CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Submission Deadline
April 19, 2024 at 11:59pm
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
The Department of Health Care Services’ (DHCS) annual Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Integrated Care Conference is an opportunity for the behavioral health workforce to learn from other professionals in the field about emerging trends in SUD, innovations in programming and delivery systems across the continuum of care for underserved and under resourced individuals and communities.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
This year’s SUD Conference will include eight separate workshop tracks and DHCS is seeking proposals from organizations and agencies who can share their knowledge and expertise, including data and outcomes on statewide initiatives, coordinated efforts, proven practices, integration, and other opportunities that advance SUD prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery services.
Don’t miss this opportunity to lead thoughtful, impactful, and passionate discussions at the 2024 SUD Conference!
If your proposal is accepted, you will present at the DHCS 2024 SUD Conference between August 13-15, 2024, at the Hyatt Regency and Convention Center, Long Beach, California.
IMPORTANT: Please read the instructions carefully. DHCS reserves the right to reject submissions that do not comply with the instructions in the Call for Proposal Submission Form.
PRESENTATION TRACKS
Carefully read each track and its description below to choose the track that best aligns with the subject matter of your proposal.
Track 1: Innovations in Substance Use Disorder Prevention
This track will highlight innovative approaches to preventing SUDs. Topics may include evidence-based or community-defined practices, prevention workforce, stigma reduction, and other culturally responsive promising or supportive practices in the field of prevention. Proposal topics may include the following:
Track 2: Strengthening the SUD Service Delivery System
This track will focus on recent and proposed updates for SUD providers and professionals. Proposals topics may include the following:
Track 3: Patient-Centered Care within a Chronic Disease Management Framework
This track will focus on incorporating harm reduction principles and low-barrier care models into practice. Proposals should highlight evolving treatment philosophies, staff cultures, and administrative protocols that recognize SUD as a treatable, chronic disease that may include recurrent use, and that individuals with SUD have varying degrees of readiness to change. Proposals topics may include the following:
Track 4: Engaging the Unengaged
This track will highlight innovative approaches to proactively engage people in treatment and “meet them where they are,” physically and figuratively. Proposals topics may include the following:
Track 5: Advancing Equity and Reducing Disparities
This track will focus on effective strategies and promising approaches to better meet the SUD prevention, treatment, and recovery service needs of populations experiencing inequities in SUD outcomes. Proposals topics may include the following:
Track 6: Data and Quality Improvement
This track will focus on all forms of data and quality improvement, including tracking, monitoring, and evaluating outcomes related to SUD services and utilizing data to transform services, strategically plan, and showcase the effectiveness of programs (e.g., evidence and community-defined evidence-based practices). Proposals topics may include the following:
Track 7: Recovery and Care Management
This track will focus on strategies and opportunities to strengthen recovery capital and improve outcomes for individuals living in recovery from SUD. Proposal topics may include the following:
Track 8: Emerging Trends in Substance Use
This track will focus on emerging trends in substance use (opioids/fentanyl, cannabis, meth/stimulants, xylazine, etc.) and service delivery models. Proposals topics may include the following:
SELECTION PROCESS
HOW TO APPLY
Proposals will be evaluated on how well they meet the following required criteria:
· The track selected corresponds with the subject matter of your presentation.
· The proposal is a well-defined topic with focused objectives from presenters with subject matter expertise.
· The proposal has a broad appeal and interest to the target audience.
· The proposal offers informative materials or applicable tools to offer conference attendees representing local communities, organizations, and professionals in the behavioral health field.
· The proposal presents relevant and current data, trends, and outcomes for specific best practices, programs, or effective strategies.
· The proposal, specifically the content suggested to present at the conference, does not contain stigmatizing language, graphics, or content that would exclude conference participants (e.g., LGBTQ2S+, individuals living with a disability and in recovery, etc.).
· The proposal aligns with your selected conference track(s).
· The proposal must include a content outline covering 75 minutes including a group activity and Q&A.
· Your proposal is for an in-person presentation. Note: We are not accepting virtual or hybrid proposals.
Please note that if you plan to submit multiple workshops, you must use a different email address for each submission.
Submission Deadline
April 19, 2024 at 11:59pm