South Cook County Program Manager

This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more information, please see: https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/13794521 # South Cook County Program Manager Live4Lali Women, trans, gender non-conforming and queer folks, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Live4Lali is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate by race, age, sex, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, sexual orientation, or disability in its procedures and policies.Involvement in the criminal justice system is not an automatic disqualifier. Live4Lali does not discriminate on the basis of any protected status, complies with the Illinois Human Rights Act, and provides reasonable accommodations as required by law. Substance use disorder continues to be a devastating public health crisis. Americans die from drug overdoses at a rate of roughly 210 to 300 people per day. In 2023, there were 105,007 total drug overdose deaths in the United States. In Illinois, 3052 residents died from an accidental drug overdose in 2023, which is more than twice the number of fatal motor vehicle accidents and more than twice the number of homicides. The increase in the number of fatalities is attributed to the rise of synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl. Since 2013, synthetic opioid deaths in Illinois have increased 3,341%. Live4Lali has been serving suburban Chicagoland for nearly sixteen years providing critical prevention, education, treatment access, support programs, community solutions-building initiatives, risk reduction, and overdose prevention services to decrease the devastating toll of the opioid epidemic.Live4Lalismission is to reduce stigma and prevent substance use disorder among individuals, families, and communities, and minimize the overall health, legal and social harms associated with substance use.**\ **______________________________________________________________________ The South Cook County Program Manager oversees and coordinates resources for all Live4Lali programs across South Cook County and is based out of our South Holland office with travel across Suburban South Cook County. The Program Manager - South Cook will also participate in program design, operations, measurement and reporting, grant support, and staff training and management. Under the direct supervision of the Vice President of Programming and Outreach, the Full-Time (40 hours on-site) South Cook County Program Manager will be part of the Live4Lali team, engaged in the following activities: ## Core Responsibilities Develop, design and implement Live4Lalis Risk Reduction programs across Cook County; Manage all current and future Live4Lali outreach grants and initiativesincluding IDHS, Mobile Outreach, and new programsoverseeing grant compliance, reporting, data collection, and performance management; Management of virtual and in-person Peer Support Programs including SMART Recovery Meetings; Management of Overdose Prevention and NARCAN Training Programs, including conducting educational programs and trainings for an audience; Management of Education and Awareness Programs; Supervision and coaching for three Outreach Coordinators including on-boarding, training and continuing education and management; Program resource management including supply management, usage monitoring and budgeting; Utilize and analyze accessible data to identify trends based on hotspots in consideration of program promotion and provisioning of risk reduction services; Identify community coalitions, networks and partnerships and participate in advocacy initiatives aligning with the organizational philosophy and provision of risk reduction services. Identify, communicate and coordinate vailable resources to staff for participant engagement and use; Co