Policy

COAP Webinar Series: Peer Recovery Support Services - Options, Opportunities, and Challenges for Jurisdictions.

COAP Webinar Series: ODMap-Harnessing the Power of Data to Tackle Our Nation's Opioid Public Health Emergency.

To effectively address the opioid addiction epidemic, city, county, State, and Tribal entities must understand the trends in PRSS and develop the skills and tools to apply the best practices of PRSS across various systems. This multi-track training is designed to enhance jurisdiction’s capacity to plan and implement effective PRSS.

The event serves as an orientation for site-based grantees and will assist in furthering the goals of the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-Based Program, which are to reduce opioid fatalities and misuse and to enhance use of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs.

The event was hosted by BJA leaders on November 2, 2017, at the Office of Justice Programs in Washington, DC.

On December 6–8, 2017, IIR delivered the inaugural series of COAP Site-Based Grantee Webinars for all six COAP project categories.

This virtual meeting was held on November 8, 2017, and focused on grant-related processes and guidelines.

Strickler developed and presented at the Addiction Health Services Research Annual Conference in Madison, WI the presentation on Trends in Prescription Opioid use and Misuse.

Conducted regular PBSS Oversight Committee meetings, including participants from CDC, FDA, BJA, SAMHSA, the PDMP participating states and the PDMP Training and Technical Assistance Center.

APIA requests assistance in planning for better coordination and delivery of services to the Alaska Villages they support. These services involve Public Safety and VPSO training, Mental and Behavioral Health service delivery, and Self Governance. The challenge for them is the vast delivery area they serve causes them to focus on individual need or crisis response rather than a uniform delivery across all of the 12 Villages.