Rural Project Examples from FORHP Rural Opioid Overdose Reversal Grant Program
Other Project Examples
SLV N.E.E.D.: Naloxone Education Empowerment Distribution Program
Updated/reviewed August 2020
- Need: Growing concern in rural Colorado communities regarding prescription and illegal opioid overdoses.
- Intervention: Education efforts for health workers and the larger community, in addition to establishing a naloxone overdose reversal drug program.
- Results: In addition to continuing to train nearly all first responders to administer naloxone, the organization provides harm reduction education in various community settings.