first responder-led diversion

The ODMAP tool, supported by the Baltimore Washington HIDTA, is an effective resource recently developed to help law enforcement and public health professionals understand the impacts of this epidemic and how to plan a response. This Web-based application provides a data repository and geographical analysis tool that depicts hot spots for users addressing these problems and collects public health and law enforcement data for use by analysts working with partners to develop response initiatives.

First responders are frequently left with limited information and time to connect people to care; however, this connection is often crucial for people who use drugs. The ability to increase knowledge of community collaborations and bridge programming from the first responders to treatment services is a critical piece in the continuum of care. Utilizing a case study of programming and collaborative efforts in Missouri, participants will:
-Be able to identify gaps in service accessibility for people who use drugs.

The agency watched CHJ's Specialized Opioid Case Management webinar, where the offer for TA was made. The TTA request has both a QRT element and a peer recovery element, which our BJA policy advisor suggested that CHJ team up with Altarum. Their goal is to understand better-emerging practices or other guidance to help make sure their agency is maximizing their efforts.

This webinar will discuss how first responders, particularly law enforcement, are in a unique position to help identify and divert children to community-based treatment and other services, thus diverting children away from the negative consequences of exposure to drug use. Such steps, also known as law enforcement-led deflection (or law enforcement-led diversion), can have significant effects in identifying and addressing the needs of children exposed to and endangered by the presence of illegal drugs (or their manufacture, distribution, etc.) in their lives and homes.

This webinar will address how law enforcement leaders can successfully advance change within their agencies. Whether introducing new policies, procedures, or programs, it is important to build an organizational culture where change is readily accepted. The presenters will discuss how challenges driven by organizational culture were overcome when the new Pre-Arrest Deflection Program was introduced at the Tucson, Arizona, Police Department (TPD) and will provide steps for working within agency cultures to build support for front-end diversion.