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SUMMARY:CBHL Leadership Community | Supporting the Uptake of Behavioral Health Apps and Technology  
DESCRIPTION:11:00 am PT / 12:00 pm MT / 1:00 pm CT / 2:00 pm ET \n\n\n\nSession Theme: Research to Practice – Strategies for Implementation of Digital Interventions \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAre you grappling with how to address unmet or undermet needs among specific population groups in your community or organization?  \n\n\n\nHave you considered the possibility of integrating behavioral health apps or new technologies into services?   \n\n\n\nDo you feel stuck by how to choose the right technology\, or how to implement successfully?    \n\n\n\nThe increasing demand for behavioral health services\, coupled with challenges in the workforce\, creates a compelling reason to take a closer look at forward-thinking solutions.  Behavioral health apps and other technologies have the potential to supplement existing services by increasing access and engagement among specific communities or population groups.   This quarterly CBHL Leadership Community series is designed for any CBHL member interested in the successful integration of behavioral health apps and technology as a complement to existing practices.  You are encouraged to register and join the full series.  \n\n\n\nGuest Subject Matter Expert\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAndrea Graham\, PhD (she/her) is Assistant Professor of Medical Social Sciences (Division of Implementation Science) at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine\, where she is Co-Director of the Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies (CBITs) and core faculty in the Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Design. \n\n\n\n\n\nBackground:  \n\n\n\nSignificant interest in our November 2023 webinar\, Revolutionizing Behavioral Health: The Role of Behavioral Health Apps in Addressing the Workforce Crisis\, sparked a follow up roundtable dialogue where CBHL members delved into the potential of behavioral health apps as a transformative technology supporting both mental and physical wellbeing. Participants explored challenges faced by organizations in determining how to select the right technology\, considerations for how to implement as a complement to existing services\, and additional support members might need to feel more informed and better equipped to successfully integrate behavioral health apps and technology into existing practices.   \n\n\n\n\nWhat is a CBHL Leadership Community?  \n\n\n\nCBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders\, organizations\, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.  \n\n\n\nWhat is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\nCBHL leadership communities are created based on member interest with a focus on a specific topic or leadership population. They are recurring over a specific period of time and open to all CBHL members.  \n\n\n\n\nTo improve knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration\, the exchange of ideas\, and professional dialogue. \n\n\n\nTo facilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual\, organizational\, and community outcomes.\n\n\n\nEncourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeadership Community Hosts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Gastfriend is an addiction psychiatrist. At Harvard Medical School\, he directed addiction research at Massachusetts General Hospital and was an investigator in the NIDA Cocaine Collaborative Study\, NIAAA’s COMBINE Study and NIDA’s Clinical Trials Network. As Vice President at Alkermes\, Inc.\, he directed scientific publications on Vivitrol in clinical\, criminal justice and health economics research. \n\n\n\nHis research led most states to endorse the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria. His 150 scientific publications include the books The ASAM Criteria and Addiction Treatment Matching. His ASAM CONTINUUM – The ASAM Criteria Decision Engine ® and ASAM’s CO-Triage ® tools are being adopted nationwide. \n\n\n\nIn 2016\, he co-founded DynamiCare Health\, a nationally-scalable technology for Contingency Management and predictive analytics\, winning awards from HarvardBusiness School\, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts\, the Governor of Ohio\, and the New York Times. He has consulted to governments in Belgium\, China\, Iceland\, Israel\, Norway\, Russia and the U.S. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGarrett E. Moran\, Ph.D.\, serves as the the Principal Investigator for the Academy for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care\, a program sponsored by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)\, and served as Project Director of the Academy from 2010 until 2018. He is deeply committed to advancing holistic\, person-centered health care. Dr. Moran retired in 2021 from his role as the Associate Director of Services and Policy Innovation in the Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute\, and Professor in the School of Public Health and the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry at West Virginia University (WVU). Before coming to WVU he was a Vice President and Associate Director at Westat where he worked for 29 years. \n\n\n\nDr. Moran has more than 50 years of experience in public policy\, program evaluation\, research\, and management. His career has included key leadership roles on projects for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)\, as well as consulting roles with states working on health reform and care integration. His major areas of substantive expertise include integrated healthcare delivery\, health care financing\, health information technology\, and program evaluation. Dr. Moran directed the consultant support and writing contract for the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health in the early 2000s\, and subsequently served as an Advisor and Consultant to the States of Maryland and Ohio as they developed mental health transformation plans.
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SUMMARY:Health Beyond Healthcare: Addressing Workforce and Equity Challenges Through Community
DESCRIPTION:Health Beyond Healthcare: Addressing Workforce and Equity Challenges Through Community\n\n\n\nAddressing workforce and equity challenges via Social Prescribing and “Community As Medicine” models\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith a workforce crisis affecting many domains of healthcare\, models like Social Prescribing and Community as Medicine can activate community resources\, connecting clinics and communities to improve patient-centered care and reduce healthcare burden. \n\n\n\nJoin us for an interactive panel discussion with Dr. Alan Siegel of Social Prescribing USA\, and Dr. Elizabeth Markle and Carolina Ayala from Open Source Wellness. (Learn more about Open Source Wellness’ “Community As Medicine” in our May 2022 webinar recording.) \n\n\n\nSocial prescribing offers an exciting opportunity and has implications for workforce burden and integrated care settings. There are a number of social prescribing efforts growing in the United States\, with origins at the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom. \n\n\n\nEfforts like Open Source Wellness’ “Community as Medicine” model are being evaluated by research teams at UCSF and Stanford\, and show exciting outcomes like a 77% reduction in emergency department visits\, a 43% decrease in depression\, a 41% decrease in anxiety\, and a measured increase in both social connection and wellbeing.* \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOpen Source Wellness (OSW) is an Oakland-based nonprofit with a mission to generate “Community as Medicine” by partnering with communities and healthcare to deliver joyful\, trauma-informed\, and culturally relevant programs for health\, wellbeing\, and human connection.  OSW can be understood as a “Behavioral Pharmacy\,” delivering on the “Behavioral Prescriptions” that primary care\, specialty care\, and behavioral health providers offer to their patients who are struggling with (or at risk for) behaviorally-mediated conditions including depression\, anxiety\, social isolation\, diabetes\, and hypertension. OSW partners with clinical providers and payors to deliver its experiential “Community As Medicine” model\, achieving striking clinical patient outcomes and generating revenue for FQHC’s and other clinical delivery systems. Utilizing culturally-relevant health coaches and peer leaders to support diverse and transdiagnostic populations\, OSW represents a next-generation behavioral health solution and a new way of organizing clinical delivery services. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSocial Prescribing USA is the hub for the advancement of the U.S. social prescribing movement. Social prescribing utilizes the arts\, nature\, volunteerism\, and local community organizations as medicine for patients of all ages. Social prescribing considers social health as important to a patient’s well-being as physical and mental health\, and is a key tool to address the loneliness epidemic and the social determinants of health. It is founded on the principles of health equity. The use of our community resources as medicine is one of the next big ideas in health care in the U.S.\, as it is in more than 30 countries around the World. Social Prescribing USA work in affiliation with the UK’s Social Prescribing Network\, the International Social Prescribing Collaborative\, and a community of advocates across the United States. \n\n\n\n*Impact & Outcomes | Open Source Wellness \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet Our Speakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Alan Siegel is the Co-founder and Medical Director of Social Prescribing USA\, the leading U.S. social prescribing advocacy organization. He is a Family Physician at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland\, California\, and is developing their social prescribing program. For the last 2 decades at Contra Costa Health (CCH)\, he led an arts in health program for patients and staff and led many projects in social prescribing: a Nature Rx program to bring patients with pediatric obesity and chronic disease to Bay Area regional parks; and he helped start the Health Leads program at CCH to address social determinants of health. As a National Organization for Arts in Health founding board member\, he initiated a project to bring the arts to healthcare workers to address burnout. He also provided leadership to the renowned Martinez Family Medicine Residency Program\, specializing in ambulatory education and faculty development. Alan also completed a UCSF Champion Provider Fellowship to work on advocacy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Elizabeth Markle is a licensed psychologist\, speaker\, writer\, researcher\, and Professor of Community Mental Health at California Institute of Integral Studies.  She is the co-founder and Executive Director of Open Source Wellness\, an Oakland-based nonprofit offering experiential behavioral health and wellness via a “Community As Medicine” approach in collaboration with healthcare providers and insurers. Dr. Markle earned her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from Northeastern University and her M.A. in Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard University\, and her postdoctoral training in Primary Care-Mental Health Integration at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. Dr. Markle is a thought leader in the field of health and wellness and has been sought-after as a consultant for her unique insights and expertise in clinic-community integration\, innovative approaches to mental health\, and group facilitation.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCarolina Ayala (Lena) is a health and wellness coach at Open Source Wellness. She first encountered OSW as a participant\, prescribed into the OSW “Community As Medicine” program by her PCP at Native American Health Center.  After completing the program and serving as a peer leader\, she embarked on health and wellness coach training with OSW\, and was subsequently hired on as a staff coach.  She is a mother\, wife\, author and crossinguard\, and previously worked as a teacher. She holds many titles and positions but what is most important is the healing journey she continues to be on in relation to self\, people\, food\, movement and medicine. 
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/addressing-workforce-and-equity-challenges-through-community/
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SUMMARY:CBHL Leadership Community | Equity as a Foundation for Leadership 
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, September 11\, 2024Theme: Understanding How Racism and Oppression Show Up in Behavioral Health12:00 pm PT / 1:00 pm MT / 2:00 pm CT / 3:00 pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs a leader\, are you:  \n\n\n\n\nReady to cultivate an understanding of how inequity is perpetuated by and in behavioral health systems? \n\n\n\nInterested in how to practice intersectional allyship? \n\n\n\nCurious about integrating data equity frameworks and culturally responsive approaches? \n\n\n\nAware of the importance of engaging in co-production and community-driven practices\, but need a little support in doing so? \n\n\n\nPrepared to demonstrate transformational leadership to improve communities? \n\n\n\n\nIf the answer is yes to any of the above\, then this leadership community is for you!  \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us together with Ebony Chambers\, CBHL’s Director of Equity-Grounded Leadership\, at our newest leadership community – Equity as a Foundation for Leadership – for a bi-monthly leadership community designed for any CBHL member interested in developing their knowledge\, skills\, and leadership behaviors as an equity-grounded leader.  You are encouraged to register and join the full series.  \n\n\n\nBackground: Equity-grounded leadership shifts the focus of leaders towards intersectionality\, equity\, and anti-racism to drive behavioral health systems transformation. The equity-grounded leadership concept was co-produced with cross-sector behavioral health leaders from around the country\, who developed equity-grounded leadership competencies\, or Principles of Change. Each of the five Principles is accompanied by the necessary knowledge\, values\, skills\, and operational practice behaviors associated with each principle.    \n\n\n\n\nWhat is a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\nCBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders\, organizations\, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.  \n\n\n\nWhat is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\n\nImprove knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration\, the exchange of ideas\, and professional dialogue.  \n\n\n\nFacilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual\, organizational\, and community outcomes. \n\n\n\nEncourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeadership Community Host\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEbony Chambers is the Director of Equity-Grounded Leadership for The College for Behavioral Health Leadership. In this role\, she oversees the delivery\, facilitation\, content\, and progress of the Equity-Grounded Leadership (EGL) Fellow Program.   \n\n\n\nEbony has over 18 years of experience working with issues of social justice\, equity\, education\, mental health and diversity.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/cbhl-leadership-community-equity-as-a-foundation-for-leadership-september/
CATEGORIES:CBHL Leadership Community,Members Only
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SUMMARY:Workforce Solutions Jam | Transforming Organizational Culture
DESCRIPTION:Workforce Solutions Jam | Transforming Organizational Culture\n\n\n\nElevating Quality of Life at Work \n\n\n\nTuesday\, September 17\, 2024 | 10:00 am PT / 11:00 am MT / 12:00 pm CT / 1:00 pm ETEvent Length: One Hour \n\n\n\nJoin us on Tuesday\, September 17 for our next Workforce Solutions Jam! The Workforce Solutions Jam is a monthly webinar to build national momentum and encourage collaboration through the Center for Workforce Solutions. \n\n\n\nThe Workforce Solutions Jam will provide an opportunity to: \n\n\n\n\nLearn innovative new practices\n\n\n\nStay informed about ongoing efforts\n\n\n\nEngage with subject matter experts\n\n\n\nHear about new legislation and/or federal workforce efforts\n\n\n\nTake action!\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHigh turnover undermines an organization’s stability\, effectiveness\, and long-term success\, leading to increased costs\, loss of expertise\, decreased productivity\, and lower morale\, especially in challenging roles.  Prioritizing organizational culture is key to supporting employee retention.  When employees feel valued\, connected to their colleagues\, and aligned with the organization’s mission\, job satisfaction improves\, making them less likely to leave. Organizations that emphasize a healthy work-life balance and employee wellbeing through things like flexible work arrangements and social and mental health support tend to achieve higher retention rates. Join us for the next Workforce Solutions Jam to learn strategies for fostering long-term retention by creating an environment where employees feel valued\, fulfilled\, and motivated to stay.  \n\n\n\nKey highlights of this webinar include:  \n\n\n\n\nLearn how a large provider transitioned more than 90% of their 400+ staff to a 4-day work week where individuals work 32 hours but are paid for 40 hours. \n\n\n\nHear about the impact of a 4-day work week from the perspective of staff\, and how other organizations can start this journey. \n\n\n\nExplore the multi-faceted approach taken by a social services organization to create a culture of respect and belonging that significantly reduces turnover.\n\n\n\nUnderstand why staff are choosing quality of life at work over higher salaries.\n\n\n\nLearn about a model from the United Kingdom for developing organizational wide approaches that support creating psychologically safe workplaces.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nANEW is a social services organization that offers a range of comprehensive services to women and their families including Residential and Outpatient Substance Use Disorders Treatment\, Sober Housing for Women and Women WITH Children\, Family/Partner Apartments\, a Non-profit Mental Health Clinic\, and a Licensed Childcare Facility. ANEW is aware of the gaps and barriers that women face in the process of receiving the help they need to begin their lives anew and we aim to reduce and remove those obstacles.  \n\n\n\n4C Health is a certified Community Mental Health Center and Inpatient Psychiatric Facility in the State of Indiana. 4C Health serves over 9\,000 consumers annually across 14 rural counties in North Central Indiana with over 430 employees. 4C Health is known for its innovation in care and operations and was an early implementer of an expanded crisis continuum implementing Mobile Crisis Teams in 2020 and opening a Crisis Stabilization Unit is 2021. 4C Health is 1 of the 8 pilot organizations for Indiana’s Certified Community Behavioral Health Center State Demonstration.  \n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Carrie Cadwell has been the CEO/President of 4C Health since 2017. She is a licensed psychologist in the state of Indiana. Dr. Cadwell has dedicated her almost 20-year career to rural North Central Indiana communities and\, in particular\, serving the behavioral health and substance use recovery needs of those with significant socio-economic disadvantage. Her experience spans community mental health\, crisis services\, youth residential\, inpatient psychiatric care\,  integrated primary care practice\, and outpatient private practice across the lifespan. She is passionate about 4 day work week as a public health intervention and over 90% of 4C Health’s employees work a 32 hour week but are paid for 40 hours.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmily Carlstrom\, CPRS\, is a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist who works with women in recovery to help find ways and resources to live a new way of life. Emily participated in the Recovery Coach Academy through Bold North Recovery and became certified through the Minnesota Certification Board. Emily is in recovery herself and also a graduate of ANEW’s Outpatient program. Emily is also the sober house manager and oversees all six sober homes at ANEW Chemical Health Services. As a former client and resident of the ANEW program\, Emily knows firsthand what the women she works with have been through. It has been an amazing journey for her so far and she takes great pride in being able to make a difference in the lives of other women like herself.    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichaelene Colestock has 22 years of experience in the Substance Use Disorders Treatment field. Currently\, Michaelene is the owner\, founder\, and CEO of ANEW Chemical Health Services a 245G Co-Occurring Treatment Center for adult women. Michaelene has a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of St. Thomas. Michaelene has a passion for educating others on the topic of addiction. She has taught students at the U of M and Adler Graduation School\, facilitated trainings at Metro State University on Co-Occurring Disorders\, Family Supportive Housing Center on a variety of topics\, MARRCH Conference\, Washington DC Conference to Prevent Homelessness\, all required 245 G trainings for other treatment centers\, and many more informal trainings. Michaelene is most well known for her passion to house women AND their minor children. She has owned and operated sober housing on the East Side of St. Paul since 2010 and her mission is to keep families together while working on recovery. In addition to ANEW Chemical Health Services Michaelene owns and operates Spence Specialties LLC which is 4 sober homes and an 11-unit apartment building located in St. Paul\, MN. Spence Specialties has a contract with Ramsey County for Housing Supports and the MN Department of Health Board and Lodge with Special Services. Michaelene has as an affinity for the East Side of St. Paul. She and all of her family members attended primary school at Sacred Heart on 6th St. and Harding High School. She and all of her siblings\, parents\, and grandparents were married at Sacred Heart Church.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHonorary Associate Professor Sean Russell MBE is a researcher focusing on reviewing and delivering interventions for mental wellbeing across the business sector and wider organisations.  \n\n\n\nOver the last 7 years\, Sean has been the Programme Director that led the development and implementation of the Mental Health Commission Action plan in the West Midlands\, England and national Mental Health and Productivity Pilot researching 1150 organisations with over 850\,000 employees. He was the founder of Thrive at Work and led the regional response to implementing Thrive into Work.    \n\n\n\nHe has 35 years of public service experience across Policing\, Local Authorities and more recently academia.  Sean is also the COO and European Lead for GLE and works to build leadership and rapid knowledge exchange across addiction\, disability\, and mental health.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLetecia Timmel\, LCSW has been employed with 4C Health for the past 9.5 years in various capacities. Most recently\, Letecia has been serving as the Senior Clinician that oversees clinical supervision of master’s level therapists and practicum students. Letecia is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Indiana and has been working in Community Mental Health for almost 20 years with an additional 4 years working in an inpatient setting. Letecia has experience in the delivery and supervision of wraparound services to at-risk youth\, system of care development in the community\, quality management\, individual and group therapy and clinical supervision. Letecia is passionate about trauma and secondary traumatic stress as it pertains to staff and often provides support to staff and community members following crises.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBackground\n\n\n\nThe National Council for Mental Wellbeing launched the Center for Workforce Solutions in 2023 in partnership with The College for Behavioral Health Leadership and Health Management Associates. The partnership is leveraging Collective Impact to address the workforce crisis\, and using a cross-sector approach to address the long-standing challenges for expanding and solidifying the behavioral health workforce.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/workforce-solutions-jam-september/
CATEGORIES:Public,Workforce Solutions Jam
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SUMMARY:Candid Conversations with Vic Armstrong | Leadership to Create a Culture of Partnership with Communities
DESCRIPTION:Members-Only \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCBHL Candid Conversations provide an informal platform for connecting and networking with other CBHL members\, fostering an environment where we can learn from one another’s experiences.  Led by a CBHL member or partner\, these sessions are designed to facilitate the exchange of valuable leadership insights\, skills\, and support.  Occurring at least once a month\, Candid Conversations are open to all CBHL members.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVictor Armstrong serves as Vice President for Health Equity and Engagement with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. In addition\, he is the National Director of Soul Shop for Black Churches\, a workshop that teaches faith leaders how to minister to congregants that may be dealing with suicidal desperation. Victor previously served as Chief Health Equity Officer for North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services\, with responsibility for leading the overarching strategy and operational goals to promote health equity\, diversity\, and inclusion across all the agency’s health and human services. Victor has also served as ‪Director of the NC Division of Mental Health\, with responsibility and oversight of the public community-based mental health\, intellectual and other developmental disabilities\, substance use\, and traumatic brain injury system in North Carolina. Prior to his NC state government roles\, Victor spent six years as Vice President of Behavioral Health with Atrium Health. \n\n\n\nVictor has over 30 years of experience in human services\, primarily dedicated to building and strengthening community resources to serve individuals who have been historically marginalized. He is a nationally recognized speaker on issues regarding health equity and access to healthcare\, particularly as it relates to individuals living with mental health challenges. \n\n\n\nVictor currently serves on the steering committee of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention. He also serves on the Board of Directors for RI International as well as the Board of Directors for I2I Center for integrative health. He is a member of the Board of Advisors for East Carolina University School of Social Work and is the host of the “Strong Talk” podcast. \n\n\n\nVictor’s awards and recognitions include: \n\n\n\n\nLiving Waters Annual Mental Health Summit 2022 “Lifetime Mental Health Champion” Award\n\n\n\nNational Association of Social Workers North Carolina (NASW-NC) 2022 Social Worker of the Year\n\n\n\nAddiction Professionals of NC (APNC) 2021 DEI Leadership & Impact Award\n\n\n\nMental Health America’s 2021 H. Keith Brunnemer\, Jr. Award for “Outstanding Mental Health Leadership”\n\n\n\nBlack Mental Health Symposium 2019 Mental Health Advocate of the Year\n\n\n\nEast Carolina University School of Social Work 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award\n\n\n\nNational Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) NC\, 2012 Mental Health Professional of the Year.\n\n\n\n\nVictor graduated\, Magna Cum Laude\, from North Carolina Central University with a bachelor’s degree in business management and received his MSW from East Carolina University. He is the husband of Dr. Charletta Armstrong and the father of three sons\, Carter\, Alonzo\, and Victor Jr. \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\nThe purpose of CBHL Candid Conversations is to:  \n\n\n\n\nNetwork and Collaborate: Meet and engage with fellow CBHL colleagues in an informal\, small group environment that encourages collaboration and the building of meaningful connections \n\n\n\nLearn and Innovate: Acquire new skills and exchange fresh ideas with experienced leaders in a supportive and trusting environment\, fostering personal and professional growth \n\n\n\nShowcase Success: Highlight successful member programs or best and promising practices that demonstrate potential for scaling and broader application. 
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/candid-conversations-with-vic-armstrong-leadership-to-create-a-culture-of-partnership-with-communities/
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