RCORP funds will support staffing the mobile clinic to provide critical outreach and prevention services to the rural area which will include distribution of fentanyl test strips, Narcan, and naloxone, and SUD/OUD treatment services.
The purpose of the RCORP-Overdose Response grant is to support immediate responses to the overdose crisis through improving access to, capacity for, and sustainability of prevention, treatment, and recovery services for SUD in a large rural area of the state of Georgia
In North Georgia's Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, and Polk counties, opioid overdose is a severe crisis. These counties face alarmingly high opioid overdose mortality rates, with each exceeding the state average.
Key activities for the RCORP-Overdose Response project include purchasing and distributing naloxone within the target rural service area; offering MAT waiver training; assisting uninsured individuals with SUD/OUD in the rural service area with obtaining health insurance and accessing SUD/OUD trea
CORE aims to stem the proliferation of opioid use and opioid-related deaths in Robeson County by enhancing community awareness regarding harm reduction and increasing access to Naloxone and referral services.
Hire 2 Peer Recovery Support Specialists to initiate and conduct support groups for patients with an OUD/SUD diagnosis. Hire 3 behavioral health technicians to initiate support services, referrals to MAT.
To purchase fentanyl test strips and naloxone to initiate a basic level of harm reduction among target population. The plan is to develop a relationship with a local pharmacy that can dispense suboxone as well as utilize our providers in the clinics to administer injectable Sublocade.
