Certificates for the 2024 Governor’s Conference on Substance Use were mailed out in June 2024, please reach out to rdrong@iastate.edu for questions on last year’s certificates. For a copy of the 2024 brochure, download a copy here.

Conference Mission

The purpose of the event is to enhance the knowledge of those wanting to improve behavioral health outcomes for individuals across the life span, for their families and for their communities. The GCSU event aims are to provide education and learning opportunities for both behavioral health professionals as well as to develop behavioral health literacy within other system disciplines that connect to behavioral health. Furthermore, while the virtual experience is aimed at the individual, GCSU hopes to create connection and collaboration between system partners in an effort to enhance a coordinated response to the health of Iowans, their families and their communities.

Most importantly, we want to welcome those individuals who are or have been impacted themselves, whether that be with lived experience directly or through the experience of loving a friend, family member or important person. All people are welcomed to come and learn.

When the agenda is finalized, a copy of the 2025 event brochure will be found here.

The information shared at this event is presented as an opportunity to expand awareness and knowledge. Views expressed by speakers do not represent the views of the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), nor does HHS control or guarantee the accuracy of this information. HHS does not endorse individual vendors, products or services.