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7 <br /> ,. Johnston County <br /> CFAC Summary <br /> FY23 was a year of challenges and Peer Support Specialists who were Our members participated in a <br /> triumphs. We were coming out of a able to direct people to mobile care number of community events, <br /> global pandemic, hindering our and local providers, greatly reducing including: <br /> ability to get out in the community inpatient hospitalization and saving School Health Advisory Council <br /> and hold in-person meetings, but we the hospital the expense of treating (SHAC) Backpack Buddies, where <br /> eventually came out of that cocoon indigent people. There was a back packs were loaded with school <br /> of human isolation, put our doubts workshop on medications for opioid supplies and sanitary items <br /> aside, and got back to work. use disorder(MOUD) and the use of <br /> Narcan during an overdose. We were Johnston County Education <br /> Forced isolation had the benefit of able to secure a case of Narcan to Appreciation event cohosted by <br /> making one learn how to bring back to the county to SHAC <br /> communicate virtually and our distribute. Volunteer fair sponsored by UNC <br /> members quickly grasped the Johnston Health <br /> concept. We learned new The Tailored Plan and its impact on <br /> communication skills and drew on our population was discussed during Fall vaccine festival <br /> the strength of our group of all subcommittee meetings. For the NC Medicaid behavioral health <br /> dedicated CFAC members. most part, our membership believed stakeholder engagement webinar <br /> The Tailored Plan concept is a sound hosted by DHHS <br /> Several members attended the two- one but we had concerns about the Sponsor of awards and recognition <br /> day Spring i2i Conference in June ongoing lack of providers in breakfast as a May Mental Health <br /> where we learned about the plans of Johnston County, a rural area except Awareness project <br /> the Department of Health and for the western part of the county <br /> Human Services (DHSS) to organize that attracts commuters working, One Community in Recovery <br /> a Tailored Plan to combine physical shopping, and seeing doctors in the Conference in Greensboro, which <br /> and mental health services. It was Raleigh-Durham area. has evolved to focus less on <br /> interesting to see specific data and substance use and to include all <br /> how it will be implemented. Several of us met regularly with our kinds of recovery from chronic <br /> County Board of Commissioners, mental health conditions <br /> We visited some interesting who express the same concern. State CFAC Legislative Day <br /> workshops, especially for those of us They have stated our county is not <br /> who are Certified Peer Support economically attractive for the larger NC Disability Rights Conference <br /> Specialists. The Medical Director provider groups to relocate or open A showing of Unmet, a <br /> from Baptist Hospital in Winston- an office within our borders. We all documentary portraying the lives of <br /> Salem described their triage program hope with Johnston County being the several people with intellectual and <br /> in the emergency department for fastest growing county in the state, developmental disabilities <br /> those suffering with a mental health this situation will eventually change Smithfield Ham and Yam Festival, <br /> crisis. He told us it was staffed by for the better. which we plan to make an annual <br /> occurrence <br />