Treatment

Met with grantee once this quarter, in October, 2024.

Summary of Successes if available

Formalizing local coalition for deflection practices via state taskforce

Making connections through harm reduction convenings

Establishing state and local reentry coalitions to foster collaboration and further harm reduction efforts.

Summary of Challenges:

Developing a strong pitch for the next legislative session.

Law Enforcement Buy-in

Engaging stakeholders, conducting community resource mapping, and seeking funding.

Met with grantee twice this quarter, in September and October, 2024.

Summary of Successes if available
Formalizing local coalition for deflection practices via state taskforce
Making connections through harm reduction convenings
Establishing state and local reentry coalitions to foster collaboration and further harm reduction efforts.

Summary of Challenges:
Developing a strong pitch for the next legislative session.
Law Enforcement Buy-in
Engaging stakeholders, conducting community resource mapping, and seeking funding.

Reporting Cycle Summary
FY25Q1 Engagement Activities

Police participation is essential for successful implementation of deflection and pre-arrest diversion programs. It can increase the number of referrals to services and enhance community-police engagement.

The webinar will provide an overview of a program in Florida utilizing the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system to respond to patients with substance use disorder. In addition to responding to emergency calls for the sick and injured, many EMS agencies across the country have added community paramedics to their ranks whose role is to treat people with chronic disease and lessen their need for emergency ambulance response.

Previous webinars have set the stage for successful reentry and reintegration post-treatment and post-incarceration and provided initial strategies to overcome resource challenges and foster cultural reconnection.

Prior research has found that substance use education programs for youth typically fail because of a lack of student interest since activities did not relate to their actual lives. In order for drug use programs to be effective, they need to be based on the real experiences of youth, which is a principle of harm reduction.

CHJ Office Hours take place every 3rd Friday of the month. These Office Hours are meant for sites to come and ask any questions or concerns that they may have. There will be members of the CHJ team, with appearances from various subject matter experts or other COSSUP TTA providers, present for the duration of the call to assist with any topics/questions that are brought up. Any site can join throughout the hour to speak with the CHJ team.

Grantee Franklin County Sheriff's Office in Massachusetts contacted COSSUP for TTA. The request detailed the need for a second in-person support to hold a 1-2 day meeting with members of their CONNECT deflection team. They wanted to convene the group to create shared agreements to address the complex intersection of law enforcement, child welfare, and peer recovery in our post-opioid overdose response.

Met and corresponded with grantee 8 times between October and December of 2024 on 10/1, 10/2, 10/3, 10/22, 11/5, 11/19, 12/3, and 12/17
Summary of Successes
3 staff members from CHJ conducted an on site visit from 10/1-10/3 with the grantee during which they conducted street outreach and facilitated a strategic meeting with agency leaders to discuss future planning and direction of the program. Staff visited potential fire stations with Minneapolis Fire Department (MFD) to expand the MARI program to.