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COAP Webinar Series: New Resources for Behavioral Health & Justice Professionals to Help Individuals with Substance Use Disorders Build Recovery Capital: Health Technologies
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COAP Webinar Series: New Resources for Behavioral Health & Justice Professionals to Help Individuals with Substance Use Disorders Build Recovery Capital: Health Technologies
COAP Webinar Series: New Resources for Behavioral Health & Justice Professionals to Help Individuals with Substance Use Disorders Build Recovery Capital: Health Technologies
COAP Webinar Series: New Resources for Behavioral Health & Justice Professionals to Help Individuals with Substance Use Disorders Build Recovery Capital: Health Technologies
COAP Webinar Series: New Resources for Behavioral Health & Justice Professionals to Help Individuals with Substance Use Disorders Build Recovery Capital: Health Technologies
Although many rural jurisdictions across America are significantly impacted by the opioid crisis, public health and public safety leaders in those localities—particularly counties with the smallest populations—often face the toughest challenges in leveraging state and federal assistance. Barriers include a severe lack of (or non-existent) resources and insufficient local governmental infrastructure to access and/or benefit from traditional support mechanisms, such as grants.
The COAP Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) collaborative is comprised of several organizations, each bringing contributing areas of expertise and responsible for different tasks in the furtherance and support of COAP grantees, BJA leaders, and – ultimately – communities across the nation battling the opioid crisis.
The grantee opioid taskforce would like to learn more about the work by Erie County around Naloxone distribution.
What: Peer technical assistance/training at a model prison medication-assisted treatment (MAT) program; When: September 19, 2018 (travel day before and after); Where: Middlesex Jail and House of Correction, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
Sgt. Sullivan has been tasked with developing and implementing a Department Policy (Guideline) for the members of the Police Department when responding to an overdose and the diversion plan is introduced. Sgt. Sullivan requested information regarding if sample policies or guidelines were available.
MaryAnn Ballotta spoke at the 2018 IACP Conference session regarding Law Enforcement Diversion Models to Intervene in the Opioid Epidemic (October 6, 2018) as part of the COAP presentation.