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Adam currently serves as the State Overdose Coordinator under the Kentucky Overdose
Response Effort (KORE) project within Kentucky’s Department for Behavioral Health,
Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities (DBHDID). With a focus on interagency partnership
and collaboration, he administers the State Opioid Response (SOR) program aimed at addressing
the overdose crisis. Adam began his work in behavioral health working with, and advocating
for, children with severe emotional disturbances and their families through Communicare’s
IMPACT Program. He started with DBHDID in 2012, as a Regional Suicide Prevention
Coordinator with the Suicide Prevention Efforts for Adolescents in Kentucky (SPEAK) grant,
providing training, resources, and advocacy to address youth suicide in the Lincoln Trail Region.
Later he served as a Program Administrator with the Adult Substance Use Treatment and
Recovery Services Branch with a focus on recovery housing and faith-based initiatives. In 2007,
Adam received his B.A. in Sociology from Centre College in Danville, KY, and went on to
obtain his Masters of Social Work from Western Kentucky University in 2017. Adam is an
experienced trainer and facilitator, having trained numerous individuals and communities in
various topics, including suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention, as well as substance
use treatment and recovery. He is a certified instructor Adult and Youth Mental Health First Aid
(MHFA), Question, Persuade, and Refer (QPR), and Substance Use Disorder Peer Support
Specialist training.
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