Sponsor: Health Resources & Services Administration
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Office of Regional Operations invites you to a free webinar on Addressing the Behavioral Health Needs of Unsheltered and Vulnerable Populations during the Pandemic.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the special role of providers of health care to persons experiencing homelessness in addressing their medical and behavioral health needs during the pandemic
- Understand promising practices for engaging unsheltered and vulnerable populations in substance use disorder treatment during the pandemic
- Describe adaptations to ongoing services to improve access to behavioral health care during the pandemic
- Gain awareness of the major challenges of implementing behavioral health services to persons experiencing homelessness during the pandemic
Featured Speakers:
CAPT Christopher Bersani, PsyD, ABPP, Deputy Regional Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration Office of Regional Operations, Region 1 Boston, Massachusetts.
Heidi Nelson, CEO, Duffy Health Center , Hyannis, Massachusetts.
Patricia A. Cawley, Senior Director of Program Services, Duffy Health Center, Hyannis Massachusetts.
Daniel K. Rodrigues, MSW, LICSW, Associate Director of Substance Use Disorder Services, Duffy Health Center, Hyannis Massachusetts.
Danielle Louder, Program Director, Northeast Telehealth Resource Center, Augusta, Maine.
Webinar Moderator:
Elizabeth McNamee, LCSW, Public Health Analyst, Health Resources and Services Administration Office of Regional Operations, Region 1 Boston, Massachusetts
To register click here
Event Details
- Date:
- January 28, 2021
- Time:
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- Location:
- virtual
- Cost:
- free