On Friday, July 22 Makin’ It Happen hosted a round table discussion regarding the state of prevention with Senator Jeanne Shaheen. Makin’ It Happen was excited to welcome prevention providers from across the state to discuss some of the needs we see in the field. Those in attendance included:
- Mary Forsythe-Taber: Makin’ It Happen www.makinithappen.org
- Chris Stawasz: American Medical Response | AMR Medical Transportation
- Deryn Smith: Upper Valley RPHN representing: ALL Together & Youth CAN Coalition – ALL Together: A Substance Misuse Prevention Partnership (uvalltogether.org)
- Michelle Ricco Jonas: Nashua Prevention Coalition –Nashua Prevention Coalition (nashuacares.org)
- Officer Steve Orton: Laconia PD – representing: Laconia Youth Alliance – www.laconiayouthalliance.org
- Mary Drew: Reality Check – www.realitychecknow.org
- Monica Gallant: Community Action for Safe Teens (CAST) – www.svbgc.org
- Jon DeLena: DEA (joining via Zoom) – DeLena, Jon C. New England | DEA.gov
- Chris Scott – Shaheen’s office – Home | U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire (senate.gov)
Some of the major points of the round table that were covered included:
- Funding – sustainable funding, population-based
- Mental health support
- Leadership – Fed to State to Regional to local – two-way boots on the ground up, fed down
- Investing in our youth and prevention at an equal effort as treatment and recovery
Check out this information about Children’s Mental Health
WMUR, InkLink and the NH Journal all covered the event. Please find links to their stories below:
