The City of Tucson was awarded a $1,600,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.838 - Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Other Substances Use Program) to address substance use disorders in the Tucson region. The program aims to integrate regional overdose reporting systems, implement a data-driven regional overdose response program, and develop a sustainability plan for effective intervention. Key objectives include enhancing data...
The Pima County Regional Flood Control District was awarded a $900,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to expand medication-assisted treatment services at the Pima County Adult Detention Center from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The grant funds will support providing substance use disorder treatment, including group and individual counseling and discharge planning, to 400 individuals per month identified through...
This Project Grant award of $104,400,264 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Opioid STR (CFDA 93.788) program will enable the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) to reduce the prevalence of opioid and stimulant-related overdose and mortality throughout Arizona. The funding will support a comprehensive continuum of evidence-based prevention, treatment, and recovery services, including increased access to medication-assisted...
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) was awarded a $1,200,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Executive Office of the President's Office of the National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) under the Research and Data Analysis Federal Grant Program (CFDA 95.007). This 12-month award, which commenced on September 1, 2024, will support NACCHO's Overdose Response Strategy Pilot Projects to develop interventions that prevent overdose at the intersection of public health and...
This $2,316,128 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) aims to design and assess tailored harm reduction strategies to address the overdose crisis across six distinct jurisdictions. The project, titled "REVERSING OVERDOSE EPIDEMICS THROUGH SIMULATION, COLLABORATION, AND UNIFIED EFFORTS (RESCUE)," will collaborate with health departments and community partners to evaluate the effectiveness,...
This $451,962 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) aims to address racial disparities in opioid overdose deaths among Black and Latinx people who use opioids (PWUO). The project will: Adapt an evidence-supported Cultural and Structural Humility (CSH) training to an interactive video format for peer recovery coaches (PRCs) to enhance their telephone-based care coordination services for PWUO. Refine an...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $1,600,000 Project Grant under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Other Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838) to the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) to implement the "Data-Driven Health Systems Change for Prevention" (DHSCP) program. The purpose of this program is to develop a comprehensive, collaborative, and innovative Overdose Fatality Review (OFR) process that incorporates key partners across San Francisco. The...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program, awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to El RIO Santa Cruz Neighborhood Health Center in Tucson, Arizona. The purpose of this grant is to expand behavioral health and substance use disorder services for people experiencing homelessness in Pima County. The project will enhance El RIO Health's integrated, patient-centered care model by deploying a multidisciplinary team, including...
This $3,000,000 Project Grant award from the Executive Office of the President Office of the National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) supports the Research and Data Analysis federal grant program (CFDA 95.007). The grant funds nine organizations to deliver community-level intervention initiatives to combat drug overdoses from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2022. The University of Baltimore receives $3 million to oversee the grant, with specific services delivered through eight sub-awards. These...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), provides $994,004 to Boston Medical Center Corporation (BMC) to engage adolescents, young adults, families, youth providers, pharmacists, and people who use drugs to generate insights for developing overdose prevention interventions tailored to youth. The key activities include: 1) Exploring perceptions of overdose risk, drug supply, and safety...
PIMA COUNTY OVERDOSE DATA TO ACTION: LOCAL - PIMA CARES (COORDINATED, ACCESSIBLE, RESPONSIVE, EQUITABLE AND SAFE) - PIMA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT (PCHD)'S COORDINATED, ACCESSIBLE, RESPONSIVE, EQUITABLE AND SAFE SYSTEM (PIMA CARES) IS A RAPID RESPONSE TO THE SURGE IN OVERDOSE DEATHS AND INJURY IN PIMA COUNTY, IN ARIZONA. PIMA CARES WILL USE DATA TO DRIVE ACTION STEPS THAT REDUCE OVERDOSE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN PIMA COUNTY COMMUNITIES QUICKLY, WHILE REVERSING HEALTH DISPARITIES. PIMA CARES EXPANDS AND ENHANCES EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES AND USE OF SHARED DATA TO ELIMINATE OVERDOSE DEATHS AND INJURY THROUGHOUT PIMA COUNTY AS WELL AS THOSE COMMUNITIES RECOGNIZED TO BE AT HIGHEST NEED. PCHD WILL LAUNCH PIMA CARES TO EXTEND THE SCOPE OF OUR CURRENT RESPONSES WHILE BROADENING INCLUSION OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONDERS, HEALTH PRACTITIONERS AND HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS. THROUGH NEEDS AND SERVICE ASSESSMENTS, WE ARE COMMITTED TO IDENTIFYING NEW PARTNERS, EXTENDING LINKAGES AND RETENTION TO CARE FOR EXISTING PARTNERS, AND IDENTIFYING GAPS THAT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. WE WILL LEVERAGE OUR PROVIDER NETWORK WHICH OFFERS A DIVERSE MIXTURE OF EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS, AND OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM PARTNERS WHO COMPLEMENT THESE SERVICES WITH MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT TEAMS, SUBSTANCE USE RESOURCE TEAMS, AND DIVERSION PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS EMERGING TRANSITION SERVICES PROGRAMS IN THE PIMA COUNTY JAIL. PIMA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT (PCHD) IS APPLYING FOR OVERDOSE DATA TO ACTION: LOCAL COMPONENTS A AND C; AND NOT FOR COMPONENT B. UNDER COMPONENT A PIMA CARES WILL IMPLEMENT AND EXTEND STRATEGIES WHICH WILL PLACE NAVIGATORS TO INCREASE LINKAGES TO AND RETENTION IN CARE; EXPAND HARM REDUCTION ACTIONS; CREATE AN ANTI-STIGMA CAMPAIGN TO ULTIMATELY DECREASE BARRIERS TO CARE; CREATE NEW TRAINING CURRICULA FOR PRESCRIBERS AS PART OF CLINICIAN AND HEALTH SYSTEMS BEST PRACTICES; ENHANCE DATA INTEROPERABILITY THROUGH HEALTH SYSTEM IT IMPROVEMENTS; AND EXTEND OVERDOSE SURVEILLANCE INFRASTRUCTURE BY INCLUDING SURVEILLANCE OF NONFATAL OVERDOSES. FOR COMPONENT C PIMA COUNTY CARES WILL EXTEND LINKAGE TO AND RETENTION IN CARE SURVEILLANCE - A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO RAPIDLY UNDERSTANDING AND EVALUATING INTERVENTIONS, THE IMPACT OF THESE INTERVENTIONS, APPROPRIATELY DISSEMINATING THOSE THAT WORK, AND CREATING A LEARNING PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM. MOVING TO AN EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM THAT RELIES ON STANDARDIZED DATA AND MESSAGING AND IS INTEROPERABLE IS KEY TO CREATING AND SUSTAINING IMPACTFUL COMMUNITY-BASED SOLUTIONS.