;

      15. One member who represents a substance use disorder prevention coalition in Clark County.

    • Appointments to the task force are for a one-year term, which will expire at the end of 2024. Meetings will be held once every three months beginning in January.

    • Visit Clarkcountynv.gov/opioidtaskforce to learn more and apply. The deadline for submitting an application is Oct. 11 at 5:30 p.m. PST

  • Intermountain West Harm Reduction Conference: Empowering Change, Breaking Stigma

    • When: Sept 28th &29th

    • Where: Multi Agency State Office Building (195 N 1950 W, Salt Lake City, UT 84116)

    • Learn more and register here: https://www.iwhrc.org/

  • Behavioral Health Group Open House

  • Glowing Souls Festival

    • When: Sept 30th from 5pm to 8pm

    • Where: Sunset Park (2601 E Sunset Road, Las Vegas, NV 89120)

    • Cost: $25 to attend

    • About: Join TINHIH's Glowing Souls Festival at Sunset Park! We will have amazing raffles, food, and live music. Yogi Cosmin Mahadev Singh will provide a spiritual exercise followed by a gong bath. To close our festivities, we will release water lanterns at sunset to honor those we have lost to addiction, those we love in addiction, and those who have found recovery. 1 Ticket Includes: 1 Entry to All Festivities, 1 Plate of Food, 1 Water Lantern (*Raffle tickets are sold separately)

    • Learn more and register to attend at https://e.givesmart.com/events/xNx/

  • Mobilize Recovery Day of Service

  • Mobilize Recovery

    • When: Friday, October 6th from 9am-4pm

    • Where: the INDUSTRIAL event space (2330 S Industrial Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89102)

    • Cost: Free

    • About: Mobilize Recovery is an annual experience that brings participants together, building capacity for organized community engagement for people in recovery, family members, and recovery allies. Its mission is to expand policy, support recovery, create connections to supportive services that are vital and lifesaving, and engage affected individuals in meaningful action.

    • Learn more and register for this event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mobilize-recovery-las-vegas-2023-tickets-667193693297

  • Addressing the Opioid Epidemic Summit: Collaborating Across the Continuum of Care

    • When: Tuesday, October 24th 

    • Where: The Tuscany Suites and Casino (255 E Flamingo Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89169)

    • Who should attend: Prescribers and providers of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD)

    • Cost: Free 

    • About: This 1-day Summit is free to attend and will create an opportunity, through education and collaboration, for prescribers and providers of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) to expand access to care in Nevada. The Summit will help participants identify access barriers and generate actionable next steps for addressing the opioid epidemic. 

    • Register today at https://nphf.regfox.com/addressing-the-opioid-epidemic-collaborating-across-the-continuum-of-care

    • To learn more contact Victoria Rios, victoria@nphf.org

  • Westcare Women’s and Children’s Campus Trunk or Treat

  • SAVE THE DATE: American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) Conference: Treating Opioid Use Disorder: So Much More Than Medication

    • When: May 18th-22nd, 2024

    • Where: Planet Hollywood Las Vegas Resort and Casino

    • About: The AATOD Conference is the largest gathering of the opioid treatment community. This conference brings innovative people together in a diverse array of forums and workshops. Hot Topic Roundtable discussions, inspirational plenary sessions, tours of programs, and exhibit booths with the latest technologies, science, and products that support our work are just a few of the activities that surely stimulated participant discussion, debate, and innovative ideas to share with our respective areas of work, our communities, and our treatment programs nationwide.

    • Call for workshops now open! Use the link here to submit a proposal and learn more: https://www.abstractscorecard.com/cfp/submit/login.asp?EventKey=MTMYHCIX (Closes Sept 18th)

    • Learn more at https://aatod.eventscribe.net/index.asp

If you have any questions, wish to update your SNOAC membership, or have important community events or resources related to substance use, overdose or recovery, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Kat Pulver at pulver@snhd.org, Jessica Johnson at johnsonjes@snhd.org, or Jamie Ross at jross@drugfreelasvegas.org.

Katarina Pulver
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