Keynote Presenters:
Maggie Sutton, CSW, City Case Manager
Dan Weber, Assistant Chief, Community Risk Reduction, Greenfield Fire Rescue

CE Hour: 1

Since the late 1960’s, the 911 system has been used to call for help in a true emergency. Today, not so much. The majority of 911 utilization is now used for low acuity, non-emergency situations. In this session, we will explore a different approach Greenfield Fire-Rescue uses to leverage community paramedics and case management to reduce 911 utilizations and risk throughout the community.

Presented by:
Luci Staudacher, MSW, LCSW of Alverno College and Aaliyah Torres, BSW, of UMOS

CE Hour: 1

This session will go in depth describing the approach at UMOS for tobacco prevention and education, particularly with the Hispanic/Latinx Community. We will define macro social work and how this work is impacting the Hispanic/Latinx community regarding tobacco and vaping in Milwaukee, WI.

Come away from this session with the ability to identify the prevention and harm reduction strategies that are being implemented at UMOS to help benefit the Hispanic/Latinx Community. Learn and understand specific tobacco and vaping prevention resources that are available and understand what research states about the importance of macro social work.

Presented by:
W. Matthew Drymalski, PhD, LP, SAC and Jeremy Triblett of Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Services

CE Hour: 1

In this session, we will introduce participants to BHS’s socioecological-based continuum of care, adapted from the Socioecological Model and the SAMHSA’s Continuum of Care. They will demonstrate how BHS uses this framework as a tool to categorize BHS’s current prevention and harm reduction activities, strategically select and implement future prevention efforts, and adopt a public health model for our prevention work. Finally, several prevention strategies implemented by BHS will be highlighted to demonstrate how the model is helping BHS to implement a diverse, multi-level portfolio of prevention activities.