Join the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program for their webinar “The Opioid Crisis: One State’s Approach to Supporting the Health and Wellness of Its First Responders” on November 6, 2019 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET.
This webinar features representatives from the Ohio Mental Health and Addiction Services, specifically highlighting the Ohio Aiding Safety Services with Incident Survival Techniques (ASSIST) program and how it hosts seminars for first responders and their families. Ohio ASSIST also provides training and resources to other states as needed on the application of their trauma-informed strategies.
These seminars and resources identify ways to improve mental health and substance abuse prevention, provide tools for trauma-informed approaches to care, and support first responders that may be dealing with trauma.