Welcome to the largest overdose prevention network in California and the nation.

In this follow-up to the June 23 NOPN webinar, Sustaining Your Well-being as Someone Who Cares, presenters from the Cypress Resilience Project return to facilitate an interactive, skill-building workshop. This session goes beyond foundational concepts to explore practical strategies for recovering from vicarious and secondary trauma among professionals working in substance use and overdose prevention.

Participants will engage with case scenarios, reflect on their own experiences, and begin developing a personalized action plan to support ongoing wellbeing in their work. Join us on Tuesday, June 30th from 11:00 am – 12:30 pm to build on your learning and discuss practical next steps you can apply right away. Spread the word with your local partners and register today!

Have you seen alerts about new synthetic drugs that have entered the drug supply in California like 7-OH or medetomidine? Do you want updates on drug use and overdose trends in California?

Join us on Wednesday, May 13 from 11:30 - 12:30 pm PT to hear from subject matter experts James Wilson and Pike Long from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). They will provide updates on the evolving drug supply in California, recent trends in drug use, and life-saving strategies to prevent overdose and increase access to treatment and care. They will also include recent findings from the California Overdose Prevention & Harm Reduction Initiative (COPHRI) Point In Time Survey and provide an opportunity for live Q&A. This session will provide essential knowledge for anyone working in overdose and substance use prevention in California.

The California Overdose Prevention Network (COPN) and the Public Health Alliance of Southern California are teaming up in this webinar and workshop series to discuss how intervening on the social determinants of health (SDoH) can reduce the opioid overdose rate and overdose deaths. Join us for the final workshop in this series on Wednesday, April 8 from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm PT. Join us for a hands-on workshop on using community data to make the case for upstream overdose prevention. You'll learn a simple, ready-to-use messaging framework - Values → Assets → Action - that helps you turn data from the California Healthy Places Index into a compelling message for partners, funders, and decision-makers. We'll explore how community conditions like housing, employment, and transportation act as protective factors against overdose, discover resources for actionable, upstream strategies, practice translating data into plain language, and build a complete sample message together as a group. Whether you're preparing for a presentation to your county board, pitching a new partnership, or writing a grant narrative, you'll walk away with a concrete approach you can use right away.

The California Overdose Prevention Network (COPN) and the Public Health Alliance of Southern California are teaming up in this webinar and workshop series to discuss how intervening on the social determinants of health (SDoH) can reduce the opioid overdose rate and overdose deaths. Join us on Wednesday, March 11 from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm PT for the first workshop in the series that will discuss how to access and interpret the Healthy Places Index and build on the foundational skills from the first webinar. During the workshop participants will learn how to access and interpret HPI data, with a focus on opioid-related indicators. This session will include hands-on exercises and Q&A opportunities.

In the workshop series together we will:

• Take a deep dive into a new tool called the Strategic Action Planner & SDoH Roadmap that will help coalition members

• Effectively access the opioid data on the HPI map platform

• Understand what these data mean and how to use them to develop community-driven solutions

• Learn key strategies for communicating results and implementing solutions with communities

The California Overdose Prevention Network (COPN) and the Public Health Alliance of Southern California are teaming up in this webinar and workshop series to discuss how intervening on the social determinants of health (SDoH) can reduce the opioid overdose rate and overdose deaths.

This first webinar will cover:

• How improving community conditions like increasing household income, access to transportation, and safe, stable housing are key aspects of opioid overdose prevention

• How and what community-centered solutions can improve opioid overdose rates

• How to use the Healthy Places Index (HPI) map platform to determine community strengths and opportunities for intervention to improve opioid overdose death rates, emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and opioid prescription rates

In the workshop series together, we will:

• Take a deep dive into a new tool called the Strategic Action Planner & SDoH Roadmap that will help coalition members

• Effectively access the opioid data on the HPI map platform

• Understand what these data mean and how to use them to develop community-driven solutions

• Learn key strategies for communicating results and implementing solutions with communities

Messaging is powerful:  what we say, how we say it, and who we say it to. Every day, local coalitions across California implement innovative communication strategies to advance overdose prevention and save lives. Join us on Tuesday, February 3 from 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PT for the 2026 virtual Bi-Annual COPN convening on effective messaging strategies in overdose prevention. We will hear from a panel of local coalition leaders who will share their experience implementing innovative messaging strategies to engage new partners and community members. After the panel, participants will dive further into these innovative approaches and learn practical steps to get started in your own community. Don't miss out on this opportunity and register today!

Navigating addiction treatment can be confusing, discouraging, and frustrating for individuals seeking help and for the families and communities who support them. Although effective treatments exist, including life-saving medications like buprenorphine (Suboxone), many people never receive care, struggle to stay engaged, or encounter stigma and misinformation that block their path to recovery. This workshop will offer a deeper dive into the concepts presented during the NOPN webinar, The Path to Recovery: Understanding the Ups and Downs of Addiction Treatment. During the workshop, participants will discuss how stigma and misinformation create barriers to care in their community and what providers, advocates, and community members can do to expand access, reduce harm, and create more compassionate pathways to recovery. Participants will leave with practical insights and next steps they can take to support individuals and families affected by substance use disorder.

We are offering a workshop on Tuesday, December 16, from 10:30 AM – 12:00 pm to build on the important concepts that will be shared in our upcoming national webinar, When the Holidays Hurt:  How to Support Ourselves and Others Through Grief Including Loss Associated with Substance Use, Addiction and Overdose. This interactive session will help you apply practical strategies to offer care to those experiencing loss, to create a plan of support during times of loss and to create a safe space for a griever during the holidays.