The coalition plans to publish its first Access to Treatment dashboard from the Inland Empire that highlights the achievements of five ED Bridge programs, MAT access data serving at-risk youth, as well as patients in detention centers and jails at the end of the month.

Visit the IEOCC website and connect with them on LinkedIn.

With school closures, the coalition is also working on an opioid awareness social media campaign in place of presentations and distributing flyers tailored for students and parents around substance use, stress, and anxiety during this time.

The coalition plans to release their “Fentanyl Takes Friends” campaign on Facebook, Snapchat, and TikTok at the end of the month. For more information check out the Santa Clara County Opioid Overdose Prevention Project (SCCOOPP) website.

“We would tell our colleagues, ‘please don’t use or reduce opioid [prescribing],’ and the response was ‘that’s fine, but when the patient is in pain, I have to do something –so can you please give me some options?’”

- Dr. Casey Grover, Chair, Emergency Medicine at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula

"With the distribution of Narcan kits to the local community, and the work of local leaders and coalition members, we are making a difference in the fight to end the opioid epidemic in Placer and Nevada Counties.”

- Quinn Gregory, Executive Director at Placer Nevada County Medical Society

“Providing treatment is a small change for providers that makes a huge impact on people’s lives.”

- James Wilson, Coalition Coordinator & Health Education Coordinator for Plumas County