Deflection Peers & Navigators
Purpose: The purpose of the Deflection Peers and Navigators ECHO is to train and connect deflection team members who outreach, engage, and navigate services for participants in Oregon’s deflection programs. Deflection supervisors are encouraged to assign this ECHO as valuable training for their team members. This ECHO is produced by OHSU’s Deflection Implementation Technical Assistance team in collaboration with the Oregon ECHO Network. This ECHO is funded by the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to support the Behavioral Health Deflection Grant Program.
Audience: Deflection navigators, peer support/wellness specialists, certified recovery mentors, outreach workers, engagement specialists, case managers, and peer supervisors. Deflection partner agencies providing behavioral health services are encouraged to join. For others involved in deflection please register for the general Deflection ECHO.
Sample Topics: Applying Principles of Forensic Peer Work to Deflection; Relationship Building with Law Enforcement; Peer Role as Part of a Multi-disciplinary Team; Person Centered Planning and Coordination of Care; Boundaries, Roles and Small Towns; Deflection Collaboration with the District Attorney (DA)
Schedule: First and third Tuesday of each month, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., PT, April 7 - June 16, 2026
Faculty:
Dan Hoover, MD, Addiction Medicine ECHO Director, Jail MOUD Program TA Director, Deflection Implementation TA Director
Art Zamudio, CADCII, QMHA-II, CRM-II, Forensic Peer Endorsement, LEAD Supervisor, Ideal Option
John Karp-Evans, Deputy Director, The Peer Company
Isaiah O’Neil, CADC II , CRM II, QMHA I, Deflection Clinician/Recovery Services Program Supervisor, Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare
