NCPG Webinar: Mobilizing Local Community Coalitions to Prevent Problem Gambling
Leveraging the coalition model that has been successfully used to reduce substance use prevention, Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Problem Gambling Services and the Connecticut Regional Behavioral Health Action Organizations partnered with CADCA to develop a training program that supports a regional, prevention science based approach to address complex community issues such as problem gambling and underage gambling. This webinar will discuss the innovative project undertaken between CADCA and Connecticut to mobilize a data driven regional approach to address problem gambling.
There are no CE’s available for this webinar.
PRESENTERS
DOROTHY CHANEY, M.ED.
MASTER TRAINER, CADCA
Dorothy Chaney a Master Trainer with CADCA and is also the Founder of Impact Community Planning Group, an organization committed to supporting coalitions, agencies and individuals to improve the health of their communities and the environments in which they live. Dorothy is committed to equity in community health and works with communities both nationally and internationally to address health disparities and support the development of local solutions to complex problems. For more than 20 years, Dorothy has worked with community-based coalitions to improve community health.
KELLY LEPPARD
PRIMARY PREVENTION SERVICES COORDINATOR, CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES, PROBLEM GAMBLING SERVICES DIVISION
Kelly Leppard is a Certified Prevention Specialist and the Primary Prevention Services Coordinator for the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Problem Gambling Services Division. Kelly has been working in the prevention field on the local and state level since 2008. Kelly was formally a Prevention Coordinator for a Drug-Free Communities Coalition and is a Past-President of the Connecticut Association of Prevention Professionals. She has a BA from Western New England University and is graduating this May with a MPA from the University of Connecticut.