Sunday, May 19, 2024
5/19/2024
The Tempe First-Responder Opioid Navigation Project will increase the ability to prevent opioid fatalities in our community, by increasing the capacity for law-enforcement and other key stakeholders to carry and administer Naloxone for suspected opioid overdoes, while connecting at-risk individuals, including individuals experiencing homelessness, to ongoing appropriate evidence-based treatments and awareness. The Project will train/equip at least 650 individuals with Naloxone. The City of Tempe is the primary applicant and will partner with EMPACT-Suicide Prevention Center (EMPACT-SPC) to provide rapid follow-up and navigation assistance to connect individuals with an Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) to ongoing Evidence Based Practice treatments and services, and Arizona State University for Evaluation. To accomplish this goal, the Tempe First-Responder Opioid Navigation Project will 1) Equip Tempe Police Officers (TPD) with Naloxone and train them on addiction and resources 2) Create a 24/7 in-person "Crisis Outreach Response Team" to rapidly respond to any suspected OUD crisis that Tempe First-Responders are involved with, 3) Provide "post-Crisis Transition Peer-Support Navigator" follow-up support to the individual/family, for up to 30-60 days, during teh "post-crisis" period, to assist with "warm-handoffs," transportation, referrals and connectivity to ongoing community treatment and recovery services. Over the four-year project period, The Tempe First-Responder Opioid Navigation Project will: a) Train and equip 650 Individuals with Naloxone for the emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid overdoses. Tempe Police Department will equip 260 employees during Year 1. IN addition, 290 community stakeholders (including families of overdose victims) will be trained/equipped. (Year 1-300, Year 2-115, Year 3-115, Year 4-120). b) Tempe Police Officers will administer Naloxone to 240 individuals believed to be experiencing an opioid/heroin overdose. (Year 1-70, Year 2-90, Year 3-90, Year 4-90) c) Provide 465 in-person, 24/7 behavioral health responses, to individuals who experienced a suspected overdose (Year 1-90, Year 2-125, Year 3-125, Year 4-125) d) Provide 420 of these overdose victims and families with information about treatment services (Year 1-75, Year 2-115, Year 3-115, Year 4-115) *220 will accept ongoing short-term post crisis navigation services, helping individuals access and connect to ongoing treatment/services (Year 1-40, Year 2-60, Year 3-60, Year 4 -60) e) 650 First Responders and key community stakeholders (including families of overdose victims) will be trained on safety around fentanyl, carfetanil and other dangerous and illicit drugs. (Year 1-300, Year 2-115, Year 3-115, Year 4-120) f) Total People Served: 650 (Trained/Equipped and/or receive Behavioral Health responses)
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