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30 <br /> Slide #10 <br /> Option B- Strategic Planning <br /> • Part 1:Treatment <br /> * Treat 0pioid Use IDisorder(OUD) <br /> * Support People in Treatment&Recovery <br /> • Connect People who need help to the help they need (Connections to Care) <br /> • Address the needs of criminal-justice involved persons <br /> • Address the needs of pregnant or parenting women and thelr faml Iles,including bables with <br /> neonatal abstinence syndrome <br /> * Part 2: Prevention <br /> * Prevent over pre-scribing and ensure appropriate prescribing and dispensing of opioids <br /> * Prevent misuse of opioids <br /> * Prevent overdose deaths and other harms(Farm Reduction) <br /> • Part I Other Strategies <br /> * First Responders <br /> * Leadership, Planning& Coordination <br /> * Training <br /> * Research <br /> httys=//www.morepowerfulnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06IExhibit-B-to-NC-N Ckpdf <br /> Quintana Stewart said at first many counties were looking at Option B, but now, she only <br /> knows of one that is going with that plan. <br /> Slide #11 <br /> Orange County Opioid Task Force <br /> In October 2019, Orange County Health Departrnent 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 opioid epidemic. <br /> The Task Force identified 3 priorities to Initially 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 State Opioid Action Plan. <br /> With the arrival of COVID in March 2020, the group did not meet again until <br /> January 2022. <br />