Overdose, Injury, and Violence Prevention

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NACCHO’s work spans the intersecting fields of overdose, injury, and violence prevention. From mitigating adverse childhood experiences and identifying and addressing crosscutting risk and protective factors to supporting the integration of health equity in drug overdose prevention and response strategies,

NACCHO recognizes injury and violence as public health issues and draws attention to the critical role that local health departments play in protecting and improving community health and safety.

Through our work with local communities, we elevate the need to address the historic and ongoing impacts of institutional and structural oppression and racism that shape generational health disparities and support community-driven solutions.

To see our current policy statements, visit the NACCHO policy page.

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  • Injury and Violence Prevention

Reflections Following Murder of Tyre Nichols and a...

Reflections from NACCHO Chief Executive Officer Lori Tremmel Freeman.

Jan 28, 2023 | NacchoVoice

Reflections Following Murder of Tyre Nichols and a...

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  • COVID-19
  • Community Health
  • Injury and Violence Prevention
  • Opioid Overdose Epidemic

New Release: 2021 Overdose Prevention and Response...

This new NACCHO report summarizes data collected in Summer 2021 from a...

Dec 14, 2022 | Francis Higgins

New Release: 2021 Overdose Prevention and Response...

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Injury and Violence Prevention
  • Leadership
  • Opioid Overdose Epidemic

RFP: Reducing Overdose through Community Approaches...

NACCHO is seeking consultants to develop and facilitate one or more workshop...

Nov 30, 2022 | Camille Adams

RFP: Reducing Overdose through Community Approaches...

  • Funding Opportunity
  • Injury and Violence Prevention

Funding Opportunity: Reducing Overdose through Community...

Applications due January 9, 2023.

Oct 26, 2022

Funding Opportunity: Reducing Overdose through Community...

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Injury and Violence Prevention

Request for Proposals: IOPSLL Peer Health Department TA...

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is...

Oct 21, 2022

Request for Proposals: IOPSLL Peer Health Department TA...

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
  • Behavioral Health
  • Injury and Violence Prevention

NACCHO Launches New Resources: SPACECAT Quick Start...

With funding from the CDC, NACCHO has launched the SPACECAT Quick Start Guide...

Oct 21, 2022 | Amie Myrick

NACCHO Launches New Resources: SPACECAT Quick Start...

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Injury and Violence Prevention

Request for Proposal: Data Sharing and Surveillance TA...

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is...

Oct 14, 2022

Request for Proposal: Data Sharing and Surveillance TA...

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  • Injury and Violence Prevention

Funding Opportunity: Embedding Peers in Emergency...

This funding opportunity provides an opportunity to embed peer recovery...

Oct 12, 2022 | Andrea Grenadier

Funding Opportunity: Embedding Peers in Emergency...

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
  • Injury and Violence Prevention
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RFP: Strengthening Capacity in Suicide, Overdose, and...

With support from the CDC, NACCHO is offering a funding opportunity to provide...

Oct 10, 2022 | Camille Adams

RFP: Strengthening Capacity in Suicide, Overdose, and...

NACCHO and CDC are pleased to announce the Sustaining Peers in Emergency Departments (SPED) program. This funding opportunity provides an opportunity to sustain or expand a program to screen patients presenting in the emergency department for substance use and pair eligible patients with a peer recovery specialist (PRS) to assess the appropriateness of MOUD, other treatment, and/or harm reduction services and resources.

This funding is not available for jurisdictions looking to stand-up a new program to embed a PRS in an emergency department. Technical assistance will be limited in scope - jurisdictions must already have a program that they wish to sustain or expand upon and the experience and capacity to do so.

Full details of the project outline and requirements can be found in the Request for Proposals.

Access the online submission platform here (free MyNACCHO account required). Applications must be submitted no later than Monday, March 6, 2023, at 11:59 pm EST. Submissions after this deadline will not be considered.

If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is pleased to offer a funding opportunity for a skilled meeting planner and facilitator for a mid-size (50-100) 1-day in-person event to be held in Denver, CO the week of NACCHO’s Annual 360 Conference from July 10-13th, 2023. This meeting will bring together grantees and partners from the Health Equity and Overdose Prevention Mentorship Program for the Health Equity Symposium. This is the second iteration of our mentorship program and includes opportunities for local health departments (LHDs) to learn from peers, share experiences and exchange strategies for integrating health equity into drug overdose prevention and response efforts. As part of this work, the Health Equity Symposium is a chance for the grantees to 1) share and celebrate their program and jurisdiction successes, challenges, and lessons learned, 2) network with one another, and 3) engage with new public health thought leaders to learn and discuss best practices and strategies for embedding equity into overdose prevention and response initiatives.

For additional background information on last year’s Symposium structure and programming, please visit this microsite here. Please note that the selected consultant will be responsible for determining the most appropriate organization and structure for this year’s in-person event, with input from NACCHO.

Applications are due by Friday, March 3rd, 2023 at 11:59 PM Eastern. Selections will be made on or around the week of March 13th, 2023 and the project period will run from the date of contract execution to 7/31/23. All necessary information regarding the project and application process may be found in this Request for Proposal (RFP). Applicants may pose individual questions to NACCHO at any point during the application process by e-mailing NACCHO’s Overdose, Injury and Violence Prevention (OIVP) Team at [email protected].

NACCHO's Injury & Violence Prevention (IVP) Program strengthens capacity of LHDs to effectively address the causes of injury and violence in their communities by creating learning opportunities, developing tools and resources, providing technical support, and facilitating peer exchange.

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NACCHO is committed to providing resources to our local health department members to help in their response to this ongoing public health crisis.

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Overdose, Suicide, and Adverse Childhood Experiences

This webpage will serve as a resource hub on this issue, providing information, resources, and tools for local health departments.

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Overdose Prevention

Learn about NACCHO's work to support a local response to overdose prevention.

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Health Equity in the Response to Drug Overdose

Actionable and supplemental resources that provide guidance for health departments addressing drug overdose through the use of a health equity lens.

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The Injury and Violence Prevention team has developed several policies for topics such as:

  • Child Maltreatment Prevention
  • Firearm-Related Injury and Death Prevention
  • Graduated Driver Licensing
  • Injury and Violence Prevention
  • Medical and Recreational Cannabis and Cannabinoids
  • Motor Vehicle Safety Belts
  • Older Adult Fall Prevention
  • Opioid Epidemic
  • Suicide Prevention
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Prevention
  • Universal Motorcycle Helmet Laws
  • Youth Violence Prevention

You can find all of the policies and examples of letter to Congress, on the policies page.

To learn more about Injury & Violence Prevention, share LHD resources, or inquire about NACCHO's Injury & Violence Prevention portfolio, please contact us at [email protected]

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Stacy Stanford

Senior Director, Overdose, Injury, and Violence Prevention

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Amie Myrick

Senior Program Analyst, Injury and Violence Prevention

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Caroline Snyder

Director, Injury and Violence Prevention

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Camille Adams

Program Analyst, Injury and Violence Prevention

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Emily Winkelstein

Director, Overdose Prevention

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Francis Higgins

Senior Program Analyst, Overdose Prevention

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Lane Davis

Senior Program Analyst, Overdose Prevention

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Madeline Masog

Program Analyst, Overdose Prevention

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