Prevention and Education

FY24 Q3 Engagement Activities
Met or corresponded with grantee times between April - July, 2024 on 4/9 ,2024 2024 in addition to invites to participate in grantee cohort call
Summary of Successes

None identified
Summary of Challenges
1. Involvement with the Mentoring Initiative
2. Support in improving officer buy-in and expanding collaborations
3. Enhancing data collection and evaluation efforts
4. Expanding knowledge on Deflection Pathways
Summary of Resources
Housing support

Met or corresponded with grantee 3 times between January - April, 2024 on, 3/8, 3/14, 3/19 in addition to invites to participate in grantee cohort call

Summary of Successes

strong leadership buy-in,
supportive and progressive city council and
an understanding of systemic issues affecting homelessness and behavioral health.

FY24 Q3 Engagement Activities
Met or corresponded with grantee times between April - July, 2024 on 4/1, 4/9, 4/30, 5/10, 5/30, 7/11, 2024 in addition to invites to participate in grantee cohort call
Summary of Successes

Summary of Challenges
1. Involvement with the Mentoring Initiative
2. Support in improving officer buy-in and expanding collaborations
3. Enhancing data collection and evaluation efforts
4. Expanding knowledge on Deflection Pathways

FY24 Q2 Engagement Activities
Met or corresponded with grantee 5 times between January – April on 3/4, 3/7, /15, 3/18, 3/25, 2024 in addition to invites to participate in grantee cohort call
Summary of Successes
• None identified

Summary of Challenges
• Determine if they need a data evaluator to join the team, temporarily; and
• If the data they are capturing is telling the "stories" that will help get buy-in.
• Create program sustainability through identifying key performance measures

On June 27th, 2024, Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (BRPC) held their annual convening of community partners and data evaluators. The CHJ TA coach for the grantee spent the morning meeting their community EMS partner to discuss their mobile integrated health initiative. They then met with the behavioral health community provider and spoke with their recovery coaches about their community outreach and post overdose response strategy.

AHP assisted with coordinating, submitting abstract, and reviewing presentation slides for the “Treating Opioid Use Disorder in Jail with Medication Assisted-Treatment (MAT): A Spotlight of Three Jail MAT Programs” session for the American Correctional Association 2024 Winter Conference, January 4, 2024.

AHP coordinated logistics and developed PowerPoint presentation slides for the 2024 American Correctional Association Winter Conference Presentation: “Implementation of Guidelines for Managing Substance Withdrawal in Jails: Lessons from the Field” presented at the ACA conference on January 7, 2024.

The first in-person convening of the second cohort of Reaching Rural fellows will bring together 85 rural practitioners from across the country to expand their leadership skills, engage them in project and systems planning, and highlight successful and innovative strategies to address SUD in small and rural communities.

Description: Community paramedicine through fire and emergency medical services departments are playing a pivotal role in addressing the opioid crisis through post-overdose outreach initiatives that respond to individuals after a nonfatal overdose. Efforts to prevent overdose fatalities through proactive engagement and community-based resource connections, called deflection, have increasingly included the use of community paramedics and have also been providing critical lifesaving intervention in the form of medications for opioid use disorder.

Panel Description
Law enforcement agencies around the country are exploring alternative strategies, called deflection, to promote safer and more positive interactions between law enforcement and people who have behavioral health needs. These strategies aim to prevent future crises and link individuals to community-based services facilitated by specially trained law enforcement officers. This panel will discuss how these efforts have helped law enforcement respond to the unique needs of their communities.
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