Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant & Substance Abuse Program

The Power of Peers: Spotlight on Grantees graphic Podcast

Hear how four grantees that are working at the county level to address the opioid crisis.

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Data-Driven Strategies: Using ODMAP Data to Target Prevention Activities

This program highlights the APW ODMAP data to target a broad range of substance use prevention and education activities to ZIP codes

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Keeping Up With the Changing Landscape of Drugs of Abuse: What Do the Data Say?

This near-real-time data, identify types of abused substances, & rapidly disseminate critical data to where they are needed.

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Opioid Epidemic in Philadelphia: Implementation of the Mayor’s Task Force Recommendations

18 recommendations to provide actionable steps the City and its partners can take to reduce the harmful effects of opioids in our community.

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Arlington County Operation Safe Station Program Description

Operation Safe Station information, a collaboration between the Arlington PD, the Commonwealth’s Attorney, and Department of Human Services

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Jan Rader, fire chief in Huntington, West Virginia, shares their approach to opioid epidemic work fighting the opioid epidemic that's having an impact highlight ideas that are shaping our world. She's featured in the Emmy-winning Netflix documentary, "Heroin(e)." Rader helped establish quick response teams to visit and speak with patients within 72 hours of their overdose. She also helped start ProAct, a one-stop clinic for those suffering from substance abuse disorder, and is focused on self-care initiatives for first responders. Rader joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the programs impacting her community.

Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) as part of the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP)

Join Huntington (West Virginia) Fire Chief Jan Rader as she walks through ground zero of what is the worst epidemic of our time (opioids) by exploring how the community and first responders are making a difference - especially through community partnerships.

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