2022 State Conference

February 24-25, 2022

Fayette County Public Schools Board of Education
Central Office Building - Conference Room 159
Lexington, KY
450 Park Place

Hotel Information

Embassy Suites by Hilton
Lexington/UK Coldstream

1801 Newtown Pike
Lexington, Kentucky 40511
USA

Featured Speaker, DJ Jaffe

DJ Jaffe is Executive Director of the independent, non-partisan Mental Illness Policy Org., and author of Insane Consequences: How the Mental Health Industry Fails the Mentally Ill. For over 30 years, he has been advocating to reduce homelessness, arrest, incarceration and needless hospitalization of the most severely mentally ill, a group he believes has been ignored by CMHS and SAMHSA, abandoned by many mental health advocates and systems, and offloaded to criminal justice. He served on the national NAMI board and was a founding board member of the Treatment Advocacy Center and works extensively with criminal justice because they have become the experts on serious mental illness. DJ is a go-to source for reporters covering serious mental illness and criminalization. His thoughtful and controversial op-eds have appeared the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall St. Journal and other publications. He is credited as being the driving force behind Kendra’s Law and Congress incorporated ideas proposed by DJ in the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act. DJ develops policies focused on returning responsibility for the seriously back to mental health departments by increasing the number of hospital beds, making civil commitment easier, expanding use of Assisted Outpatient Treatment, and focusing mental health dollars on those who need help the most, rather than the least. He lives in Harlem, NY.

2022 Conference Agenda

Monday, October 8
Breakfast and Check In
08:30AM
Welcome - Natalie J. Selby, [Sgt. Alexandria Police Dept]
09:00AM
Honor Guard - Present Colors [Boone County Sheriff Department]
National Anthem
Dr. Amanda Brown - Assistant Professor, Northern Kentucky University Trauma
First Responders
09:30AM
Break
10:30AM
DJ Jaffe - Author of “Insane Consequences: 
How the Mental Health Industry Fails the Mentally Ill
10:45AM
Natalie Selby - Sergeant Alexandria Police Dept.  
“Moving Forward” start by understanding your past 
Personal Story of dealing with Mental Illness
12:45PM
Craig Peoples – Pendleton County Sheriff - "What is Suicide?" 
(addresses the myths and facts about suicide and begin to think outside the box that not all suicides can be labeled as a Mental Illness.  We will address the survivors, the 10% and offer hope to someone who is in need)
01:45PM
Break
02:45PM
Kelly Pompilio - Alexandria Police Social Worker MSSW
"Police Social Work" what we do
03:00PM
Daily Wrap Up - Sgt. Natalie Selby
04:00PM
Hospitality Suite (courtesy of NKY FOP’s)
06:00PM
Tuesday, October 9
Breakfast
08:00AM
Welcome
09:00AM
Raffles
09:15AM
Break
10:15AM
Tracy MCDonough, PH.D. “Oral Histories of Schizophrenia”
10:30AM
Lunch (provided) & Awards Presentation
11:30AM
Conference Concludes
02:00PM

Conference Registration

You can register for the conference any of the following ways:

  • Contact your CIT Trainer 
  • Send an email to 

kycitconference@kentuckycit.com

Please include your name, email address, agency, and phone number:

OR

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