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1:35 – 2:25 PM: Breakout 1C: Creating a Queer and Trans Connection Network: Peer-Led Mental Health Support as a Means of Harm Reduction in Rural LGBTQ+ Communities 
  • Toby Boris-Schacter, BA, Youth Coordinator, Columbia-Greene Addiction Coalition
1:35 – 2:25 PM: Breakout 1B: Leveraging Interactive Mapping to Expand Community Access to Naloxone and Harm Reduction Servies 
  • Dayquan Crandell, BA, Epidemiologist, Orange County Department of Health
1:35 – 2:25 PM: Breakout 1A: Responding to Current Overdose Trends Utilizing Detect to Protect Campaign and Application of Overdose Data 
  • Angela Dieter, Director of Harm Reduction, Erie County Department of Health
  • Marilyn Lenus, RN, OFR Coordinator, RN, Erie County Department of Health
  • Jason Meurlin, Data Analyst, Erie County Department of Health
11:15 AM – 12:30 PM: Breaking Down Silos: Harm Reduction, Mental Health & Co-Occurring Care Across Systems 
  • Tracie M. Gardner, Executive Director, National Black Harm Reduction Network
  • Stephanie Marquesano, JD, Founder and President, The Harris Project, Inc.
  • Lauren Johnson, MA, CASAC-M, Dual Recovery Coordinator, Putnam County Department of Mental Health
Leveraging Technology for Post Overdose Response Initiatives Slides 
Compassionate Overdose Response Slides 
Leveraging the ORS Team Slides 
Collaborating for Change Slides 
2024 Local Health Department Mini-Grant Program Recap 

Between April and July 2024, NYSACHO, in collaboration with the NYSDOH, provided funding in the form of “mini grants” (up to $3,000) to ten (10) counties for their climate and health adaptation initiatives. This recap provides an overview of the 2024 funding program, and highlights each project, including successes and lessons learned.

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