Resource Library
Toolkits, guides, and other resources vetted by experts in overdose prevention.
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Story Map: Shasta County’s Rising Fentanyl Problem
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.
Mental Health First Aid
Mental Health First Aid is a skills-based training course that teaches participants about mental health and substance-use issues. Learn more about it here.
Tools for Overdose Prevention
Overdose death in the United States has increased at an alarming rate since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic with an increase of 30% in 2020 compared to 2019. To help public health practitioners prevent overdose, the National Council for Mental Wellbeing and the CDC developed these resources and tools.
Cypress Resilience Project
The purpose of this project is to support the inherent resilience of individuals and communities who are managing trauma, experiencing grief and navigating mental health challenges. This webpage offers resources and trainings on how to achieve this goal and implement these strategies into your own organization.
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
The resources and information on this page are designed to help states, territories, tribes, mental health and substance use disorder professionals, and others looking for information on understanding the background, history, funding opportunities, and implementation resources for strengthening suicide prevention and mental health crisis services.
Lowell Community Opioid Outreach Program (CO-OP)
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.
Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program Resource Center
This webpage offers information to support effective local, state, and tribal responses to illicit substance use and misuse in order to reduce overdose deaths, promote public safety, and support access to treatment and recovery services in the criminal justice system.
California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI)
Formerly the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. Use this website to learn more about the CA Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) commitment to expanding equitable access to health care for all Californians—ensuring every community has the health workforce they need, safe and reliable health care facilities, and health information that can help make care more effective and affordable.
Mental Health America –2022 State of Mental Health
Mental Health America (MHA) is committed to promoting mental health as a critical part of overall wellness. Use this website to learn more about how MHA advocates for prevention services for all, early identification and intervention for those at risk, integrated services, care and treatment for those who need them, and recovery as the goal.
CA’s Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative
The Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative was announced in July 2021 with a $4.4B investment to enhance, expand and redesign the systems that support behavioral health for children and youth. Use this website to learn more about the goals of the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative is to reimagine mental health and emotional well-being for ALL children, youth, and families in California by delivering equitable, appropriate, timely and accessible behavioral health services and supports with the following aspirations.
ACEs Aware
The ACEs Aware initiative is a first-in-the nation effort to screen patients for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) to help improve and save lives. Use this website to learn more how ACEs Aware strives to create a better world for our children, families, and communities by working together across sectors to prevent and address the impact of ACEs and toxic stress.
OD2A: Evaluation
OD2A-funded jurisdictions work to monitor and evaluate their surveillance and prevention efforts. The evaluation of these efforts is essential to ensure program fidelity, efficacy, and efficiency. This webpage provides resources aimed at making evaluation and change easier.
Drug Disposal: Drug Take Back Locations
This guideline provides an overview of medicine take back options and why they are the best way to safely dispose of most types of unneeded or expired prescription and over the counter medicines.
CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline Resources
These guidelines provide recommendations about the appropriate prescribing of prescription opioids and other treatment options to improve pain management and patient safety.
Find Harm Reduction Resources Near You
This page is an access point to resources that support safer drug use, such as access to naloxone and syringe services.
Fentanyl Resource Library
National Harm Reduction Coalition created a comprehensive resource library solely focused on fentanyl. This webpage includes a fentanyl fact sheet, tips on using fentanyl safely, testing for fentanyl, and more.
Today, Explained: The new meth
This podcast with Sam Quiñones discusses the creation of a new synthetic substance that has become prevalent in recent years.