African American Opioid Coalition
Our programs are coordinated by a small staff including an executive director, program managers, project coordinators and contractors who assist where funding allows. Projects are conducted thanks to efforts of partners who serve on task forces and program teams.
Itina Johnson
African American Opioid Coalition & Traffic Safety Project Coordinator
SAFE COMMUNITIES
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Corinda Rainey-Moore, Ph.D, President
Community Engagement Manager
UnityPoint Health-Meriter
Kristine Ashe
Joann Solberg
Public Affairs Specialist
AAA Wisconsin
Aurielle Smith
Public Health Madison-Dane County
Lupita Montoto
Assistant Program Director
La Movida/Mid-West Family Broadcasting
Chief Aaron Chapin
Village of McFarland Police
Jim Christensen, Treasurer
Principal
StatOrg Services, LLC
Chief Mike Steffes
Sun Prairie Police Department
Nyra Jordan
Social Impact Investment Director
American Family Insurance
Stacey Wendt-Kaisler
Marketing
SSM Health
Michael Aguilar
President
Innocorp, Ltd.
Nancy McLean
HR Director
State Lab of Hygiene
CURRENT PROGRAM INITIATIVES
RESOURCES AND LINKS
Safe Communities is not a counseling or crisis center and does not provide direct services. If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
RESOURCES
Oringinal article by John Gramlich Original Article can be found here: Recent surge in U.S. drug overdose deaths has hit Black men the hardest Nearly 92,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in
This article by Maggie Ginsberg originally appeared in the December 2021 Edition of Madison Magazine. To view the original article, click here. Even as the crisis worsens in Dane County
Medications Linked to Falls-Resource from CDC (PDF) Postural Hypotension-Resource from CDC (PDF) Wisconsin Pharmacy Quality Collaborative The Wisconsin Pharmacy Quality Collaborative (WPQC) is an initiative of the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin (PSW)
RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE
Safe communities has complied a list of abbreviation definitions for finding the right treatment for you.
MAT: Medication for Addiction Treatment.
OP: Outpatient Treatment – person lives at home or in the community, attends. individual and group therapy, these can include or not include MAT.
IOP: Intensive Outpatient Treatment – person lives at home or in the community, attends individual and extended groups, 9-12 hours a week.
Residential: person lives at the facility for a period of at least 14 days, some last as many as 45 days.
PHP: Partial Hospitalization Program is a structured mental health treatment program that runs for several hours each day, three to five days per week.
DBT: Dialectical behavior therapy is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) that integrates mindfulness techniques.
