Support Lead-Safe Housing
The National Center for Healthy Housing is seeking organizational support for the Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2017. To add your support, email Emily.Benfer@yale.edu with your organization's name and a contact person.
Black Maternal Health Week
The Black Mamas Matter Alliance has designated April 11 to 17 as Black Maternal Health Week, which it plans to mark as an annual commemoration.
Webinars
Tackling the Opioid Epidemic in the Chickasaw Nation
Highlights the Define Your Direction prescription opioid abuse prevention movement's components, challenges experienced during its development and implementation phases, and successes.
National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities
Jan. 25, 3-4 p.m. ET
Changing the Public Conversation on Health: How to Use Framing to "Decode" Social Determinants and Health Equity
Describes how the Douglas County Health Department in Omaha applies research from FrameWorks Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to build stronger support for prevention and equity approaches.
CityMatCH
Jan. 30, 2-3:30 p.m. ET
Act Early Ambassadors and Parent Centers: Collaborating to Promote Developmental Health of Young Children
Discusses why connecting families to information and resources about their children's development is an essential activity of Office of Special Education Programs-funded parent centers and CDC's Act Early ambassadors. The webinar will also focus on how to foster collaboration between these two groups, so children and families can get the services and support they need as early as possible.
The Center for Parent Information and Resources
Feb. 6, 3-4 p.m. ET
Best Practices: Virtual Roundtable Discussion on Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program For Moms
Learn about implementing or furthering state/population level procedures for developing a statewide or regional telephone psychiatric consultation, care coordination, and training program that expands medical clinicians' capacity to screen, treat, and refer pregnant and postpartum women for mental health and substance use disorders. To register, email your name, organization/affiliation, and email address to Roara Michael at roaram@thenationalcouncil.org.
SAMHSA and the HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions
Feb. 14, 3-4 p.m. ET
Championing Transformative Change to Advance Health Equity
Discusses why "transformative change" is essential to advancing health equity through examples from Omaha and Minnesota. The webinar will also discuss how Human Impact Partners and others are building a health equity movement and supporting innovation, and will provide resources to help your health department champion transformative change to advance health equity.
Health Improvement Partners
Feb. 15, 1-2 p.m. ET