NC-TAC Webinar: Invisible Sentence-Recognizing, Supporting, and Advocating for Children of Incarcerated and Returning Parents
2025-10-01 11:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | 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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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.

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.

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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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.

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.

NC-TAC Webinar: Pre-Arrest Diversion Programs in North Carolina ‑ Local Perspectives and New Resources
2026-01-12 11:00 - 12:30
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.
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Mountain AHEC Perinatal Substance Exposure Summit
2026-02-06 08:00 - 17:00 | Online, NC, United States
Project CARA, a perinatal substance use disorder clinic at Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC), is excited to invite you to the 9th Annual Perinatal Substance Exposure Summit. This live summit will take place virtually on Friday, February 6, 2026. Participants have the option to register for the full day, the morning session, or afternoon session. This year’s group of speakers reflects a commitment to the goals of the summit:

Delivering evidence-based practice around Perinatal Substance Use Disorders (PSUDs) treatment
Providing education that is pertinent to all parts of the integrated team working with PSUD

The summit elevates innovative programs that address the changing landscapes in supporting pregnant people affected by substance use. Our keynote speakers Kimá Joy Taylor, MD, MPH, FAAP from Doing Right by Birth and Anka Consulting and Brandee Izquierdo, PhD, DPA, MPA from Pew Charitable Trusts will focus on addressing the perinatal systems of care and the healthcare policies that impact people with living or lived experience. Other topics include introductory and advanced courses on PSUDs, data from the Maternal Mortality Review Committee, mobile methadone units, and Hepatitis C treatment in the perinatal period.

Register using this link.
