NC-TAC Webinar: Pre-Arrest Diversion Programs in North Carolina ‑ Local Perspectives and New Resources
2026-01-12 11:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York)
Many law enforcement officers are familiar with community members who are repeatedly arrested for low-level crimes related to their substance use. There is growing recognition that arresting these individuals rarely leads to lasting positive change for the individuals or to improvements in public safety and community wellbeing.
Pre-arrest diversion programs connect people at risk of incarceration due to low-level drug-related offenses with treatment, health and social services, and other community supports. There are examples of successful pre-arrest diversion programs in cities and counties in all regions of North Carolina.
Join us to hear from panelists implementing these programs across the state. This webinar will also present NC-TAC’s new diversion handbook for law enforcement and community stakeholders.
REGISTER HERE

NC-TAC Webinar: The Neuroscience of Substance Use Disorders
2025-11-18 11:00 - 12:30 | Zoom
Substance use disorders are influenced by many factors, including the individual neurology of a person’s brain, individual behaviors, complex environmental influences, and experiences in one’s family and community, developing over years. In this session, we will discuss how factors such as trauma and resilience supports can have a bidirectional relationship with brain chemistry, human behavior, and social drivers of health like access to employment and housing. We will review how medications for addiction treatment are particularly effective at improving outcomes due to direct intervention into these complex neurological pathways. Presenter: Dr. Shuchin Shukla, MD, MPH, Addiction Medicine Specialist. Register here.

Legal Action Center's (LAC) No Health = No Justice Initiative Virtual Healthcare Practitioners' Roundtable
2025-11-05 13:00 - 15:00 | Online, NC, United States
The Legal Action Center’s (LAC) No Health = No Justice Initiative would like to invite you to a virtual healthcare practitioners’ roundtable on Wednesday, November 5th, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. EST. This conversation is intended for professionals who provide healthcare and health-related supportive services to currently and formerly incarcerated individuals. This includes counselors, nurses, physicians, social workers, primary care and specialty care practitioners, mental health and substance use treatment and recovery providers, harm reductionists, and any other health care provider who offers care to this population.
The purpose of this roundtable is to:
· Uplift the health care needs of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people.
· Cultivate a community of caring providers who are serving this population.
· Foster information sharing around innovative programs that serve these populations, best practices for helping people to access care, and federal policy developments important to this work.
· Support providers in states that have not expanded Medicaid eligibility to explore innovative ways to connect the reentering population to care.
· Gather insights that can inform state implementation planning for states that have an approved Medicaid reentry Section 1115 waiver (demonstration) project.
Please use this link to register:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/3bIr3DUxSKamgxGof9W9Rg
About the No Health = No Justice Initiative: Our Initiative works with members of local communities to advance their movements for justice, fairness, and opportunity. We facilitate conversations with individuals with lived experience and groups that work at the intersections of health, justice, and economics to develop and promote model policies and implement solutions that prioritize health (physical and mental) and opportunities over punishment.

Overdose Response – What Teens and Adults Should Know to Save a Life
2025-10-16 19:00 - 19:45 | Online, NC, United States
This webinar is for youth ages 12-18 and their parents/caregivers. It will introduce strategies for keeping teens safe when they encounter drugs.
Drug overdoses have become the third leading cause of death among children and adolescents in the US. Fentanyl, a very potent opioid drug, is often hidden in counterfeit (fake) pills and substances that typically contain no opioids. Young people have overdosed after taking drugs they did not know were laced with fentanyl. In this webinar, we will learn:

What opioid drugs are and the dangers of counterfeit pills
Harm reduction strategies to prevent an overdose
Signs of an opioid overdose
How to respond if a friend or family member overdoses, including how to administer naloxone.

All are welcome to attend, and all participants will receive a gift bag with naloxone and other items that can be picked up at the Durham County Human Services Building after the webinar. Please help us spread the word about this important educational event!
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Recovery Together ENC Conference
2025-10-14 08:00 - 15:00 | Lenoir Community College, 231 North Carolina 58, Kinston, NC, 28504, United States
Welcome to the Recovery Together ENC Conference 2025!
Join us at Lenoir Community College for a day filled with inspiration, education, and connection. This in-person event is designed to bring together individuals passionate about recovery in Eastern North Carolina. Our conference features engaging speakers, interactive workshops, and networking opportunities. Whether you’re new to the recovery journey or a seasoned advocate, there’s something here for everyone. Come be a part of a supportive community dedicated to recovery and wellness. Let’s learn from each other, share our stories, and grow together.
CEUs and CLEs will be available.

Inaugural Cape Fear Addictions Conference
2025-10-10 08:00 - 16:30 | Aloft Wilmington at Coastline Center, 501 Nutt Street, Wilmington, NC, 28401, United States
Join us for the inaugural Cape Fear Addictions Conference, a one-day live in-person interdisciplinary event designed for healthcare professionals dedicated to advancing their knowledge and clinical practice in the treatment of addiction. Held in the scenic downtown riverfront of Wilmington, NC, this conference brings together physicians, nurses, advanced practice providers, mental health clinicians, social workers, and pharmacists for a day of collaborative learning.

NC-TAC Webinar: Invisible Sentence-Recognizing, Supporting, and Advocating for Children of Incarcerated and Returning Parents
2025-10-01 11:00 - 12:30 | Zoom
On any given day, there are an estimated 2.7 million children in the US with at least one incarcerated parent (21,000+ in NC), with more than 5.2 million children (160,000 in NC) having experienced parental incarceration at some point in their lives. This session will focus on what we know about the children and the impact of parental incarceration and re-entry, resource and data gaps, ways to collaborate and partner to better meet their needs, and the importance of including children’s voices. Participants will be encouraged to take what they learn back to their own professional settings to continue the conversation there and determine appropriate next steps.
Presenter: Melissa Radcliff, Program Director, Our Children’s Place of Coastal Horizons
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Improving Communication About the Drug Supply to Improve Health Outcomes Among PWUD
2025-09-18 15:00 - 16:30 | Online, NC, United States
This webinar will overview forthcoming products from the CDC PHIC Improving Communication About the Drug Supply to Improve Health Outcomes Among PWUD project. The primary goal of this project was to identify current best practices and promising strategies, directly engage priority communities, and develop action-oriented guidance on the effective communication of information about the illicit drug supply. By better understanding the information produced through community drug checking activities and other health engagement efforts, public health partners can equip themselves and community stakeholders with information and health promotion strategies to reduce overdose risk and support service utilization. Project staff and consultants will walk through resulting materials—including a public health communications toolkit and community-developed recommendations document—the creation processes, and intended uses.
Please contact DrugUserHealthTA@NASTAD.org with any questions.

Breaking Barriers: Compassionate Care and Community Engagement in the Opioid Crisis Conference (Mecklenburg County)
2025-09-15 08:30 - 16:30 | Charlotte Convention Center, 501 S College St, Charlotte, NC, NC, 28202, United States
Registration Now Open!
Breaking Barriers: Compassionate Care and Community Engagement in the Opioid Crisis Conference is a comprehensive gathering aimed at addressing the multifaceted challenges of the opioid crisis. Our goal is to foster a deeper understanding of this critical issue within the community by encouraging active participation and collaboration among community members and professionals. We will explore effective models for coordinating care among various stakeholders, addressing gaps in comprehensive care models, and discussing innovative solutions to ensure seamless integration of all aspects of care. This conference will also create opportunities for networking, aiming to build a cohesive support system and strengthen relationships among professionals from different fields. Additionally, participants will benefit from hands-on learning experiences through simulation exercises designed to equip them with practical skills and knowledge to respond effectively to real-world scenarios. Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of a transformative event that aims to make a significant impact on our community’s approach to the opioid crisis.

Recovery Alliance Initiative (RAI) Summit: “How to Build Recovery Communities”
2025-09-11 09:00 - 2025-09-12 17:00 | Hilton Raleigh North Hills, 3415 Wake Forest Rd, Raleigh, NC, 27609, United States
RAI would like to invite you to attend our upcoming Summit event “How to Build Recovery Communities” on Sept 11-12, 2025 @ at the Hilton North Hills in Raleigh, NC. The Summit is designed for people from all sectors to come together and discuss recovery solutions that can benefit our state. This event is an opportunity to connect, share, and learn with professionals touched by substance use and recovery. Attendees include: people with lived experience, leadership, local officials, healthcare, law enforcement, education, social service providers, faith community, and many others.

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Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Conference Presented by NCCU and NCCHCA
2025-09-04 08:00 - 17:00 | UNC Friday Center, 100 Friday Center Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, United States
Join NCCU and NCCHCA for the third annual Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Conference (MOUD) on Sept 4, 2025 in Chapel Hill, NC. Our theme this year is “From Insight to Impact: Ending the Opioid Crisis Through Multisectoral Partnerships.” We are excited to offer multiple breakout sessions with several learning tracks, as well as insightful plenary sessions. We are looking forward to a new location this year at the UNC Friday Center in Chapel Hill, NC.
Registration fee: $125 per attendee.
If you have questions about the MOUD conference or registration, contact Alice Pollard at NCCHCA (pollarda@ncchca.org).

NC-TAC Webinar: Navigating Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs – Non-Pregnancy Care and the Criminal Legal System
2025-08-27 11:30 - 13:00
This is the second in a two-part series focused on the sexual and reproductive health needs of women and others assigned female at birth. We will describe trends in access to contraception, menstrual health, menopause care, and other elements of sexual and reproductive health care during incarceration and criminal legal involvement and highlight reproductive health disparities that exist for this population. We will identify ways that community service providers can support clients and patients in navigating challenges to sexual and reproductive health equity.
Register Using This Link
Panel:
Andrea Knittel, MD PhD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Bianca Hall, DO MSCR
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
New York University Langone Health
Kristie Puckett, MA
Gender and Racial Justice Policy Consultant
KEP Squared

Post Overdose Response Teams (PORT) Training - Robeson County
2025-08-27 09:00 - 14:00 | Robeson County EM Office- Emergency Operations Center, 38 Legend Dr., Lumberton, 28358, United States
Opioid overdose has long been a leading cause of death, especially among Americans under 50. The current “4th wave” of the epidemic—marked by potent fentanyl analogues, stimulant co-use, and contamination with substances like xylazine—makes treatment increasingly difficult. While evidence-based tools like buprenorphine, methadone, naloxone, and harm reduction remain essential, access is often blocked by insurance issues, stigma, transportation, and provider shortages. As a result, first responders and EMS, already stretched thin, bear much of the burden.
Post-Overdose Response Teams (PORT) offer a promising solution—delivering evidence-based care directly in the field and reducing both risk and system strain. These teams can be effective in any setting by collaborating with providers, public health, law enforcement, and harm reduction programs. This training will explore the current opioid crisis, addiction science, medication treatment, and how to build a PORT program—from assessing needs to forming partnerships, establishing protocols, and tracking outcomes.
Register using this link: Training, Exercise & Response Management System

Grant Writing Seminar - Grants USA
2025-08-25 09:00 - 2025-08-26 16:00 | Law Enforcement Training Center, 2300 Law Enforcement Drive Room #202, Raleigh, NC, 27610, United States
If you’re ready to learn how to find funding sources and write winning grant proposals, you’ve come to the right place. Beginning and experienced grant writers from city, county and state agencies as well as healthcare organizations, nonprofits, K-12, colleges and universities are encouraged to attend. You do not need to work in the same profession as the host agency.
Full Event Information Here
Itinerary and Location: This workshop is August 25-26, 2025, 9-4 both days with lunch on your own from noon to 1:20. View a map of the workshop location and review the learning objectives for this course.
Tuition: Tuition is $495 and includes everything: two days of terrific instruction, workbook, and lifetime access to our Alumni Resource Center that’s packed full of helpful resources and sample grant proposals
COVID Guidelines: Local health and safety guidelines will be followed. If online learning is more comfortable for you, please visit our complete calendar of events for a list of our monthly Zoom classes
CEU Credits: Various CEUs and university credit are available for this class. For complete details click here.
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NC-TAC Webinar: Navigating Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs – Pregnancy Care and the Criminal Legal System
2025-08-06 11:30 - 13:00
This is the first in a two-part series focused on the sexual and reproductive health needs of women and others assigned female at birth. We will describe trends for incarceration and criminal legal involvement during pregnancy, including the intersection of perinatal incarceration and substance use disorders, and highlight pregnancy and birth disparities that exist for this population. We will discuss experiences accessing pregnancy care during incarceration and in the community, and identify ways that community service providers can support clients and patients in navigating challenges to sexual and reproductive health equity.
Register Using This Link
Panel:
Andrea Knittel, MD PhD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Bianca Hall, DO MSCR
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
New York University Langone Health
Kristie Puckett, MA
Gender and Racial Justice Policy Consultant
KEP Squared

NC-TAC Webinar: Perinatal Substance Use Disorders 101: Exploring Evidence-Based Recommendations for Care
2025-07-25 11:00 - 12:30 | https://unc.zoom.us/meeting/register/BGEQOJbdRGOTbN0J27fclQ
Perinatal Substance Use Disorders 101 provides a foundational knowledge of substance use disorders in pregnant mothers and provides learners with the tools and information needed to provide safe, evidence-based care. Topics will include epidemiology, screening, and treatments such as medication for opioid use disorder. Emphasis will be placed on barriers to care, harm reduction in the clinical setting, and engagement with social services and the criminal justice system. The target audience is the interdisciplinary team with a focus on inpatient and outpatient nurses, social workers, counselors, and medical providers. This training introduces four (4) key topics that affect perinatal substance use disorders (PSUDs):

The chronic disease model and screening and treatment of perinatal substance use
Recommendations for best practice for mothers and neonates affected by perinatal substance use
Examine barriers to care
Develop education and information sharing measures related to SUDs for the team

Speakers:

Dr. Amy Marietta, Medical Director of Project CARA
Tammy Cody, Director of Hub and Spokes for Project CARA
Dr. Olivia Caron, incoming Project CARA Director of Programs and Research

Register here:
https://unc.zoom.us/meeting/register/BGEQOJbdRGOTbN0J27fclQ
(After you register, you will receive a zoom link unique to you. Instead of forwarding that invitation, please have other guests register at the link above.)

Post Overdose Response Teams Training-Wake County
2025-07-23 09:00 - 14:00 | Wake County Emergency Services Education Center, 221 South Rogers Lane, Raleigh, NC, 27610, United States
Opioid overdose has long been a leading cause of death, especially among Americans under 50. The current “4th wave” of the epidemic—marked by potent fentanyl analogues, stimulant co-use, and contamination with substances like xylazine—makes treatment increasingly difficult. While evidence-based tools like buprenorphine, methadone, naloxone, and harm reduction remain essential, access is often blocked by insurance issues, stigma, transportation, and provider shortages. As a result, first responders and EMS, already stretched thin, bear much of the burden.
Post-Overdose Response Teams (PORT) offer a promising solution—delivering evidence-based care directly in the field and reducing both risk and system strain. These teams can be effective in any setting by collaborating with providers, public health, law enforcement, and harm reduction programs. This training will explore the current opioid crisis, addiction science, medication treatment, and how to build a PORT program—from assessing needs to forming partnerships, establishing protocols, and tracking outcomes.
Register using this link: Training, Exercise & Response Management System –

Working Together to End Stigma: Wake County Drug Overdose Prevention Coalition Meeting
2025-07-21 09:00 - 12:00 | Quorum Center, 323 West Jones Street, Raleigh, Raleigh, 27603, United States
On July 21st, NCACC is partnering with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to host Working Together to End Stigma: Wake County Drug Overdose Prevention Coalition Meeting. The meeting has both virtual and in person options for participation and will take place from 9:00-12:00 and focus on addressing stigma related to drug use.
Use this link for in-person registration
Use this link to register for virtual participation

Post Overdose Response Teams Training-Buncombe County
2025-07-18 09:00 - 14:00 | Buncombe County Health and Human Services, 40 Coxe Avenue, Asheville, NC, 28801, United States

Post Overdose Response Team (PORT) Training - Clay County
2025-07-17 09:00 - 14:00 | Clay County 911 Center, 151 Courthouse Drive, Hayesville, NC, 28904, United States

Training: How Being Trauma Informed Improves Criminal Justice Responses
2025-07-15 13:00 - 17:00 | Henderson Police Department, 200 Breckenridge St., Henderson, 27536, United States
SAMHSA’s GAINS Center for Behavioral Health and Justice Transformation, operated by Policy Research Associates, Inc. (PRA), is known nationally for its work in regard to people with behavioral health needs involved in the criminal justice system.
Although prevalence estimates vary, there is consensus that high percentages of justice-involved women and men have experienced serious trauma throughout their lifetime. The reverberating effects of trauma experiences can challenge a person’s capacity for recovery and pose significant barriers to accessing services, often resulting in an increased risk of coming into contact with the criminal justice system.
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Training Objectives

Increase understanding of trauma
Create an awareness of the impact of trauma on behavior
Develop trauma-informed responses

Audience: This highly interactive training is specifically tailored to community-based criminal justice professionals and those who work with justice-involved individuals including:

Law Enforcement, EMS, and Fire
Community Corrections
Court personnel
Medical and human service providers
Peer Support Specialists

Continuing Education credits:
• VGCC will provide CEs for LEO/Fire/EMS (no charge)
• Wake AHEC will offer CEs for nurses, social workers, and counselors. ($20 fee- AHEC CE
registration link will be sent in welcome packet after you register for the training.)
• AOC will provide CEs for magistrates. (no charge)
• CLE application for judges, attorneys and paralegals is pending.

Together in Faith and Hope: Strategies to Prevent Overdose
2025-06-28 13:00 - 17:00 | Durham County Human Services Building, 414 E Main Street, Durham, NC, 27703, United States
This event has been rescheduled from April 26th, 2025 to June 28th, 2025. The Durham County Department of Public Health is sponsoring a one-day conference on overdose, substance use disorder, and harm reduction for Durham’s faith-based community. Representatives from local faith organizations, Durham Congregations in Action, TRY Coalition, and NC Council of Churches have helped to plan this unique event for the interfaith community in Durham. The conference will take place on Saturday June 28th, 2025. Lunch will be provided from 12:30-1:00pm and resource tables will be open until 5:00pm.

Post Overdose Response Teams Training-Carteret County
2025-06-25 10:00 - 14:00 | Carteret County Health Department, 3820 Bridges Street, Morehead City, NC, 28557, United States

Post Overdose Response Teams Training-Edgecombe County
2025-06-18 09:00 - 13:00 | Edgecombe County Administration Building, 201 St. Andrew Street, Tarboro, NC, 27886, United States

Training: How Being Trauma Informed Improves Criminal Justice Responses
2025-05-29 09:00 - 13:00 | Halifax Community College, 100 College Drive, Weldon, 27890, United States

International Harm Reduction Day 2025: Harm Reduction Hangout and Resource Expo
2025-05-07 16:30 - 19:30 | Next Door Beer Bar and Bottle Shop, 505 N Green St, Greensboro, NC, 27703, United States
Come learn about Harm Reduction While you enjoy tasty food, ice cold drinks and a chance to win door prizes! Next Door will offer adult beverages to those 21 and up.

NC-TAC Webinar: How to Improve Brain Injury Supports for Justice-Involved Individuals
2025-04-28 12:00 - 13:30 | Online, NC, United States
During this 90-minute webinar, we will hear from presenter Desireé Gorbea-Finalet, Project Manager for the Traumatic Brain Injury Justice Initiative at Disability Rights NC, who will cover the fundamentals of brain injury, common comorbidities of brain injury, the legal system, mental health, substance use and strategies for supporting individuals with brain injury.
Description: According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, ‘Research in the United States and from other countries suggests almost half (46%) of people in correctional or detention facilities such as prisons and jails have a history of TBI.’ The term brain injury is often only associated with ‘blunt force trauma.’ However, brain injury is a multi-faceted disability that has a larger range of causes and impacts to a variety of high-risk populations, including those justice involved. This training will also touch on Disability Rights North Carolina’s newest brain injury screening program NC BRAINS and how juvenile and criminal legal providers across North Carolina can incorporate screeners and supportive services in their work with brain injury individuals.
In order to attend you will need to register by following this link: https://unc.zoom.us/meeting/register/7oGAGbcdTuGphiwe3HdyXQ
