On Saturday, June 24, SLHA Executive Director ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐. ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป served as a featured speaker alongside U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ๐๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ, UMSLโs Department of Psychological Sciences Associate Professor ๐๐ฟ. ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐น ๐ช๐ถ๐ป๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ, and other addiction experts in a thought-provoking panel discussion regarding the local response to the opioid crisis. The panel focused on the ways to increase substance abuse prevention education and naloxone distribution to public housing residents.
We are proud to share that the St. Louis Housing Authority is moving in the right direction to help save lives. Ms. Green was acknowledged by Admiral Levine for being the first housing authority executive to develop and implement a comprehensive harm reduction strategy that provides staff and residents with overdose prevention tools, including free naloxone.
L to R: Dr. Rachel Winograd, Admiral Rachel Levine, and Alana C. Green