Come join in the Big Easy for some fun and a hard look through a policy lens for the Regional Policy Meeting Ripples from the Rain: Traumas Visible and Invisible. Featured speakers include national experts on military trauma, overcoming substance use disorder and homelessness, preventing suicide in teens, states response to national disasters, and how MHA affiliates are aiding their communities after national disasters and school shootings. This meeting will coincide with the Council of State Governments and will including a breakfast honoring state legislative mental health and substance use disorder champions.