What steps can communities take to engage youth in overdose prevention? The following summary provides concrete examples of data-driven strategies to address rising rates of overdose among youth. Case studies were drawn from overdose prevention coalitions participating in the California Overdose Prevention Network (COPN) Accelerator 3.0 Program. These can serve as models for other coalitions and organizations across the country.

The CDPH Substance and Addiction Prevention Branch (SAPB) has recently updated its new data resource - Preliminary Monthly Fatal Drug-Related Overdose Counts for August 2021 - July 2022. This preliminary statewide monthly count data is presented by substance and posted on the Overdose Prevention Initiative (OPI) Data webpage. It is intended to provide death data to our partners more quickly. These counts may not represent all overdose-related deaths that occurred during the corresponding period. Subsequent versions of this data resource will also be available on the OPI Data webpage. The CDPH team continues to update the California Overdose Surveillance Dashboard with death data.

In July 2021, four states discovered a variety of policy and programmatic approaches to improve the medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) landscape. The four states were able to pilot interagency collaborations, launch training and education curricula and explore innovative solutions around screening, treatments and case management.

Michael Miller of Brown Miller Communications explains how to use the coalition membership survey as a tool to better understand your coalition and how it can improve.

Michael Miller of Brown Miller Communications explains how to create a thoughtful web architecture that will carry your coalition into the future.

This video provides information about how to effectively tell a story with your data.

The CDPH Substance and Addiction Prevention Branch (SAPB) has recently updated this preliminary statewide monthly count data. It is presented by substance and posted on the Overdose Prevention Initiative (OPI) Data webpage. These counts may not represent all overdose-related deaths that occurred during the corresponding period. Subsequent versions of this data resource will also be available on the OPI Data webpage. The CDPH team continues to update the California Overdose Surveillance Dashboard with death data.

The CalSCHLS system was created by the California Department of Education (CDE) to efficiently and cost-effectively provide school districts and their partner communities with quality local data which can be used to improve student academic performance and social-emotional, behavioral, and physical health of all youth. It assesses key indicators linked to success in school, career, and life.

The CDPH Substance and Addiction Prevention Branch (SAPB) has recently updated its new data resource - Preliminary Monthly Fatal Drug-Related Overdose Counts for April 2021 - March 2022. This preliminary statewide monthly count data is presented by substance and posted on the Overdose Prevention Initiative (OPI) Data webpage. It is intended to provide death data to our partners more quickly. These counts may not represent all overdose-related deaths that occurred during the corresponding period. Subsequent versions of this data resource will also be available on the OPI Data webpage. The CDPH team continues to update the California Overdose Surveillance Dashboard with death data.

The California Emergency Medical Services Authority (CEMSA) has implemented ODMap statewide. Since 2020, CEMSA has logged over 145,000 non-fatal overdoses and over 12,000 fatal overdoses into ODMap, which provides a heavy source of data to go off of for future reference. A reminder that this is just one agency logging overdoses and does not reflect the entire state and other agencies who are not part of CEMSA and are continually logging overdoses onto ODMap every day. There is still a push for full statewide ODMap implementation with other agencies, but this is a step in the right direction.

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.

Drug overdose deaths increased approximately 30% from 2019 to 2020 in the United States. Examining rates by demographic and social determinants of health characteristics can identify disproportionately affected populations and inform strategies to reduce drug overdose deaths.

This preliminary statewide monthly count data is presented by substance and posted on the Overdose Prevention Initiative (OPI) Data webpage and is intended to provide death data to our partners more quickly.

This preliminary statewide monthly count data is presented by substance and posted on the Overdose Prevention Initiative (OPI) Data webpage and is intended to provide death data to our partners more quickly.

Shasta Substance Use Coalition developed a story map to provide their community with a resource to understand the scope of fentanyl’s impact on their community utilizing local data, Arc GIS mapping, and story telling. Visit their website to learn more.

The CDC’s Division of Overdose Prevention developed an interactive data visualization tool, the SUDORS dashboard, which displays fatal overdose data from 2020. Participating jurisdictions provide data abstracted from multiple data sources including death certificates, medical examiner/coroner reports, and postmortem toxicology.

Let’s Talk began as a collaborative effort between Marin County Office of Education, Marin Health and Human Services and Marin Healthy Youth Partnerships, and has been adapted for the Tri-County Region by the Central Coast Tri-County Coalition. Let’s Talk is a parent toolkit for navigating teen substance use and this booklet has been adapted to include specific data and information for the Central Coast Tri-County Region.

The Lowell CO-OP is committed to reducing the number of deaths attributed to opioid overdose and is helping its clients towards the path to recovery by bridging the gaps in treatment services.

The purpose of this document is to encourage careful and selective use of long-term opioid therapy in the context of managing chronic pain through an evidence-based prescribing guideline, quality improvement measures to advance the integration of the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain into clinical practice, and practice-level strategies to improve care coordination.

The CDC offers policies, programs, and practices that address the conditions of work that should be considered to protect workers and advance their health and well-being related to opioid exposure, use, and potential misuse.