The SAN francisco department of public health (sfdph) - through its office of overdose prevention - will implement the program entitled data-driven health systems change for prevention (dhscp)

The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) was awarded a $1,600,000 Project Grant by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838). The grant will fund the implementation of the "Data-Driven Health Systems Change for Prevention" (DHSCP) program, which aims to develop a comprehensive, collaborative, and innovative Overdose Fatality Review (OFR) process in San Francisco. Key expected outcomes include establishing the OFR, generating timely and actionable overdose fatality data, enhancing collaboration across healthcare, public safety, justice, and community partners, identifying service gaps and potential touchpoints for overdose interventions, and developing local, context-specific solutions to prevent overdose. The program will have a particular focus on addressing racial disparities in fatal overdoses experienced by San Francisco's Black/African American community. SFDPH will partner with the Center for Substance Use and Health (CSUH) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to implement this project over the award period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027.

The purpose of this program is to develop a comprehensive, collaborative, and innovative overdose fatality review (OFR), incorporating key partners from across SAN francisco. Expected outcomes include establishing a comprehensive and collaborative OFR; timely, actionable, community-responsive, and locally-specific overdose fatality data; enhanced collaboration across healthcare, public safety, justice-involved, and community partners; enhanced understanding of service gaps and identification of potential touchpoints for overdose interventions; and the identification of local, context-specific solutions to prevent overdose. While the SAN francisco community at large is intended to benefit from the increased overdose surveillance and availability of timely data, this program will place a particular emphasis on addressing the profound racial disparities in fatal overdoses experienced by SAN franciscos black/african american community. Sfdph will partner with the center for substance use and health (csuh) and the university of california, SAN francisco (ucsf), to implement this project.