$2.6 Million Grant Awarded to Fight Opioid Overdoses
treatment services has received a multi-year federal grant to fight opioid overdoes on Chicago’s South and West Sides.
with counseling and recovery support services via mobile
health units, is emerging as an effective approach to reducing barriers to access,” said Family Guidance Center’s Chief Operating Officer, Ron Vlasaty. “The mobile unit approach widens the net of available services particularly to individuals in underserved areas who are unable to access traditional brick and mortar treatment facilities.”
which all three FDA-approved medications for the treatment
of opioid use disorder will be available as well as Naloxone,
(Narcan) kits to reverse the effects an opioid overdose. Family Guidance Center is working closely with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery to ensure that the mobile unit meets all federal and state regulatory and safety requirements.
the most effective intervention to treat opioid use disorder,
significantly reducing opioid use compared with nondrug approaches, and increased access to this treatment dramatically reduces overdose fatalities, according to Vlasaty.
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