ASPIRE Learning Community Webinars

DateSpeakerTitle
February 27, 2024Dr. Gary Bond, Senior Research Associate, Westat Amanda Downing, Program Manager, Employment Services at Mental Health SystemsIPS for Young Adults
January 23, 2024Franco Mascayano, Division of Behavioral Health Services and Policy Research, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric InstituteSocial Determinants of Mental Health: A Global Perspective
November 28, 2023Annette Shea, State and Federal policy and program advisor, Annette Shea Consulting.Utilizing Medicaid to Support Employers for Individuals with Disabilities.
September 26, 2023Melissa DeHaven, Consultant and Trainer for the Institute for Best Practices in North Carolina and former ACT Team Supervisor.  
Darius McKinney, Administrator of General Community Programs  for the Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health 
Lorna Moser, PhD, Director of the UNC ACT Technical Assistance Center in the UNC Department of Psychiatry’s Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health, and Coordinator of the NC ACT Coalition.  		IPS and Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)
August 22, 2023Emery Cowan, Chief Deputy BH, Solano County Health and Social Services, CA and Darius McKinney, Administrator of General Community Programs, Division of MH, ILGetting to Know the Communities You Serve
July 25, 2023Carol Dobak, Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) CommissionerMission, Practices, and Activities of the RSA
June 27, 2023Leah G. Pope, Ph.D., Research Scientist, New York State Psychiatric Institute; Assistant Professor of Clinical Behavioral Medicine, Columbia University Department of Psychiatry (Division of Behavioral Health Services and Policy Research)Meeting the Needs of People with Serious Mental Illness and Criminal Justice Involvement in the Community
March 23
, 2023		Gloria Cain MSW, PhD., Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Howard University
Denise M. Scott, PhD., MS, Director, Howard University Hospital Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment Community Expansion Initiative
Mr. Ernest Clover III, Executive Director DC Dream Center
Building Connections in Communities
February 28, 2023Robert Drake, M.D., Ph.D., Vice President, Westat
Sarah Swanson, The IPS Employment Center
Tammie Amsbaugh, Iowa Department of Health & Human Services
Lin Nibblelink, Iowa Department of Health & Human Services		Effective IPS Program Implementation
November 1, 2022 Dr. Spero Manson, Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry; Director, Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Colorado School of Public Health
Carly Shangreau, MSHS, Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran, Health Educator and Public Health Liaison, Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health.
Twila Martin Kekahbah, B.S., member and former chairperson of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, Director of Tribal Analytic Institute, Community Liaison for the Northwest Area Foundation, and Policy Analyst for the National Indian Health Board.
Melanie Archuleta, Kaibab Paiute, artist, educator, and linguist.		White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Native Americans and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities. Mental Health within Native Communities: A Story of Resilience, Recovery, and Employment
August 23, 2022Della Jenkins, Executive Director, Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy, University of PennsylvaniaInteragency data sharing and collaboration
July 26, 2022Dr. Spero Manson, Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry; Director, Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Colorado School of Public HealthMental health, SUD, and employment issues in the American Indian and Alaska Native population
June 28, 2022Jarnee Riley, Senior Study Director and Project Manager, Westat, Inc.Applying an Equity Framework to ASPIRE
May 24, 2022David de Voursney, Director, Division of Service and Systems Improvement, Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA
Abdallah Ibrahim, Public Health Advisor, SAMHSA		Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics and IPS
April 26, 2022Bob Drake, Vice President, Westat, Inc. ASPIRE State LeadersASPIRE State Policy Change Progress
March 22, 2022Deborah Becker, Director, IPS Learning CommunityMental Health Services Integration with IPS
January 25, 2022ASPIRE State LeadersDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion State Plan Presentations
November 23, 2021Jarnee Riley, Senior Study Director and Project Manager, Westat, Inc.Diversity Equity and Inclusion
October 26, 2021Deborah Becker, Director, IPS Learning CommunitySteering Committee
September 28, 2021ASPIRE State LeadersASPIRE State Presentations
August 24, 2021Gary Bond, Senior Research Associate, Westat, Inc.Evidence for the Effectiveness of IPS
July 27, 2021Carol Dobak, Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services AdministrationRSA’S Mission, Priorities, AND Activities
June 22, 2021Andy Sink, Director of NYESS Employment Policy, Office of Mental HealthNYESS Infrastructure and Collaborative Partnerships
 April 27, 2021Virginia Selleck, Subject Matter Expert, ASPIRE and Technical Assistance CollaborativeMedicaid Basics
March 30, 2021Westat TeamASPIRE State Kickoff Meeting Recording