
Community Health & Safety
Keith Brown, MPH

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Community Safety
About Keith
As Director of Community Health & Safety, Keith Brown, MPH, works with municipalities and groups to develop and implement innovative, evidence-based approaches to complex issues like substance use, mental health, homelessness, and overdose.
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Keith has over 20 years of experience providing direct services to individuals impacted by HIV and other chronic illnesses, as well as prevention services for communities and individuals at-risk for HIV, Hepatitis C, and other conditions. He is the former Executive Director of a multi-service community-based nonprofit organization and a founder of Project Safe Point, the Capital Region's first syringe exchange and comprehensive harm reduction program.
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Experience
Director of Health and Harm Reduction
Katal Center for Health, Equity and Justice
2016-2019
Associate Executive Director
Catholic Charities and AIDS Services
2006-2013
Director, Community Health & Safety
rprt, LLC
2019-present
Executive Director
Catholic Charities Care Coordination Services
2013-2016
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Expertise
Harm Reduction| programs and practices that aim to keep people safe and minimize injury, disease and death from high risk behavior
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Social Determinants of Health| income, education and physical environment are all evaluated to improve areas in need of assistance
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Case Management| patient assessment and subsequent delivery of comprehensive care
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Drug Policy| reforming existing drug laws in an effort to curb drug use and incarceration
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Pre-arrest Diversion| collaboration with law enforcement to get people treatment as an alternative to arrest
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Educating the State
Presentations
Guest speaking on topics including:
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The overdose crisis and opioids
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Harm reduction
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Pre-arrest diversion
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Municipal reform
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Drug policy
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Case management/care coordination
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Stigma in healthcare
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Criminal justice reform
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U.S. drug war
Trainings
Hands-on training for individuals and groups in areas of:
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Motivational interviewing
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Harm reduction
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Engaging hard to reach peoples
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Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD)
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Harm reduction care coordination
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Understanding drug use & addiction
Assisted Municipalities






