Expanding Your "Us": Strengthening Police & SUD Provider Partnerships to Build RESILIENCE

Saturday, April 25, 2026

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM PT

Location: Coronado DE, Level 4

Presenter(s)

Jennifer L. Holm, MSW, MA-TASL, LMSW, BEI I

Police Social Worker Coordiantor
Traverse City Police Department
Traverse City, Michigan

Slides
Paula Lipinski, MSW,

Chief Executive Officer
Addiction Treatment Services
Traverse City, Michigan

Limited collaboration across systems, including justice, physical and mental health, and housing, creates barriers for treating individuals with SUD. To address actionable strategies to overcome these obstacles, Addiction Treatment Services and the Traverse City Police Department (TCPD) will discuss the establishment of their robust partnership and the development of the TCPD RESILIENCE Program. This interactive workshop will then challenge audience members to tackle a collaboration barrier, whether with law enforcement or another crucial service system, in their own practice settings.

Learning Objectives:

Learners will be able to:

critique ways in which their current practices further separates “us” vs. “them."
analyze sectors of greatest divide in their communities and for their clients, and calculate the imminence and magnitude of such system separation
formulate a needed partnership discussion in their communities.

Disclosure(s):

Jennifer L. Holm, MSW, MA-TASL, LMSW, BEI I: No financial relationships to disclose

Paula Lipinski, MSW,: No financial relationships to disclose