Staff report, July 20, 2019, Del Norte Triplicate
Center for Care Innovations has announced its partners for “Addiction Treatment Starts Here: Community Partnerships” program.
The four participating coalitions are Rx Safe Del Norte, San Diego Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force, SafeRx Santa Cruz County, and San Benito County Opioid Task Force.
According to a statement from Rx Safe Del Norte, the program aims to strengthen coalitions to effectively prevent and treat opioid use disorders.
The program is supported by a grant from the California Department of Health Care Services.
“This is the first cohort under this funding, and our team is excited to be a part of this program,” said Jermaine Brubaker, the facilitator for Rx Safe Del Norte.
“This is an opportunity for the coalition to do a deep dive into our local issues, and come up with local solutions and strategies.”
The facilitator team consists of Brubaker, Barbara Pfeifer with UIHS, and Manuel Saavedra with College of the Redwoods.
The team has attended the first training in Oakland to learn new tools and techniques to bring back to the community.
The Rx Safe Del Norte team said it will be bringing on additional co-facilitators from the recovery community to help with this project. “It is important to involve those with lived experience at many levels in the process,” Brubaker said.
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