Supporting aligned activities of community partners and systems.
What Is It?
Supporting aligned activities of community partners and systems was identified by a team of community stakeholders as an action, that when combined with other actions in our community, has a reasonable chance of making a difference in substance use and mental health in our community. This is an ongoing program in our community, building on work that is already happening around substance use and mental health.
The priority population/customers for this strategy are community partners and those most affected. This aims to make a difference at individual and organizational levels. Implementation will take place within community systems whose efforts are concentrated around substance use and mental health.
This strategy will address health disparities by addressing issues of access to available services within the community by connecting community partners to identify aligned activities and to avoid duplication of work, while expanding the network of organizations working together to solve this public health issue.
Partners
The partners for this program include:
|
Agency |
Person |
Role |
| Appalachian Community Services | Couselor(s)/ Administration | Collaborate, Support, Represent Target Population |
| Community Representative | Bob Kiley | Represent Target Population |
| County Commissioner | Gary Shields | Lead |
|
County Housing Angel Medical Center |
John Fay Clint Kendall, CEO |
Collaborate, Support Collaborate, Support |
| Macon County Public Health | Community Health Promotion Coordinator and Health Educator |
Collaborate, Support |
| Macon County School System | Marci Holland and Robert Holland | Collaborate, Support, Represent Target Population |
| Macon County Sheriff Office | Brent Holbrooks, Sheriff | Collaborate, Support, Represent Target Population |
| Meridian Behavioral Health | Counselor/ Administration | Collaborate, Support, Represent Target Population |
| No Wrong Door | Sheila Jenkins | Collaborate, Support |
| Vaya Health | Ronnie Beale, Chairman of Governing Board (Head of Mental Health Task Force for Macon County) | Lead |
| Macon County Detention Center | Brent Ledford, CPT | Collaborate, Support, Population Most Affected |
|
Vecinos Macon County EMS WNC Health Network |
Counselor(s)/Administration Warren Cabe Erin Braasch |
Collaborate, Support, Represent Target Population Collaborate, Support Collaborate |
Progress in 2022
- NARCAN is regular being administered throughout the county and helping to save lives.
- Coordination between organizations dealing with behavioral health and substance abuse issues continued to improve.
- Established NARCAN and Overdose EMS Response data measures with Macon County Emergency Management Services to help guage the substance abuse rates in Macon County.
Progress in 2023
- Active participant in the WNC Health Network View From Here Campaign to address the stigma and provide educational support and information about harm reduction, using Vaya's Health Crisis Line and WNCAP as supportive resources. The campaign focused targeted ads and facebook posts on Mental Health, Substance Misuse, and Healthy Eating/Active Living.
- Substance abuse ads viewed by Macon County Residents times:
- English- 25,216
- Spanish- 4,563
- Substance abuse ads viewed by Macon County Residents times:
- Macon County Behavior Task Force continues to look for transitional housing options for post treatment released patients
- Old Angel Medical Center
- Tiny Home Communities
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