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The THWC team continued work on the tribal-specific foundational training curriculum. Activities included:
1. Completion of an initial draft of the curriculum.
2. Workgroup review of draft.
3. Revisions made and preparation for pilot testing.
4. Pilot test September 16-17, 2024.
5. Analyze feedback and evaluation from pilot test.
6. THWC team to make revisions based on pilot test results. Team Lead/Wellness Court Specialists Kristina Pacheco and Angie Juárez-Monger will review changes.

NPI developed a webinar tracking sheet that we are maintaining to log topics and speakers. This will help inform future webinar topics.

This webinar will provide an overview of ML in healthcare epidemiology and practical examples of ML tools used to support healthcare decision making at the four stages of hospital-based care: triage, diagnosis, treatment, and discharge. Examples include model-building efforts to assist emergency department triage, predicting time before septic shock onset, detecting community-acquired pneumonia, and classifying COVID-19 disposition risk level.

The second of the biannual RxCheck Governance Board meetings was held in Kansas City, MO (in-person and virtual) on September 24-25, 2024. Twenty-nine of the 37 member PDMPs were represented. The agenda topics at the meeting included:

The NGA Public Safety and Legal Counsels team hosted nine monthly briefings for the Criminal Justice Policy Advisors (CJPA) network, with an average of 10 states and territories represented on each call. Topics included human trafficking, homelessness and reentry, mass violence response and criminal justice data systems. Additionally, NGA completed over 52 technical assistance requests responding to inquiries from 22 states and territories.

This webinar explores the critical challenges faced by tribal populations during the post-incarcerationand post-treatment reentry and reintegration process. We will examine issues such as culturaldisconnection, limited access to resources, systemic discrimination and stigma, substance usedisorders (SUDs), co-occurring mental health issues, and other significant barriers.Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the definition of successful reentry and reintegration,its key components, and the benefits it can bring to tribal communities.

PDMP TTAC hosted and facilitated the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) 2024 National Meeting took place on August 13-15, 2024 in Washington, D.C. Themed “PDMPs: Collaborating to Address the Prescription Drug Crisis,” the meeting was a resounding success. The conference offered valuable insights and fostered collaboration among the attendees, which included experts, policymakers, and stakeholders and with representation from 30 of the 54 PDMPs. The sessions included:

Had a panel for IACP in Oct 2024. NYU presents at a lot of conferences. Need to coordinate with their conference calendar.