Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts

Please join FORE (and Karli!) on January 28th at 2-3p ET for the launch of Sesame Workshop's new educational course for healthcare and social services providers called 'Hand in Hand: Supporting Children and Families Impacted by Addiction.' Register below today!

📅 Mark your calendar for our January Learning Hour, “Promoting the Ethical Care of Persons With Opioid Use Disorder: Considerations to Maintain Patient Privacy and Autonomy,” on Jan. 16 at 2 p.m. ET. Join expert panelists Tyler Varisco, Elliot Pinsly, and Jon Larsen as they explore the challenges of treating patients with OUD. Don’t miss this critical conversation on balancing ethical care with legal obligations. 🔗 Learn more and register at ncpa.org/webinars. This webinar is sponsored by the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts. #OpioidUseDisorder #communitypharmacy #pharmacy #OUD

The entire team at FORE wishes a happy holidays to our #FOREgrantees and all who are working across the nation to address the #opioid and #overdose crisis in their communities! In the spirit of the holidays, FORE is pleased to highlight and support Savage Sisters Recovery, Inc, a nonprofit focused on providing trauma-informed #recovery housing, #harmreduction, and outreach in the state of Pennsylvania, with a holiday gift. If you would also like to support their mission: https://lnkd.in/eQ9rBzTn

A bit late to the party, but thankful to the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts for their continued support of our program! We've got big things planned, and look forward to working with partners across the country on these projects.

"In recent years, studies have found that drug tests aren't necessarily the best way to identify someone with a substance use problem. Leading medical groups advise hospitals to use questionnaires instead of universal drug tests. But hospital drug testing — and reporting — of labor and delivery patients remains ubiquitous. 'The system is primed for a report,' said #FOREgrantee Dr. Mishka Terplan, an OB-GYN in Maryland and a leading researcher on substance use disorders during pregnancy. 'To slow it down, or to stop it, takes effort.'" Read more: https://lnkd.in/eeBGXVnm

#FOREgrantee and University of Rhode Island - College of Pharmacy Clinical Professor Jef Bratberg was recently named deputy director of the Community-engaged Research Core of Rhode Island Hospital’s Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) on Opioids and Overdose, which brings together leaders from institutions across Rhode Island to support the research needed to treat and prevent #opioid misuse and #overdose. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ehGdfrcw

AMCHP is excited to share that we are among the organizations awarded funding by the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) to promote evidence-based practices for at-risk populations! A total of $2.4 million will be allocated to eight organizations working to combat youth overdose, improve outcomes for families impacted by perinatal substance use disorder, and increase access to care for underserved communities. AMCHP will contribute by creating a Perinatal SUD Implementation & Policy Hub to: 1️⃣ Amplify evidence-based practices and policies, and 2️⃣ Provide training and technical assistance to expand the use of effective program models. Learn more: bit.ly/3Bnk1fC

Thank you so much to Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts for the foundational support that has enabled my team at the Public Health Institute's Bridge Center to extend our reach to every state in the U.S. This new funding allows us to dive deeper into strategizing a path to fulfill our vision of improving low-barrier access to addiction care and reducing overdose mortality in every community. I'm honored to leading this work and blessed to be surrounded by such wisdom and collaboration!

"FORE has carved out a role for itself as the only national private foundation that makes #prevention and #treatment of #opioid use disorder its sole focus. FORE aims to educate providers, advance policy and seek out and support innovative solutions." Read more: https://lnkd.in/ehquVy9b

We are honored to be among the recipients of the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts' recent grant. This funding supports HARP’s work to develop an evidence-based toolkit for states to help them operationalize Medicaid-covered opioid use disorder (OUD) services in corrections that align with new Medicaid reentry policies. HARP is proud to play a role in advancing solutions for this vulnerable population.