Governor’s Opioid Prevention and Recovery Steering Committee Agenda 2.7.24

Governor's Opioid Overdose Prevention and Recovery Steering Committee

• 1st Quarterly Meeting Pursuant to Executive Order 2023-08
• Juliana Stratton - Lieutenant Governor Dr. Sameer Vohra - Director, Department of Public Health
• Dulce Quintero - Secretary Designate, Department of Human Services
• February 7, 2024, 10:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
• Zoom Meeting
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• AGENDA

• 1. Call to Order/Welcome
  2. Roll Call
  3. Approval of February 7, 2024 Agenda and December 14, 2023, Meeting Minutes
  4. Chairs' Remarks
     1. Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton
     2. Director Dr. Sameer Vohra
     3. Secretary Designate Dulce Quintero
  5. New Business
     1. Deflection Services to Reduce Drug Overdoses: Stephanie Frank, Deputy Director of Planning Performance Assessment and Federal Projects, Department of Human Services, Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery 
     2. Harm Reduction 101: Luke Tomsha, Perfectly Flawed Foundation; Geoff Bathje, Ph.D., Chicago Recovery Alliance, and Sana Healing Collective; Chris Schaffner, JOLT Foundation; Fanya Burford-Berry, Lee Rush, and Lu Syas, West Side Heroin/Opioid Task Force; and Mike Tyson, Executive Director, Take Action Today
     3. Office of Opioid Settlement Administration Updates: Jim Wilkerson, Interim Statewide Opioid Settlement Administrator, Department of Human Services, Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery
        1. Approved Recommendations Update
        2. New Funding Recommendations
           1. Harm Reduction Services
           2. Training and Technical Assistance
  6. Member Updates
  7. Public Comment
  8. Adjournment