VA-VISN 2 Community Summit - August 15th and 16th - Lyons, NJ

Dear VA Community Partner,

We would like to invite you to attend our VA-VISN 2 Community Summit entitled ‘Saving Veterans Lives through Partnership’ which will be held at the Lyons, NJ campus, New Jersey VA Healthcare System on August 15^th and 16^th, 2017.  Day 1 will focus on Suicide Prevention (SP) and Day 2 will concentrate on Opioid Safety (OS). We have invited experts in the field of suicide prevention and opioid safety to present at the Summit and from there we plan to engage our VA leadership present in a robust discussion about what changes are needed in our current SP & OS programs and how we can be expand and strengthen our community partnerships in this effort.  We would be delighted to have you actively participate in that conversation.

Summit Details:                                                           

Dates & Time:  August 15^th, 2017 10:00 am – 5:30pm & August 16^th, 2017   8:00am – 4:30pm

Address: Lyons VA, Behavior Health Care Line Conference Room – 1st floor, Bldg. 143, 151 Knollcroft Road, Lyons, NJ 07939

https://www.newjersey.va.gov/locations/Lyons_Campus.asp

If you are interested and able to attend, please reply with your name, agency name and contact information to the following email address VISN2BVAHCL@MED.VA.GOV   no later than August 8^th, 2017.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our VISN Mental Health Leads:

Downstate - Ann Feder ann.feder@va.gov (718-741-4254)

Upstate - Bruce Nelson bruce.nelson@va.gov (518-626-5320)

Ann Feder, LCSW-R

VA- VISN 2 Downstate Mental Health Care Line Programs Manager

Interim VISN 2 Downstate Lead for Transition and Care Management Program

(718) 741-4254

Bruce F. Nelson, PhD

Behavioral Health Care Line Director

Veterans Integrated Service Network 2, Upstate New York

113 Holland Ave., Building 67

Albany, NY 12208

518-626-5320