Family Forum on Mental Health & Substance Use Prevention
March 1, 2025
(8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), in partnership with the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services and Montgomery Goes Purple, will host a family forum on mental health and substance use prevention to provide expertise and resources to students, staff, and families regarding the dangers of substance use.

Attendees will learn about the dangers of fentanyl, alcohol, and other substances; information to keep students safe; school and community-based substance use prevention, harm reduction and treatment initiatives and what insurance is required to cover.

Workshop topics will include: starting conversations on substance use; accessing treatment; resources and insurance coverage and non-opioid pain management options. School-based mental health providers will have the opportunity to gain information on how to support students and families with substance use prevention programming. This event will also include Narcan training and distribution, and a resource fair.

Students may earn SSL hours for attending and learning this important information so that they can help to spread awareness about the dangers and prevalence of fentanyl and participate in Narcan training to support in the case of an emergency.

Students, please DO NOT respond to this opportunity. All students may participate and earn SSL hours by attending and participating:

Date:  Saturday, March 1, 2025

Time:  8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Location:  Gaithersburg HS (101 Education Boulevard, Gaithersburg, MD 20877)

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