Bernie Lieving – Overdose Prevention Education Coordinator – OSAP Overdose Prevention Education & Narcan Distribution in County Detention Facilities & State Prisons – A Pilot Project Bernie Lieving – Overdose Prevention Education Coordinator – OSAP

Background House Bill 370 generated great interest. $500,000 General Fund monies from HSD to purchase Narcan: $450,000 for Counties, $50,000 for NMCD (Special thanks to Dr. Lindstrom). Collaboration between HSD-OSAP, NMAC, & NMCD.

County Pilot Projects Started with a mini-RFP to provide overdose prevention education and Narcan distribution to releasing prisoners, and their families. Nine Counties Applied: Catron, Chaves, Luna, Sierra, San Juan, Rio Arriba, Roosevelt, Sandoval, San Juan, Sierra, Taos.

NMCD Pilot Projects Facility Pilot at PNM Medium Security Facility in Santa Fe. Ongoing community-based pilot projects at Probation & Parole offices in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Pilot expansion to Las Cruces and other communities is in planning phase.

Training Six counties attended a train-the-trainer on July 17 (staff trained included administrators, case managers, medical staff, training officers). More county trainings pending. NMCD Behavioral Health Services staff training will start in early September.

Training, continued. OSAP will provide ongoing training, technical assistance, and capacity building (includes assistance with authoring Ps and Ps) Areas of training include harm reduction, prevention, recognition, and response to an opioid overdose, logistics of ordering and distribution of medicine, data reporting, etc.

Data Collection Number of prisoners and family members trained. Number of Narcan kits distributed. Number of reported reversals. *NMCD will only provide education and Narcan to prisoners with diagnosed OUD (as specified in HB 370).

Thank you for your attention! Questions? Thank you for your attention! Contact information: anwar.walker@state.nm.us preventionallianceopiatesafe@gmail.com