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30 <br /> J. LEADERSHIP, PLANNING AND COORDINATION <br /> Support efforts to provide leadership, planning, coordination, facilitation, training and technical <br /> assistance to abate the opioid epidemic through activities,programs,or strategies that may include, <br /> but are not limited to, the following: <br /> 1. Statewide, regional, local, or community regional planning to identify root causes of addiction <br /> and overdose, goals for reducing harms related to the opioid epidemic, and areas and populations <br /> with the greatest needs for treatment intervention services; to support training and technical <br /> assistance; or to support other strategies to abate the opioid epidemic described in this opioid <br /> abatement strategy list. <br /> 2. A dashboard to share reports, recommendations, or plans to spend Opioid Settlement Funds; to <br /> show how Opioid Settlement Funds have been spent; to report program or strategy outcomes; or <br /> to track, share, or visualize key opioid-related or health-related indicators and supports as <br /> identified through collaborative statewide, regional, local, or community processes. <br /> 3. Invest in infrastructure or staffing at government or not-for-profit agencies to support <br /> collaborative, cross-system coordination with the purpose of preventing overprescribing, opioid <br /> misuse, or opioid overdoses, treating those with OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions, <br /> supporting them in treatment or recovery, connecting them to care, or implementing other <br /> strategies to abate the opioid epidemic described in this opioid abatement strategy list. <br /> 4. Provide resources to staff government oversight and management of opioid abatement <br /> programs. <br /> K. TRAINING <br /> In addition to the training referred to throughout this document, support training to abate the opioid <br /> epidemic through activities, programs, or strategies that may include, but are not limited to, the <br /> following: <br /> 1.Provide funding for staff training or networking programs and services to improve the capability <br /> of government, community, and not-for-profit entities to abate the opioid crisis. <br /> 2. Support infrastructure and staffing for collaborative cross-system coordination to prevent opioid <br /> misuse, prevent overdoses, and treat those with OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions, <br /> or implement other strategies to abate the opioid epidemic described in this opioid abatement <br /> strategy list (e.g., health care, primary care,pharmacies, PDMPs, etc.). <br /> L. RESEARCH <br /> Support opioid abatement research that may include,but is not limited to, the following: <br /> 1. Monitoring, surveillance, data collection, and evaluation of programs and strategies described <br /> in this opioid abatement strategy list. <br /> 2. Research non-opioid treatment of chronic pain. <br /> Exhibits,page 12 <br />