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The ORS program exemplifies public health and public safety collaboration at the federal level. This is demonstrated by the continued investment and support of the program from our core partners: CDC, ONDCP, the HIDTA Program and the CDC Foundation.
These four partners serve as the backbone of the ORS program. Their investments have been critical in creating the program structure and governance needed to achieve long-term success and sustainability.
Partners at the federal, state, local, tribal and territorial levels focus on reducing fatal and non-fatal drug overdoses and related harms. These efforts are accomplished through:
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Public health’s unique population-level approach necessitates working across sectors to effectively leverage data, prevent illness and injury, and address cultural, social and environmental factors driving health crises. To that end, CDC continues to build multidisciplinary partnerships through public health and public safety collaborations at national, state and local levels to reduce drug overdoses. These collaborations enable effective implementation of evidence-based, overdose prevention strategies and help advance promising practices in various community settings. For example, public safety collaborations can provide overdose prevention services and resources at various points throughout the criminal-legal system, including pre-arrest, incarceration, and re-entry. By also partnering with local community organizations, the collaborations can further enhance outreach and link individuals to local substance use disorder treatment and recovery support services. These and other types of multi-sector partnerships help bridge knowledge, data and service gaps that impact the success of community-wide overdose prevention actions.
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ORS is achieving this goal by creating a human network that spans law enforcement and public health communities...
“ONDCP and the National HIDTA Program support the ORS’ continual efforts to leverage its strategic partnerships to target those trafficking deadly drugs so that overdoses decrease and lives are saved. ORS is achieving this goal by creating a human network that spans law enforcement and public health communities and shares actionable information. We are proud of the ORS, particularly the daily investigative work the DIOs perform to track and relay drug-related felony arrests of out-of-state residents and report this information to home law enforcement agencies.”
Shannon L. Kelly, National HIDTA Program Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy
In addition to our core partners, the ORS works alongside other organizations at the national level. The ORS leverages each partner’s respective knowledge, skills, resources and assets, allowing for the development of innovative solutions which may be difficult for partners to develop and implement on their own.