Telehealth/Telemedicine

The Delta Opioid Taskforce (DOT) Initiative’s purpose is to reduce the morbidity and mortality of substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD), in rural communities of the Mississippi Delta.

Through the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Planning (RCORP-Planning) initiative, Project Lazarus enhanced partnerships with members from the AIDS Leadership Foothills-Area Alliance (ALFA), Acadia Healthcare- Mountain Health Solutions Wilkesboro Comprehensive Treatment Center (MHS),

To reduce morbidity, mortality and harm associated with opioid misuse and overdose in our communities by increasing immediate access to prevention, treatment and sustained recovery services.

The overall goal of the project is to reduce the morbidity and mortality of substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorders (OUD) associated with opioid overdoses in high-risk rural communities by strengthening the capacity of multi-sector consortiums to address one or more of three

The Western North Carolina (WNC) Opioid Response Consortium was formed in response to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identification of Cherokee, Clay, and Graham as three of the top 200 counties in the United States at high risk of outbreak for HIV and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV