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David Akers, M.Ed. , is the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion program coordinator for the Illinois Behavioral Health Workforce Center at SIU School of Medicine. They are a counselor by training and are completing their Master’s in Public Health. David’s passions lie in promoting health equity, improving health outcomes for minoritized communities, and ensuring our health care workforce is trained to provide culturally proficient care and is...

Taylor Blakeley, PhD, CRSS , is the training coordinator for the Illinois Behavioral Health Workforce Center at SIU School of Medicine. He is a CRSS in Illinois and former clinical supervisor overseeing CRSSs in behavioral health settings. Dr. Blakeley’s passions are working to train the next generation of behavioral health professionals by providing effective and evidence-based trainings. What is a CRSS? A Certified Recovery Support...

The mission of the Illinois Certification Board, Inc. (ICB) is to protect the public by providing competency-based credentialing of Human Service Professionals.   ICB is a private, non-profit organization that promotes standards for professionals in the addictions field. ICB shall protect the welfare of the public by improving quality health care services provided to the individual, their family and/or significant others. ICB does this by...