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Rapid Response and Cross-Agency Coordination Support Overdose Incident in Baltimore

In July 2025, swift coordination between law enforcement and public health partners enabled Baltimore City to respond rapidly to a suspected mass casualty overdose event. ...

New York ORS Team Develops and Pilots Innovative Mock Overdose Fatality Review Toolkit to Strengthen Community Readiness

The New York Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) team developed and piloted a Mock Overdose Fatality Review (OFR) Toolkit—a first-of-its-kind resource designed to help communities prepare ...

GA ORS Team Supports the Launch of a Naloxone Vending Machine at Newton County Jail

In a first for Georgia, the state’s Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) team helped launch a new initiative with the installation of a naloxone vending machine ...

Inside Connecticut’s Response to a Rapidly Escalating Overdose Crisis

Over Memorial Day weekend 2025, Connecticut public health and safety partners launched a rapid, coordinated response to a spike in overdoses in New Haven County. ...

West Virginia PHA Advances Predictive Modeling to Strengthen Overdose Prevention Statewide

Predictive modeling has emerged as one of West Virginia’s most effective strategies for improving overdose prevention. From January 2022 through December 2024, the West Virginia ...

Nevada ORS Team Facilitates Partnership for Naloxone Distribution

After meeting the End Overdose CEO, Theo Krzywicki, at the 2024 Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) conference in Dallas, the Nevada ORS team recognized an opportunity ...

U.S. Virgin Islands ORS Team Collaborates in the Launch of the USVI Prescription Drug Drop Box

The U.S. Virgin Islands HIDTA Prevention Initiative, in collaboration with PR-USVI HIDTA, the Virgin Islands Police Department, the Virgin Islands Department of Health, the Overdose ...

Building Trust and Saving Lives: Naloxone Distribution and Tribal Community Collaboration in Arizona and Montana

In Arizona and Montana, the Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) is helping strengthen overdose prevention efforts in tribal communities through long-standing partnerships and community-led collaboration. Recent ...

Illinois ORS Team Hosts the First Illinois Prevention Summit

In November 2024, the Illinois Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) team, in partnership with the Chicago High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), hosted the first-ever Illinois ...

Arizona Public Health / Public Safety Initiative – “STOP-IT Campaign”

The School Training Overdose Preparedness and Intelligence Taskforce (STOP-IT), sponsored by the Arizona Department of Education (ADE), is working to standardize opioid overdose prevention and ...

Collaboration Improves Data Quality and Access to the Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program (ODMAP) in South Dakota

The South Dakota Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) team has made significant progress in expanding access to the Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program (ODMAP) and improving ...

Supporting Rural Communities: New York ORS Team Assists in Developing an Overdose Fatality Review

Clinton County, a rural community in New York State, facilitated the implementation of an Overdose Fatality Review (OFR) to strengthen its overdose prevention efforts. OFRs ...

Leveraging Collaboration to Enhance Naloxone Training and Distribution

ORS teams play an important role in fostering collaboration among partners. The California (Los Angeles/Riverside) Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) team exemplifies this role by actively ...

“Safety on the Move” Initiative in Partnership with North Florida ORS Team

The North Florida Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) team partnered in June 2024 with Drug Free Duval, the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) and the Community Coalition ...

Introduction of Naloxone in Wake County Schools

The North Carolina Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) team, in collaboration with community leaders, worked to introduce naloxone into the Wake County School System—the largest in ...