2024 Conference Schedule
Tentative Agenda
Agenda is subject to change. All times listed are Eastern Time.
We are pleased to offer 43 CEU credits through NASW-VA to all registered attendees.
Please be advised these sessions will only be available virtually for the general public. In person attendance is invite only.
See full agenda with speakers.
1 - 1:10 p.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
1:10 - 1:20 p.m.
Youth Voice Empowered
1:20 - 2:20 p.m.
Panel 1: Integrating Care in Education Settings
2:20 - 2:55 p.m.
Fireside Chat
3:05 - 3:55 p.m.
Panel 2: Housing and Nutrition
3:55 - 4:45 p.m.
Panel 3: Economic Security
4:45 - 4:55 p.m.
Youth Policy Advocacy Award Presentation
4:55 - 5 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Please be advised these sessions will only be available virtually for the general public. In person attendance is invite only.
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Registration
8 - 8:30 a.m.
Affiliate Day Kick-Off and Networking Breakfast (in-person only)
8:45 - 9:45 a.m.
Keynote: Advocacy and Policy
Innovative ways communities are advocating for and implementing policy changes to support equitable access to mental health care and services.
10 - 11 a.m.
Breakout Sessions
- Can Survivors of a Death by Suicide be Helped? Yes!
- Insights to Action: How Story Collection Software Drives Decision Making and Understanding at MHA of the Palm Beaches
- Discover the Benefits of Creating Strong Communities of Practice: Harnessing the Power of Connection in the Affiliate Network!
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
- Today, Tomorrow, Together: Merging Culture, Mission and Strategy of Two MHAs
- Eight Dimensions of Wellness and the Older Adult
- Workplace Wellness Programming: A Playbook for MHA Affiliates
12:30 - 1:15 p.m.
Awards Luncheon - Richard Van Horn Innovation in Programming Award Winner (in-person only)
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
- Reframing the Recovery Narrative: A Relational Approach for Creating Cultures of Wellness
- Rethink Reentry: A New Approach to Integrating Reentry and Correctional Forensic Peer Programming (IRACS) in Indiana
- Successful Grant Practices Across the Affiliate Network
2:45 - 3:45 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
- Federal Advocacy 101: Hot Topics
- Mental Health and the Great Outdoors
- Picking up the TAB: Treatment Access Bank
4 - 5 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
- Affiliate Advocacy All-stars: Bold Strategies for Relationship Building
- It Doesn't Have to be Lonely at the Top: "Bite-sized" Options for Chief Executives to Engage Their Boards
- Engaging Faith Communities in Rural Areas with Spiritual First Aid for Community
6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Affiliate Reception (in-person only)
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Registration, MHA Store, Expo Hall, and Networking Lounge Open
12 - 12:45 p.m.
Luncheon (in-person only)
12:45 - 1:45 p.m.
Welcome Session
2 - 3 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
- When Cattlemen and Cooperative Extension Collaborate: Passing Oregon State Bill 955 and Launching the AgriStress Helpline
- Driving Change: Bridging Mental Health Gaps for Communities of Color on The Family Van
- Rolling the Dice on Our Future: The Impact of Gambling on Youth Mental Health
- A World Beyond Access, Defining Therapist Quality in Digital Telemental Health Delivery
3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
- Equalizing the Accessibility of Grants & Financing for Youth-Led Mental Health Initiatives
- Speedier Intake, Bigger Impact: One State's Approach to MAT Access to Boost Behavioral Health Outcomes
- Fatiga Por Compasion (Spanish Language Session)
- School Shooting Prevention Plans Gone Wrong. A Research-based Approach to a School and Community's Prevention and Crisis Response Plan
4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Keynote: Patrick J. Kennedy, Former U.S. Representative
Followed by the Clifford W. Beers Award Presentation
6 - 7 p.m.
Welcome Reception (in-person only)
8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Registration, Expo Hall, MHA Store, and Networking Lounge Open
8 a.m - 8:45 a.m.
Breakfast (in-person only)
8:45 - 9:30 a.m.
Music & Conversation with Me2/ Orchestra: Every Movement Matters
9:30 - 10:20 a.m.
Keynote: MHA's Young Mental Health Leaders Panel
10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Breakout Sessions
- Reproductive Psychiatric Advance Directives: An Innovative Approach to Reproductive Justice in Mental Health Care
- Responding to the Climate Crisis: Embodiment, Somatics, and a New Pathway Forward
- A Low-Cost Electroencephalogram and Machine Learning Model that Can Detect Major Psychiatric Disorders
- Strategic Responses: Practical, Tactical, and Actionable Approaches to Police Engaging High-Risk Citizens
11:30 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.
Luncheon (in-person only)
12:10 - 1 p.m.
Media Awards Presentation
1:15 - 2:15 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
- Activating Innovative Community Programming to Promote Mental Health Equity
- Culture is Medicine: Tribal and Urban Indian Community-Defined Best Practices for Substance Use Disorder Prevention and Treatment in California Native Communities
- Mapping Resources: An Interactive Workshop to Build Community Social, Emotional, and Mental Health Networks
- Chicken or the Egg: A Look at the Cannabis and Psychosis Debate
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
- A Community-Driven Mental Health Response: Credible Clinicians, Credible Healers, and Healing Hubs
- The Economic Burden of Mental Health Inequities / Future Projected Cost of Mental Health Inequities
- Gen Z's Battle to be Mentally Healthy in the Age of Social Media
- Transforming Mental Health and Substance Use: A Health Approach within Chicago Public Schools
3:45 - 4:45 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
- A Rainbow Crisis: Supporting the Mental Health of Marginalized LGBTQ+ Youth
- Peer Respite: Enhancing Care for Women Impacted by System Gaps
- Mental Health Equity in Action: When Research and Legislation Meet
- Sisters Mentally Mobilized: A Community-Defined Evidence-Based Mental Health Intervention for Black Women
5 - 6:15 p.m.
Keynote: Brian Anderson, CEO of Coalition for Health AI and Award Presentation
6:15 - 7:30 p.m.
Exhibitor Meet & Greet Reception (in-person only)
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Registration, Expo Hall, MHA Store, and Networking Lounge Open
8:30 - 9:15 a.m.
Breakfast (in-person only)
Location: Presidential Ballroom Foyer
9:15 - 10:15 a.m.
Keynote: Dr. Lisa Miller, Professor & Founder at Spirituality Mind Body Institute
10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Breakout Sessions
- Lift the Mask Club: A Student-Led Approach to Normalizing and Improving Mental Health on College Campuses
- Breaking Barriers: Treating Dual Diagnosis with Ketamine and Novel Treatment Approaches
- Advocacy for Eating Disorders: Tackling the BMI and Improving Quality
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Closing Keynote: Dr. Nzinga Harrison, Co-founder & Chief Medical Officer at Eleanor Health