Overdose Data to Action (OD2A)

Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) is a CDC grant that supports overdose prevention efforts in local communities while gathering accurate, comprehensive, and timely data on nonfatal and fatal overdoses to enhance program efforts. This 5-year grant, active from September 2023 through August 2028, allocates over $9 million to reduce fatal and nonfatal overdoses and improve access to quality behavioral health and substance use treatment in Denver.

Denver's Plan:

  • Comprehensive Overdose Prevention: The initiative focuses on integrating a variety of strategies into existing overdose prevention and education efforts. This includes:

    • Linkage to and retention in care: Ensuring individuals can access and remain engaged in treatment and support services.
    • Data and information sharing: Facilitating the timely exchange of critical data to enhance response efforts.
    • Harm reduction strategies: Promoting practices that reduce the negative consequences of drug use, such as naloxone distribution and education.
    • Stigma reduction initiatives: Addressing and reducting the stigma associated with substance use disorders to encourage more people to seek services

  • Funding and Impact: The OD2A grant provides $1,807,494 annually, making it one of the few federal resources that directly support local communities in addressing overdose.

  • Collaboration and Communication: A critical component of this initiative is the enhancement of communication and collaboration among internal teams, community partners, public safety organizations, and the healthcare system. This approach ensures that actionable information is delivered promptly, supporting more effective overdose prevention and response.

 

Funding

$1,807,494.00 yearly, approximately $9,037,470.00 expected for the full grant cycle through 2028.

Partnerships

DDPHE’s Substance Use & Prevention program has established a robust network of partnerships committed to overdose prevention, harm reduction, naloxone distribution, etc. The following partners (alphabetically ordered) are prospectively directly contracting with DDPHE or otherwise partnering with DDPHE (if another government agency/entity) for Year 1.

Contracted Partners

  • Blazing Cloud Consulting: focuses on serving Indigenous/Native American populations. Contributing to linkage to care, harm reduction, stigma reduction and overdose surveillance infrastructure.
  • Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention (CCPDAP): contributing to overdose surveillance infrastructure building, and clinician & health system best practices.
  • Colorado Health Network (CHN): one of three syringe access program providers in CCD. Contributing to Component B drug product testing.
  • Neocom Promo: marketing agency in Colorado dedicated to serving the Latino community with marketing solutions tailored to cultural and linguistic preferences. Will be contributing to all grant components by guiding communications strategies, ensuring language accessibility, and cultural competency.
  • Promotores De Esperanza: focuses on all underserved communities, but specifically the Latino/Spanish-speaking populations. Will be contributing to linkage to care, harm reduction, stigma reduction, and overdose surveillance infrastructure.
  • Roux Black Consulting (website in progress): focuses on serving the Black/African American Community. Will be constituting to linkage to care, harm reduction, stigma reduction, and overdose surveillance infrastructure.

 

Non-Contracted Partners

  • Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE): operation OD2A at the state level, meets with us quarterly to ensure alignment and potential opportunities for helping improve operations.
  • Denver Assessment, Intake, and Diversion (AID) Center: will engage in education and training opportunities to improve relations with people who use drugs, to host our quarterly all partner meetings, as well as our OD2A Community Navigators on a regular basis to provide services to program participants.
  • Denver Sheriff Department: working with the team providing medication assisted treatment (MAT) as well as substance use programming. Staff will engage in training and learning opportunities, as well as collaborate with DDPHE in getting educational materials and services to those in custody or upon release to prevent overdose.
  • University of North Carolina Street Drug Analysis Lab: supports harm reduction programs with low cost lab testing of illicit substances. This service gives insight on the illicit drug supply in Denver to inform public health measures. Subcontracting with CHN and pending Component B partners.

 

 

 

 

 

Contact Us

Contact the DDPHE OD2A team:

DPHE.OD2A@denvergov.org

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