The Overdose Prevention Through Intensive Outreach Naloxone and Safety Initiative (OPTIONS) Project-to-Date Totals through May 31, 2022
Published: 2022
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Publication URL: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mcspc_healthsafety/37/
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This brief provides updates on the OPTIONS initiative using data reported by OPTIONS liaisons. Liaisons are licensed behavioral health clinicians embedded within a law enforcement agency in Maine counties. Each county has one liaison who works with law enforcement to provide short-term counseling interventions. They also conduct outreach with communities at the highest risk of experiencing an overdose and postoverdose followup visits and referrals to community- and state-based services.