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The Power of Community-based Connections in Behavioral Health Response
Divad Sanders is the Program Director of the Newark Community Street Team- Overdose Response Team and Harm Reduction Center.
In this episode, Divad shares how he and the ORT take a compassionate, community-trauma-data-based approach that prioritizes de-escalation, healing and building connections. He reveals why the most impactful work often happens one person, one conversation, one moment at a time.
Both Divad and the Newark Community Street Team are honorees for the Mental Health Association in New Jersey’s 25thAnnual Evening of Excellence.
The Mental Health Association in New Jersey is a…
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