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Community Health & Safety 

Keith Brown, MPH

Good Community Health

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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

  • Harm reduction

  • Pre-arrest diversion 

  • Municipal reform 

  • Drug policy

  • Case management/care coordination

  • Stigma in healthcare

  • Criminal justice reform 

  • U.S. drug war

Trainings 

Hands-on training for individuals and groups in areas of: 

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  • Motivational interviewing 

  • Harm reduction 

  • Engaging hard to reach peoples

  • Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD)

  • Harm reduction care coordination

  • Understanding drug use & addiction

Assisted Municipalities 

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