Coalition Events

8:00am: Check-in opens, coffee and refreshments, networking, employment openings, exhibit tables

Exhibit tables:

- Brighter Days Wellness and Recovery, LLC.
- Center for Addiction Treatment
- Cincinnati State Technical and Community College –  Recovery Community and Harm reduction
- University of Cincinnati School of Social Work               - Hamilton County Suicide Prevention Coalition 
- Other exhibitors to be determined

8:50am: WELCOME - Rachel Johnson, PhD, MS, LPCC-S, Chair, Problem Gambling Coalition and
Gregory Stewart, PhD, MSW, MS, Vice Chair for Communications, Problem Gambling Coalition

9:00-10:30am: TOPIC - Empowering Hope: A Comprehensive Training for Suicide Prevention in the Black Community (1.5) ceu, Presenter: LaToya Logan MSSA LISW-S ABD, Founder/CEO, Project LIFT Services

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will gain insights into how systemic racism and cultural stigma surrounding mental health create barriers to seeking help for Black individuals.
• Participants will explore the specific risk factors and racial disparities that contribute to higher suicide rates among Black individuals. Participants will be able to identify the key indicators for early intervention and provide tools to identify individuals at risk.
• Participants will learn how to enhance access to mental health resources and support services utilizing, ensuring a holistic culturally inclusive approach to suicide prevention in the Black community.

10:30-10:45am: BREAK - refreshments and visit exhibit tables

10:45-12:15pm: TOPIC - Problem Gambling in The Workplace, 1.5 ceus, Presenter: Scott Anderson, LCDC II

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will be familiar with the diagnostic criteria for Gambling Disorder.
• Participants will be familiar with higher risk in selected populations and warning signs.
• Participants will be familiar with evidence based treatment modalities. 

12:15- 12:30pm: Award recognition presentations and photos

• Campus Based Intern of the Year Award - Mariam Soumare
• Student Volunteer of the Year Award - Justin Gifford
• Outreach Committee, Student Intern of the Year Award - Jessica Deese
• Student of the Year Award - Madison Noble
• Emerging Leader Award - Gabrielle Bradley, LSW

12:30-12:45 BREAK

12:45pm-1:30pm: LUNCH & Bylaws Review and Vote (zoom and in-person)

1:30pm: Adjourn - take materials back to your agency/school

Please register by June 2nd to attend in-person.

Location: Mental Health Recovery Board serving Warren and Clinton County - 212 Cook Road, Lebanon.

CE Day Chair, Jeff Rhein, MRC, PCC-s, LICDC-CS