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28 <br /> 1. Fund media campaigns to prevent opioid misuse. <br /> 2. Corrective advertising or affirmative public education campaigns based on evidence. <br /> 3. Public education relating to drug disposal. <br /> 4. Drug take-back disposal or destruction programs. <br /> 5. Fund community anti-drug coalitions that engage in drug prevention efforts. <br /> 6. Support community coalitions in implementing evidence-informed prevention, such as reduced <br /> social access and physical access, stigma reduction — including staffing, educational campaigns, <br /> support for people in treatment or recovery, or training of coalitions in evidence-informed <br /> implementation, including the Strategic Prevention Framework developed by the U.S. Substance <br /> Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration(SAMHSA). <br /> 7. Engage non-profits and faith-based communities as systems to support prevention. <br /> 8. Fund evidence-based prevention programs in schools or evidence-informed school and <br /> community education programs and campaigns for students, families, school employees, school <br /> athletic programs,parent-teacher and student associations, and others. <br /> 9. School-based or youth-focused programs or strategies that have demonstrated effectiveness in <br /> preventing drug misuse and seem likely to be effective in preventing the uptake and use of opioids. <br /> 10. Create or support community-based education or intervention services for families,youth, and <br /> adolescents at risk for OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions. <br /> 11. Support evidence-informed programs or curricula to address mental health needs of young <br /> people who may be at risk of misusing opioids or other drugs,including emotional modulation and <br /> resilience skills. <br /> 12. Support greater access to mental health services and supports for young people, including <br /> services and supports provided by school nurses, behavioral health workers or other school staff, <br /> to address mental health needs in young people that (when not properly addressed) increase the <br /> risk of opioid or other drug misuse. <br /> H. PREVENT OVERDOSE DEATHS AND OTHER HARMS (HARM REDUCTION) <br /> Support efforts to prevent or reduce overdose deaths or other opioid-related harms through <br /> evidence-based or evidence-informed programs or strategies that may include,but are not limited <br /> to, the following: <br /> 1. Increase availability and distribution of naloxone and other drugs that treat overdoses for first <br /> responders, overdose patients, individuals with OUD and their friends and family members, <br /> individuals at high risk of overdose, schools, community navigators and outreach workers,persons <br /> being released from jail or prison, or other members of the general public. <br /> 2. Public health entities that provide free naloxone to anyone in the community. <br /> Exhibits, page 10 <br />