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30 <br /> 1 Slide #10 <br /> Option B- Strategic Planning <br /> • Part 1 Treatment <br /> • Treat Opioid Use Disorder(OUD) <br /> • Support People in Treatment& Recovery <br /> • Connect People who need help to the help they need (Connections to Carey <br /> • Address the needs of criminal-justice involved persons <br /> • Address the needs of pregnant or parenting women and their famlIles,including bables with <br /> neonatal abstinence syndrome <br /> * Part 2. Prevention <br /> • Prevent over pre-serlbing and ensure approprlate Prescribing and dispensing of opiolds. <br /> • Prevent misuse of opioids <br /> • Prevent overdose deaths and other harms(Farm Reduction) <br /> • Part 3 Other Strategies <br /> • First Responders <br /> • Leadership, Planning& Coordination <br /> * Training <br /> • Research <br /> httas-//www.moreyowerfu I ne.ore/wp-Content/u ploads/202 214Gf Exhibit-B-to-NG-M ok pd f <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Quintana Stewart said at first many counties were looking at Option B, but now, she only <br /> 4 knows of one that is going with that plan. <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Slide #11 <br /> Orange County Opioid Task Farce <br /> In October 2019, Orange County Health Department and UNC Health <br /> requested the Board's approval for a joint collaboration to build and sustain <br /> a local task force to convene stakeholders and coordinate activities to <br /> address. the op[ofd epidemic. <br /> The Task Force identified 3 prior%ties to initialler address, <br /> Education, <br /> * Reduce oversupply of prescription opioids; and <br /> Expand treatment and recovery oriented systems of care. <br /> These priorities were in alignment with the Mate Opioid Action Plan. <br /> With the arrival of COVID in March 2020, the group did not meet again until <br /> January 2022. <br /> 7 <br /> 8 <br /> 9 <br />