Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse…

PREVENTING DRUG OVERDOSE: COMMUNITY PREVENTION AND RESPONSE: OKLAHOMA PDO III - THE OKLAHOMA PDO PROJECT WILL REDUCE OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATHS IN OKLAHOMA THROUGH OVERDOSE PREVENTION TRAINING, EXPANDING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, DISTRIBUTION OF OPIOID OVERDOSE REVERSAL MEDICATIONS (OORMS), AND INCREASING REFERRALS TO TREATMENT. THE ODMHSAS WILL LEVERAGE THE EXISTING NETWORK OF TARGETED NALOXONE DISTRIBUTION SITES AND ENGAGE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO OVERDOSE. THE PROJECT WILL SERVE INDIVIDUALS AT-RISK OF EXPERIENCING OR WITNESSING AN OVERDOSE IN OKLAHOMA BY IMPLEMENTING THE OKLAHOMA PDO PROJECT ACROSS THE TEN HIGHEST NEED COUNTIES BASED ON RATES OF UNINTENTIONAL OPIOID-INVOLVED OVERDOSE DEATHS AND UNINTENTIONAL OPIOID-INVOLVED OVERDOSE HOSPITALIZATIONS. COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND FIRST RESPONDER AGENCIES WILL RECEIVE OVERDOSE PREVENTION TRAINING AND OORM SUPPLIES TO RESPOND TO OVERDOSE, ENGAGE IN TARGETED DISTRIBUTION OF OORMS, PROVIDE EDUCATION IN THEIR COMMUNITIES SUPPORTED BY ODMHSAS' TRAINING OF TRAINER (TOT) MODEL, AND SUPPLY AT-RISK INDIVIDUALS WITH OVERDOSE PREVENTION RESOURCES AND REFERRALS TO TREATMENT. PROJECT PARTNERS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE PDO COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE, ALLOWING COLLABORATION ACROSS COMMUNITY SECTORS TO IMPROVE LOCAL RESPONSE TO OVERDOSE, MEET COMMUNITY NEEDS, AND INCREASE ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND TREATMENT. THE OKLAHOMA PDO PROJECT WILL ALSO SUPPORT A NALOXONE MAILOUT SERVICE TO OKLAHOMA RESIDENTS WHO EXPERIENCE CHALLENGES ACCESSING FACE-TO-FACE SERVICES. THE OKLAHOMA PDO PROJECT INCLUDES THREE OVERARCHING GOALS. FIRST, THE PROJECT WILL PREVENT OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATH AND OTHER ADVERSE EVENTS BY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF TRADITIONAL AND LAYPERSON FIRST RESPONDERS TRAINED IN OVERDOSE RECOGNITION AND RESPONSE AND EQUIPPED WITH NALOXONE. SECOND, THE PROJECT WILL INCREASE CAPACITY OF THE WORKFORCE AND COMMUNITY THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES ON OPIOID PRESCRIBING, OVERDOSE RECOGNITION AND RESPONSE, OVERDOSE PREVENTION, ILLICIT DRUG TRENDS, AND RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS FOR OPIOID OVERDOSE. FINALLY, THE PROJECT WILL MONITOR AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE STATEWIDE OVERDOSE PREVENTION SYSTEM THROUGH DATA COLLECTION, REVIEW, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. SERVICES DELIVERED DURING PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION, AND EVALUATION OF THE OKLAHOMA PDO PROJECT WILL BE ALIGNED WITH SAMHSA’S STRATEGIC PRIORITIES. OVERDOSE PREVENTION STRATEGIES AND INTERVENTIONS UTILIZED DURING THE PROJECT WILL BE ALIGNED WITH CURRENT EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS WILL ASSIST WITH ALIGNING OVERDOSE RESPONSE ACROSS SECTORS, INCLUDING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, TREATMENT AGENCIES, SCHOOLS, HIGHER EDUCATION, FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. THE OKLAHOMA PDO PROJECT WILL BETTER POSITION OKLAHOMA COMMUNITIES TO RESPOND TO EMERGING THREATS BY EXPANDING COMMUNITY OVERDOSE RESPONSE NETWORKS AND ADDRESSING GAPS IN THE CURRENT CAPACITY OF EMERGENCY RESPONDERS TO MANAGE OPIOID OVERDOSE.