This flyer is an example of a resource created by Sacramento County Opioid Coalition and is available in both English and Spanish. This resource is made available for use in clinics and offices.

California Harm Reduction Initiative (CHRI), funded by the California Department of Public Health and led by National Harm Reduction Coalition includes a Point In Time (PIT) survey as a part of its evaluation. All 37 syringe services program grantees collect information from participants twice a year, and this highlights a lot of important things about participants experiences with overdose, drug use and access to services.

As overdose deaths continue to rise, we need to consider one of the biggest contributors to the epidemic: the large opioid supply. What steps can your community take to lower the opioid supply?

This toolkit addresses how your coalition could improve in tackling the overdose crisis, and how strategic planning would strengthen these areas of need.

This infographic is a guide on how to communicate effectively with family members with SUD and support them throughout their crisis.

As the epidemic evolves, clinicians are prescribing fewer opioids. However, the demand for synthetic opioids including heroin and fentanyl are on the rise. What can we do? This infographic will go through six elements of lowering the demand of opioids, along with a case example.

One of the biggest challenges for community leaders is how to communicate with impact. Why does this matter? Applying strategy to your communication efforts will directly impact your coalition’s ability to recruit new partners, get and maintain funding, and influence public opinion.

When looking at the news, we often see numbers for the opioid epidemic, but do those numbers represent where you live? How can you communicate, measure and track key opioid safety indicators for your community? This infographic goes over the key elements of using the California Opioid Overdose Surveillance Dashboard, created by the California Department of Public Health.

We hear a lot about the opioid epidemic in the news, but not so much about how we are going to stop it. SafeRx Santa Cruz County has been working in collaboration with doctors, pharmacists, and other community members on preventative measures.

This infographic discusses the importance of creating a naloxone distribution plan and how to successfully put it into practice. 

This infographic discusses multiple approaches to reduce overdose deaths.