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10/23/19 <br /> 7 <br />5) Addressing Social Determinants of Health <br />• Orange County is participating in pilot study called <br />Medication Assisted Treatment or MAT program. It is a <br />collaborative effort between Jail, FIT, Southern Health <br />Partners, Piedmont Health, Criminal Justice Resource <br />Department (CJRD) working with Dr. Evan Ashkin of UNC. <br />If someone enters jail on suboxone, then it will continue. The <br />Health Department supplied pregnancy tests for this <br />program as well as 50 Naloxone kits. <br />Criminal Justice Resource Center (CJRD) <br />• CJRD recently hired a new position of Legal Restoration <br />Counsel (Emma Ferriola-Bruckenstein). Emma is an attorney <br />who is passionate about legal restorative efforts for justice- <br />involved individuals. Her primary work will be expanding the <br />Driver’s License Restoration Program and filing <br />expungement motions and certificates of relief on behalf of <br />eligible justice-involved residents in Orange County. In other <br />words, she will be helping people get their driver’s licenses <br />restored especially if the primary barrier is an inability to pay <br />fines/fees. She will also be helping people expunge their <br />criminal records at no cost to them. <br />• As a result of the Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) <br />Workshop mentioned above, Orange County, NC formed a <br />Task Force to address the needs of community members <br />who have repeated encounters with the criminal justice and <br />emergency medical systems. The purpose of the Task Force <br />is twofold: <br />1) Enhance care coordination for these individuals to <br />improve healthcare access, treatment, and overall <br />stability. <br />2) Identify gaps and barriers in our service systems that <br />contribute to instability so that we may develop <br />solutions to reduce and ultimately eliminate these <br />gaps. <br />• Other Projects Being Considered and Researched by CJRD <br />1) A sobering center - a place where law enforcement <br />and/or EMS could take someone who is publicly <br />intoxicated, rather than our current options of jail, <br />ED, or detox. It’s a place where someone can safely <br />“sober up,” under medical supervision, and be <br />offered treatment if they are ready. If they are not <br />ready, that’s okay too, and they are discharged once <br />they meet certain criteria (vital signs have stabilized, <br />etc.) https://nationalsobering.org/ <br />2) A new work group is starting up to explore the <br />possibility of creating a day center in Orange County <br />(a place for people to go and “be” during the day and