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Providing Leadership in Mitigating the Opioid Crisis in Tennessee
The mayors in our 16 county region are inviting district attorneys, judges, sheriffs, public defenders, jail administrators, probation supervisors, and coalition leaders to discuss the use of opioid settlement funds for substance use programs within the criminal justice system. If you are unable to attend, you may send a representative in your place. This event will have a working lunch.
Event Details
- Hosted by the UT Institute for Public Service SMART Initiative
- Friday, June 17, 2022
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- UT Conference Center, Fourth Floor | 600 Henley Street | Knoxville, TN 37902
Presentation Materials
- Substance Use Disorder: Turtle on a Fencepost | Dr. Stephen Loyd, Medical Director, Cedar Recovery
- Economic Benefit of Substance Use Prevention | Stephanie Struter, CEO, Prevention Alliance of TN; Presented by Karen Pershing, Executive Director, Metro Drug Coalition
- Medication Assisted Treatment in Corrections | Mayors’ Summit MOUD in Jails | Kristen Zak, Deputy Director, Opioid Response Coordination, TN Department of Health
- Re-entry Programming | McNabb Vagnier Brief on Re-Entry | McNabb Center Re-Entry Program in Hamblen County Expanding Into Claiborne County | Jerry Vagnier, CEO, McNabb Center
- Information about Bureau of Justice Assistance Programs that Support Jails
Speakers and Contact Information
- Dr. Jennifer Tourville, UT Institute for Public Service, SMART Initiative
- Dr. Stephen Loyd, Cedar Recovery
- Stephanie Strutner, CEO, Prevention Alliance of Tennessee
- Jim Hart, UT Institute for Public Service, CTAS
- Kristen Zak, Tennessee Department of Health
- Judge Duane Slone, 4th Judicial District
- Sheriff Jeff Coffey, Jefferson County
- Candace Allen, McNabb Center, Jefferson County
- Jerry Vagnier, CEO, McNabb Center, Jefferson County
- Trent Coffey, STAND, Scott County
- Ida Mcelhaney, Probation Services, Sevier County
- Sharon Reid, McNabb Center, Hamblen County
- Ravi Dantuluri, President, Integrity House
