Gibson Center for Behavioral Change
Project Summary
The Gibson Center for Behavioral Change mission for this project, called Overdose Community Peer Response (O-CPR) is to improve outcomes for those suffering with Opioid Misuse by distributing naloxone, providing peer recovery support training in our service delivery sites (jails/prisons/behavioral health clinics), enhancing capacity to provide mobile crisis intervention services in rural areas, improving access to telehealth treatment services for substance use and opioid use disorder(s), establishing a recovery community and providing community based screenings for SUD/OUD and related infectious diseases.
Activities
Community-Based Screenings
Providing community-based screenings for SUD/OUD and related infectious disease
Harm Reduction
Purchasing and distributing naloxone, fentanyl test strips or other relevant supplies within the target rural service area
Mobile Healthcare Delivery
Enhancing capacity to provide mobile crisis intervention services for individuals with SUD/OUD in the target rural service area
Peer Recovery Supports
Training peer recovery support specialists and coordinating placements in local SUD/OUD service delivery sites, such as emergency departments, primary care, jails/prisons, behavioral health care clinics, etc.
Recovery Community Organization
Establishing a recovery community organization