Health Equity Summer Institute
Be inspired and learn about social justice for families, equitable youth suicide prevention strategies and more from these dynamic speakers!
Location
Online
Agenda
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Day 1: Welcome and Opening Remarks
Dr. Lynda Gargan
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Achieving Social Justice Through Person-Centered Planning
Josh Boynton
Kellie Green
2:45 PM - 4:15 PM
Creating Equitable Solutions in an Inequitable World
Dr. Stephen Loyd
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Day 1: Closing Remarks and Wrap Up
Dr. Lynda Gargan
About this event
Organized by
The National Federation of Families, a national family-run organization, serves as the national voice for families of children who experience mental health and/or substance use challenges - across the lifespan. We:
- Advocate at the national level for the inclusion of family voice in all aspects of services and supports across clinical, educational and community settings
- Promote effective partnerships among families, professionals, and policymakers at the local, state, and national level
- Advance the value of lived experience and the family peer workforce to support families
- Collaborate with family-run and mission-aligned organizations to transform family-serving systems and health care in America
The Federation provides the only national certification for a family/parent peer workforce, known as Certified Family Peer Specialists™, to provide support to other families who have children with emotional, behavioral and mental health challenges.