CTR070154_Yavapai_County_EXECUTED.pdf

This document is an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between the Arizona Department of Health Services and Yavapi County Community Health Services for the CDC Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) project. The contract is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), specifically through the Department of Health and Human Services, and involves the Office of Injury and Violence Prevention within the Arizona Department of Health Services.

The contract is a cost reimbursement agreement with a total annual budget of $80,000, effective from September 1st, 2023 to August 31st, 2028. The primary objective is to enhance Arizona's ability to track and prevent nonfatal and fatal overdoses while identifying emerging drug threats. Key activities include developing public safety partnerships, implementing harm reduction strategies, expanding community-based care linkages, and utilizing navigators and community health workers. The project will focus on opioid prevention efforts, particularly in high-burden areas, with an emphasis on addressing health equity, reducing prescription drug misuse, and mitigating the impacts of the opioid epidemic, especially among youth and at-risk populations in Yavapai County.