C3 - An Integrated and Collaborative Approach to Addressing Opioid Misuse and Overdose in Anne Arundel County

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Location: Holiday 5, Level 2

CE: 1.5

Primary Presenter(s)

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Tracy Schulden, LCSW-C

Deputy Director Behavioral Health
Anne Arundel County Health Department
Annapolis, Maryland

Co-Presenter(s)

Rebecca Trott, LCSW-C

Program Manager
Anne Arundel County Health Department
Annapolis, Maryland

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this activity, participants will:

Describe the collaboration and key partnerships that were critical to the implementation and success.
Explain the value of providing harm reduction interventions and strategies into the continuum of care.
Describe the role of data and empowering the voice of people who use drugs to guide programming.

Presentation Summary: To effectively address the outcomes that opioid misuse has had on Anne Arundel County, tremendous effort has been put into building a stronger, more collaborative system of care. Our presentation discusses the impact of integrating treatment services (including jail-based MAT), peer support services (including outreach to non fatal overdoses), harm reduction services (including syringe services/mobile low barrier buprenorphine), and a hub and spoke network into the existing continuum. A continuum that embraces a person-centered approach that provides the right intervention at the right time for the right person, taking into account social determinants of health on opioid misuse.