Resources

Using alternate response teams, opioid response teams, and multidisciplinary response teams, the Chicago Department of Public Health's Crisis Assistance Response & Engagement (CARE) Program incorporates behavioral health professionals into the City's 911 response system. This flyer outlines the CARE Program's services, approach, and reach.

This resource highlights the programs offered by the Chicago Department of Public Health's Office of Substance Use and Recovery Services. It also provides facts and statistics regarding narcotics in Chicago.

Created by the Chicago Department of Public Health, Public Health Vending Machines are vending machines stocked with harm reduction products such as Narcan, fentanyl test kits, xylazine test kits, general hygiene kits, menstrual hygiene kits, socks, and underwear. This resource covers where the machines are located, how to access their products, and the mission behind the product.

From the Chicago Department of Public Health, this resource highlights the different trauma- informed mental health services provided by the department in 2022. This flyer shows a list of each mental health service provided in Chicago along with its description, the frequency in which the service was provided, and the location of service centers across the city.

Through our Community Opioid Collaborative, PS@EDC works with states to identify and create the constellation of supports that communities need to establish and sustain cross-sector approaches to reducing opioid misuse and overdose, identify communities ready to engage in these approaches, and support these communities in moving this work forward.

This resource highlights the importance of training/ technical assistance (T/TA) in the substance misuse prevention space, and offers three Prevention Solutions services intended to support and enhance an organizations T/TA systems.

This presentation describes four national emerging drug trends—the shift from prescription pain relievers to heroin and fentanyl use, the rising availability and use of cocaine, the re-emergence of methamphetamine, and the continued expansion of cannabis legalization—and how these trends require a shift in prevention tactics.

This resource addresses the critical role coalitions play in crafting successful community-based prevention initiatives, and explains how Prevention Solutions' services aim to empower them through organizational planning and expansion.

This flyer calls attention to the Illinois Helpline for Opioids and Other Substances' new program; Medication Assisted Recovery (MAR). With MAR, helpline callers can request treatment for opioid use disorder and be connected to a care manager for immediate access to medication and counseling services. This resource provides an overview for how MAR got started, the benefits of using it, how to get started, and more.

Through its Innovation Learning Lab, PS@EDC works closely with states to support local prevention programs to develop and evaluate innovative overdose prevention interventions.