The Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) is an unprecedented and unique public health-public safety partnership between the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through their support of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program and the CDC Foundation. At its core, the ORS is an example of a cross-agency, interdisciplinary collaboration with a single mission of reducing overdose deaths and saving lives across the United States.
WHO WE ARE
The ORS, a partnership between CDC and ONDCP, with support from HIDTA and the CDC Foundation, has grown tremendously since its inception. The program began in 2015 with only five originating HIDTAs, covering 15 states. Today, the program includes all 33 HIDTAs, covering 50 states, the District of Columbia (DC), Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
…the importance of public health and safety partnerships like the Overdose Response Strategy [is] to help us meet people where they are in order to save lives…
WHAT WE DO
Through initial outreach efforts to learn more about overdose response in Lafayette Parish, the Louisiana Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) Public Health Analyst (PHA) met with the Major of Enforcement at
Counties are looking for innovative ways to ensure easy, quick and convenient access to naloxone for people who use drugs in their communities. Public health leaders are working with law
Recognizing the disproportionate effects the overdose epidemic has had on rural Alaska residents, the Alaska Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) team works to organize and support overdose prevention and response activities
Following an overdose spike on ferry transportation to the islands on Massachusetts, the MA Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) team planned and hosted a meeting to build partnerships between the Coast