The southern nevada health district (SNHD) is applying to the department of justice, office of justice programs, bureau of justice assistance comprehensive opioid, stimulant, and substance use…

The southern nevada health district (SNHD) is applying to the department of justice, office of justice programs, bureau of justice assistance comprehensive opioid, stimulant, and substance use site-based program (COSSUP) as a category 1.a. Urban area or large county with a population greater than 500,000. SNHD serves clark county, nevada which reports a population of 2,338,127 individuals. This COSSUP project will be carried out by two main agencies southern nevada health district (SNHD) and the LAS vegas metropolitan police department (LVMPD) in an effort to further integrate and expand current multijurisdictional partnerships in clark county, NV to end fatal drug overdose. These agencies will create a field-initiated linkage to care team that responds to overdoses using a public health framework (titled sports southern nevada post-overdose response team supports). In addition, the project will enable the expansion of law enforcement diversion services and increase training on the importance and use of naloxone for law enforcement and other first responders and increase naloxone availability for their use and distribution. Expected outcomes include an increase in access to linkage to care and diversion services and decrease in fatal drug overdose. The project will also involve a research partnership with the university of nevada LAS vegas (UNLV) school of public health to assess the effectiveness of the model and implementation to achieve stated outcomes. The two sub-awardees on the project are LVMPD and UNLV. The initiative will also further current funded partnership activities of the southern nevada opioid advisory council. The grant beneficiaries include first responders, people and families that experience overdose, governmental agencies, substance use disorder treatment agencies, and recovery community organizations throughout clark county, NV during the life of the grant and beyond.