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O F F I C E O F T H E A S S I S T A N T S E C R E T A R Y F O R H E A L T H Agenda Syringe Service Programs: The Essential Roles of Non-Governmental and Community-Based Organizations Webinar Introduction: Sharon Ricks, OASH Region 4
O F F I C E O F T H E A S S I S T A N T S E C R E T A R Y F O R H E A L T H Agenda – Syringe Service Programs: The Essential Roles of Non-Governmental and Community-Based Organizations Webinar Introduction: Sharon Ricks, OASH Region 4 Presentations: Daniel Raymond, Harm Reduction Coalition Chuck Wexler, Police Executive Research Forum Grace Keller, Howard Center Safe Recovery Webinar Q & A: Corinna Dan, OASH Office of Infectious Disease & HIV/AIDS Policy
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SSP participants are 5X more likely to enter drug treatment and 3.5X more likely to cease injecting compared to those who don’t use SSP programs
https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/pdf/pubs/2018-evidence-based-strategies.pdf
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46 states, DC, and Puerto Rico have documented they have areas experiencing or at risk for increases
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https://www.cdc.gov/pwid/vulnerable-counties-data.html
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https://www.hhs.gov/opioids/
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HHS Blog – Substance Misuse, Infectious Disease, and the Powerful Potential of Syringe Service Programs
https://www.hhs.gov/blog/2019/11/06/substance- misuse-infectious-disease-powerful-potential-syringe- service-programs.html “Comprehensive syringe services programs (SSPs) have the proven ability to help combat the
the spread of infectious disease linked to injection drug use.”
ADM Brett P. Giroir, M.D. Assistant Secretary for Health
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and Syringe Services Program Monitoring and Evaluation recently awarded from CDC:
Directors (NASTAD) will develop a national network that provides harm reduction technical assistance responsive to the needs of states and local jurisdictions.
and the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant
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Daniel Raymond Deputy Director, Planning & Policy Harm Reduction Coalition raymond@harmreduction.org www.harmreduction.org @HarmReduction
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Optimal Policies Robust Implementation Sustainable Financing Supportive Communities
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CHUCK WE XL E R E XE CUT I VE DI RE CT OR, POL I CE E XE CUT I VE RE SE ARCH F ORUM
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a w E nfo rc e me nt a nd Pub lic He a lth Ag e nc ie s to Addre ss Opio id Use (2016)
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he Unpre c e de nte d Opio id E pide mic : As Ove rdo se s Be c o me a L e a ding Ca use o f De a th, Po lic e , She riffs, a nd He a lth Ag e nc ie s Must Ste p Up T he ir Re spo nse (2017)
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e n Sta nda rds o f Ca re : Po lic ing a nd the Opio id Crisis (2018)
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V a nd he pa titis o utb re a ks, pro te c t o ffic e r he a lth, a nd he lp individua ls re a c h tre a tme nt, the sta nda rd o f c a re sho uld b e fo r De pa rtme nts to c o lla b o ra te with pub lic he a lth a nd c o mmunity-b a se d a g e nc ie s to suppo rt we ll-ma na g e d syring e se rvic e pro g ra ms. 21
Building Suc c e ssful Partne rships be twe e n L aw E nforc e me nt and Public He alth Age nc ie s to Addre ss Opioid Use
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mpha size tha t syring e se rvic e s pro g ra ms a re no t just a “drive -thru” fo r syring e s. T he y c o nne c t pe o ple with tre a tme nt se rvic e s a nd
Disc uss o ffic e r sa fe ty a nd ho w syring e
se rvic e s pro g ra ms c a n re duc e o ffic e rs’ risk
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a ke a g ra dua l a ppro a c h to g e t pe o ple c o mfo rta b le with the ide a .
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Po pula tio n 50,000 474 o ve rdo se s, 34 o f tho se fa ta l, in the
first six mo nths o f 2015
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mple me nte d a ha rm re duc tio n pro g ra m tha t inc lude d:
Syring e e xc ha ng e Na lo xo ne de plo yme nt
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T hre e -ste p pro c e ss to b uild c o mmunity suppo rt:
Raise awar
e ne ss a mo ng lo c a l o ffic ia ls a nd o the r
c o mmunity me mb e rs, a ddre ssing b o th the mo ra l impe ra tive a nd the c o st-e ffe c tive ne ss o f ha rm re duc tio n pro g ra ms.
Build a c oalition o f suppo rte rs, o ne pe rso n o r o ne
g ro up a t a time .
Have str
ship a nd suppo rt fro m to p o ffic ia ls,
to de mo nstra te o wne rship o f the pro b le m fro m the to p do wn.
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prevention education
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Source: Safe Recovery Data 2019
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Source: 2018 Howard Center Safe Recovery client satisfaction survey
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challenges and opportunities
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learn more about syringe services programs.