Elevate CBOs: SAMHSA Data and Publicly Available Analysis Tools

December 8, 2022 | 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm EST

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We invite you to join this informational virtual workshop led by Kathy Downey Piscopo and Sam Brown from SAMHSA’s Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ) to learn how to use SAMHSA data and tools to advance your behavioral health equity work. This opportunity intends to provide technical assistance to National Network to Eliminate Disparities in Behavioral Health (NNED) members (free to join) and minority-serving and under-resourced community-based organizations (CBOs). This event is a continuation of the Elevate CBOs Webinar Series, an overarching policy-driven initiative from SAMHSA’s Office of Behavioral Health Equity that began in 2021.

By attending this workshop, participants will be able to:

Understand SAMHSA’s CBHSQ data sources, including which to use for different types of information
Learn what kind of reports, data tables, data files, and analytic tools are available via CBHSQ webpages
Learn how to use CBHSQ’s publicly available analysis tools to find data needed, with an emphasis on data equity information

Speakers:

Kathy Downey Piscopo

Survey Statistician, Office of Program Analysis and Coordination (OPAC)
SAMHSA’s Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ)

Kathy Downey Piscopo is a Survey Statistician in the Office of Program Analysis and Coordination (OPAC) in SAMHSA’s Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ), where she specializes in data dissemination, website user experience, and data strategies. She is CBHSQ’s Confidentiality Officer and manages contracts. Within her almost 20 years of Federal service, she worked at the Office of Management and Budget within the Executive Office of the President of the United States, as well as the Office within CBHSQ that manages the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. She holds a doctorate in Experimental Psychology from the University of Vermont.

Sam Brown

Survey Statistician, Office of Population Surveys (OPS)
SAMHSA’s Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ)

Sam Brown is a Survey Statistician with the Office of Population Surveys (OPS) in the Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ) at SAMHSA. She earned her Master of Public Health from George Washington University in 2018 and has several years of experience working with public health research and information dissemination. Sam currently supports CBHSQ’s management of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), including its work disseminating findings through a variety of publicly available resources and interactive data tools.

View Resources and the Recording!

The event will also be shared on Facebook Live at fb.com/nned.net and closed captioning will be available through Zoom.

“Elevate CBOs” is an overarching policy-driven initiative at SAMHSA’s OBHE to build capacity, increase the visibility, and highlight the unique role of CBOs serving under-resourced communities in behavioral health.