The DMHAS Prevention Infrastructure and It’s Role in Combatting the State’s Opioid Problem Carol Meredith Director of Prevention Services CT Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services Western CT Council of Government’s Drug Task Force Meeting Redding Town Hall, Redding, CT March 9, 2016
Connecticut’s Prevention Infrastructure 2
The DMHAS Prevention Infrastructure COMMUNITY - BASED PROGRAMS & INITIATIVES MENTAL HEALTH & OTHER SUBSTANCE ABUSE INITIATIVES TOBACCO PREVENTION & CROSS-CUTTING INITIATIVES ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVES 12 156 Local Safe Schools CT CT SPF Prevention Healthy Suicide STRATEGIC Coalitions Councils FDA Merchant Advisory Students PREVENTION Inspections Education Initiative Board FRAMEWORK 24 Statewide UAD & PD Healthy Coalitions Targeted Synar Campus Partnerships Specialized Inspections Tobacco Coalitions For Success CIT for Young CT Strong with Police Retailer Adults Partners Inspections COMMUNITY PLANNING & RESOURCES COORDINATION Regional Action Councils and Drug Free Community Coalitions Training & TA Center for Prevention Connecticut Governor’s Services Center Evaluation & Statistics Clearinghouse Prevention Partnership Building capacity through training, technical assistance, and information dissemination FOUNDATION OF SUPPORT: RESOURCE LINKS
Addressing Opioid Misuse & Abuse Through the Resource Links GOAL: Mobilize prevention resources to raise public awareness of the dangers of heroin use: Governor’s Prevention Training & Technical Regional Action Center for Prevention Clearinghouse Statistics & Eval Assistance Center Councils Partnership • Provide training • Work with LPCs to for RACs, • Feature resources community market • Research Public on heroin, other providers and prescription drop Service opiates and • Examine and school and box locations Announcements prescription drugs • Engage in analyze data healthcare • Provide resources and prominently personnel to around localized media to draft tagline on website and recognize and prescription drugs plans script and finalize provide links to • Participate in and assess the refer or treat the logistics for other websites problems it is heroin users regional overdose • taping the tag Fact sheets, self • Make providers causing the state committees including finding help groups, • • Provide testimony aware of the lethal Help identify individuals to tag treatment facilities combination of indicators that on legislative bills the PSA data and statistics • Facilitate groups evaluate the heroin and • Develop guides for on prescription progress of efforts synthetic opioids that coordinate distribution of drugs and how to to combat opioid approaches with • PSAs Promote state and effectively treat misuse and abuse. local law community with Suboxone, enforcement on campaigns on Naloxone and illegal drug website. Methadone. interdiction Results/Products: Heroin data collection, distribution and analysis at the community level; Community Forums to raise awareness of heroin use; Training Workshops for school, healthcare and community providers; Billboards and posters throughout the state to raise awareness; Hard copy and on-line resources on heroin use prevention
Questions For Further Information: http://www.ct.gov/dmhas/prevention http://www.drugfreect.org Carol Meredith carol.meredith@ct.gov
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