The goal of this program is to develop and implement a community-based action plan to promote quality improvements in our seven-county region for families related to neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome. As part of this effort, we would like to convene a minimum of two stakeholders to represent each county to provide inputs that could help us bridge the silos and improve our overall effectiveness in the planning, implementation and assessment of strategies to promote perinatal mental health and reduce overdose and overdose deaths in pregnant and parenting individuals.

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Preliminary Agenda

10:00 AM – Welcome  (Tomás Torices, MD – Executive Director, AAP-CA2)

10:05 AM – Opening Discussion  (Melissa Ruiz, MD, FAAP – President, AAP-CA2)

10:20 AM – County Roundtable  (Each County Representative)

• What is working in your county?
• What do you have that you can share?
• What are your long-term strategic imperatives?

Followed by breakouts, close out discussion and action planning.

Facilitators representing the American Academy of Pediatrics

Rachel Daskalov, Senior Director, Public Health Initiatives
American Academy of Pediatrics

Shavonne Reed, Communications Consultant and Project Manager
AAP Contracted Firm OPUA Agency