Q&A
Funding for opioid overdose prevention programs
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Council Member Linda Lee inquires about funding allocated to organizations registered as opioid overdose prevention programs (OOPPs) and the process for becoming a registered OOPP. Dr. Rebecca Linn-Walton explains the funding structure and services provided.
- No public funding has gone directly to overdose prevention activities
- Funding goes to wraparound services of traditional Syringe Services Programs (SSPs)
- There are 14 SSPs across the city, with only one having an overdose prevention center
- Funded services include food access, care, healing, and acupuncture
- The process for becoming an Overdose Prevention Center (OPC) is deferred to state and federal government regulations
Linda Lee
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I'm not Okay.
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Yeah.
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If you could, that'd be great.
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And then in terms of the opioid overdose prevention programs, has DOHMH allocated any money to organizations that have registered as over, opioid overdose prevention programs?
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And if so, how much goes to each organization?
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And how is the amount dispersed to each organization determined?
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And what is the process for an organization to become a registered opioid overdose prevention program?
Dr. Rebecca Linn- Walton
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Yeah.
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I I can speak to no public funding has gone to the overdose prevention activities.
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What it is is we fund the wraparound services of traditional SSP services, and we have 14 SSPs across the city.
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Only one of them has an overdose prevention center, but that's just one room within it, and so we're funding the wrap around services that I spoke about before with getting food and access and care and healing, and acupuncture is one of those as well.
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So that's where all of the funding goes to for them.
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As for federal regulations and becoming an OPC, I definitely defer to the state and federal government on that.