HIDTA

On behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), the Institute for Intergovernmental Research is releasing the Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program (ODMAP) Statewide Expansion and Response Grant solicitation. BJA is sponsoring this initiative in coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is part of a series of demonstration projects funded under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program. These demonstration projects are designed to build capacity, foster cross-sector collaboration, and support innovation.

In 2017, the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area launched a free, user-friendly, mobile-capable tool known as the Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program (ODMAP) to track the location of suspected fatal and nonfatal overdoses and the administration of naloxone by first responders. ODMAP provides near real-time suspected overdose data across jurisdictions to support efforts to mobilize an immediate response to a sudden increase or spike in overdose events.

At DHS’s request, IIR provided staff support to a CICC task team, tasked with developing an annual threat assessment template for HIDTAs. This template will be used by HIDTA centers to create continuity among the centers in the reporting out of threats in their respective jurisdiction, to aid in better exchange of information between HIDTAs, and to support an increased understanding of the national threat pictures. A task team meeting was held on June 29, 2017, in San Francisco, California.