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Partnership Mapping Tool Addendum

Strong partnerships are essential to the success of any coalition. Use this addendum tool in addition to the Partnership Mapping Tool to assess your coalition infrastructure, identify critical community collaborators and power brokers, and further how these partners can support coalitions’ overdose prevention strategies.

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Let's Talk: A Toolkit for Navigating Teen Substance Use in the Tri-County Region: Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz 2022

According to the data, teens growing up in Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz counties have easy access and opportunity to use drugs and alcohol. This is a reality. But as parents and caregivers, we can help them navigate through these tough decisions. Where can we start? Know the facts, communicate openly, and listen to our teens.

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Readiness Assessment for Harm Reduction Vending Machines: A Decision Making Tool for Organizations and Communities

When considering a strategy like harm reduction vending machines it is critical to understand community context and to get buy-in from staff, key community stakeholders, partners, and program participants. To help with this, Bloomberg American Health Initiative fellows Callie Kaplan, Zach Kosinski, Nicole Barnes and Erin Russell, under the guidance of Dr. Susan Sherman, created a readiness toolkit to support agencies, community-based organizations, and advocacy groups to make informed decisions about the use of harm reduction vending machines in their communities.

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Public Safety-Led Community-Oriented Overdose Prevention Efforts (PS-COPE) Toolkit

The Public Safety-led Community-oriented Overdose Prevention Efforts (PS-COPE) Toolkit is a new approach to overdose prevention and response for Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) communities. It combines three proven models to enhance overdose prevention and response: trauma-informed care, recovery-oriented systems of care and procedural justice.

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Racial Equity Impact Assessment Toolkit

The racial equity impact assessment toolkit can be a vital tool for preventing institutional racism and for identifying new options to remedy long-standing inequities.

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Guide to Harm Reduction in the Emergency Department

While many medical professionals promote an abstinence-based approach to discussing drug use, offering tools and education around safer drug use supports patient health if they continue to use drugs. Harm reduction is the moral foundation and root practice of offering these tools and services. View this guide from the CA ED Bridge Program on how to establish a harm reduction program in your hospital and easily access related resources.

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SPACECAT Tool

Preventing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), suicide, and overdose involves cross-sector collaboration focused on impacting risk and protective factors at the individual, relationship, community, and societal levels. The Suicide, Overdose, and Adverse Childhood Experiences Prevention Capacity Assessment Tool (SPACECAT) was created to help state, territorial, and local health agency staff identify opportunities to work at the intersection of these public health issues to maximize resources and impact.

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Recovery Month Toolkit 2022

This year, to address the nation’s mental health and overdose crisis, SAMHSA is launching initiatives that increase access to prevention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery services and supports, celebrate the strong and proud recovery community, and applaud the dedication of service providers and community members across the nation who make recovery possible.

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