Opioid Epidemic Resource Guide
The Opioid Epidemic Resource Guide is an essential resource that local and state government agencies are working to combat through prevention, treatment, and enforcement strategies. The epidemic has devastating effects on communities, requiring a coordinated response to reduce overdose deaths, support recovery, and hold accountable those responsible for illegal distribution. We’ve included tools like an interactive map of drug overdose deaths and a fentanyl overdose primer for medics. There are grant leads, news, and insights into topics like the public bathrooms crisis and strategies to increase treatment, intervention, and education.
Maine’s MD3 program deploys doctors alongside EMS crews to overdose and emergency calls, expanding field treatment, education and follow-up care across Kennebec County
A new initiative embeds social workers with first responders during 911 calls for mental health and substance use crises in Cuyahoga County
The Broward County project, which cost a total of about $80,000, was funded by a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grant and took about a year to roll out
The position’s $49,100 annual salary is fully funded for two years through a Community Development Block Grant
Officials say the Contra Costa County pilot program will be the first to have EMS providers start buprenorphine treatment in the ambulance
State officials said the team would conduct outreach to overdose patients and use near-real-time EMS and hospital data to track overdose numbers
Wilson County EMS will begin rolling out a program to leave behind kits that contain naloxone and materials to help dispose of opioids after overdose calls
Experts say stronger drugs and scarce treatment are leading to a sharp increase in opioid overdoses and deaths in Cook County
Under the OneOhio plan, 30% of the money would go to community recovery efforts handled by local governments.
The proposal, modeled after a law Texas enacted last year, would give Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s office oversight of local officials’ decisions to hire outside attorneys.
Other states are starting to emulate what has become known as the “Arizona model” for crisis care
Suicide is a complicated subject – with no easily identifiable, one-size-fits-all solution – but that hasn’t stopped communities all over the country from making meaningful strides to help those citizens who would intentionally self-harm
Some of the money could also pay for an expansion of career counseling and skills training for people in jail or recently released from jail.
As more women in Minnesota seek out help for addiction, service providers are stepping up to help reduce barriers to treatment.
There have been signs of discord between state and local governments across the country about how any settlements would be divided among them. Ohio officials are hoping to avoid this with a preemptive agreement.
Lawyers for plaintiffs say people should file claims even if they’re not sure Purdue’s drugs were involved in their injuries.
“They were coming to the hospital, no prenatal care, no medication-assisted treatment, so the babies were worse. (But now) the moms are getting treated. We’re trying to relationship build, get them on their right two feet,” said nursing manager Lisa Shafer.
The Akron Fire Department responds to 90 to 100 overdoses each month, with about 10 percent ending in deaths
The Hudson Valley Interlink Analytic System is among a number of surveillance systems being adopted around the country by police, government agencies and community groups
