Hello and welcome. On behalf of the association of counties in the Appalachian Region, i want to welcome you to opiates in appalachia capstone event. I am boone county kentucky judge executive perry more. I am also the cochair of the City County Task force on opiates that was done across the u. S. We had 20 elected officials at the city and county levels, intensity officials intent county officials. The mayor of little rock, arkansas, it was a cochair on the city side and i was a cochair on the county side. Youll be hearing from one of those Panel Members today when greg speaks. Our work that was done, seems like ages ago. Well be talking about that. I want to thank those of you here in person as well as those of you that are here virtually. We know this is being broadcast live stream and a special thank you to a. R. C. For your partnership. We partner with each other. We partner with various agencies especially great partners like aoc, we are thankful for that. This event to the combi
Hello and welcome. On behalf of the association of counties in the Appalachian Region, i want to welcome you to opiates in appalachia capstone event. I am boone county kentucky judge executive perry more. I am also the cochair of the City County Task force on opiates that was done across the u. S. We had 20 elected officials at the city and county levels, intensity officials intent county officials. The mayor of little rock, arkansas, it was a cochair on the city side and i was a cochair on the county side. Youll be hearing from one of those Panel Members today when greg speaks. Our work that was done, seems like ages ago. Well be talking about that. I want to thank those of you here in person as well as those of you that are here virtually. We know this is being broadcast live stream and a special thank you to a. R. C. For your partnership. We partner with each other. We partner with various agencies especially great partners like aoc, we are thankful for that. This event to the combi
The mayor of little rock, arkansas was a cochair on the city side and i was a cochair on the county side. Youll be hearing from one of those Panel Members when greg speaks. Our work that was done seems like aged ags ago. Well be talking about that. I want to thank those of you here in person as well as those of you that are here virtually. We know this is being broadcast live stream and a special thank you to arc for your partnership. We partnered with each other. We partner with various agencies. This event is the culmination with a yearlong partnership to strengthen the local response on the opiates epidemic across the 13 state region. County leaders need the help and support of partnerships like the ones that a. R. C. Has provided and the resources that are needed to serve our citizens. We see the impact that Substance Abuse is having on counties across the entire region. County support over 900 hospitals. County owned, county supported hospitals. They over see sheriffs departments,
Hello everyone we will go ahead and start the final panel today im kde sullivan at the department of justice i just want to say thank you so much to the white house and the president the Domestic Policy Council steve wagner, thank you so much for hosting this and taking this serious issue and elevating it in this way thanks to all participants and at this time i have the easiest job of all the moderators today because look at this amazing panel and i have to do very little introductions and i will start with a man President Trump talks about secretary carson leads us at head currently but i just want to point out he has had an amazing career as a doctor and is a passionate advocate for housing issues in this country we cannot ask for anyone better. Thank you so much. I just want to point out with the department of justice you have done some amazing work to highlight issues with landlord tenants to make sure they are protected. We appreciate that but we have had the opportunity with tha
Coming up, the recent white house summit on Mental Health. The secretary of housing and urban Development Ben carson and others discuss efforts to address Mental Health challenges. This is about 50 minutes. Ms. Sullivan hello, everyone. We are going to go ahead and start the final panel today. Im Katie Sullivan at the department of justice. I just want to say thank you so much to the white house and the president , to the domestic policy council, steve wagner, thank you so much for hosting this and taking this serious issue and elevating it in this way. Thanks to all participants. And at this time i have the best and easiest job of all of the moderators today. Look at this amazing panel. I have very little introduction to do. I will start with a man was just talking about, secretary carson. Secretary carson leads us at hud currently, but i want to point out that he has had an amazing career as a doctor and is a passionate advocate for housing issues in this country. We couldnt ask for