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8 <br /> Attachment 1 —Scope of Work <br /> Name of Program/Services <br /> Orange County Post Overdose Response Team <br /> Description of use of funds: <br /> The PORT team will launch on July 1, 2024. The PORT will serve all of Orange County,North <br /> Carolina. The PORT Team consists of two Community Paramedics (CPs) and one Peer Support <br /> Specialist. The PORT CPs will provide coverage seven days a week, 365 days per year. The <br /> Peer Support specialist will be in service eight hours per day Monday—Friday. The mission is <br /> to provide harm reduction resources, linkage to treatment services and Medication <br /> Administration Treatment. This will also increase therapeutic interventions and direction to <br /> resources. <br /> Required Elements of the Program/Service <br /> The PORT Team shall: <br /> • Respond to overdose calls that occur during their operating hours. <br /> • Provide up to seven days of medication assisted treatment guided by approved Orange <br /> County EMS protocols. <br /> • Ensure warm handoff occurs with treatment programs across Orange County. <br /> • Respond as directed to overdose calls <br /> • Follow up on EMS, ED, Criminal Justice Resource referrals. <br /> • Provide Harm reduction education and supplies. <br /> • Transportation and Referrals can be made to other services and supports. <br /> • Follow up engagement will be included. <br /> Collaboration <br /> • Supervision of the staff for the Pilot will be provided by the Chapel Hill Police <br /> Department Crisis Unit and EMS Town of Chapel Hill <br /> • Orange County: Emergency Services and CJRD <br /> • Alliance Health <br /> • UNC School of Government Criminal Justice Innovation Lab <br /> Outcomes <br /> • Connecting client with effective treatment resources <br /> • Decreased incidence of opioid overdose death within Orange County <br /> • Decreased Emergency Department OUD utilization by individuals enrolled in PORT <br /> programs <br /> • Decreased repeat OUD related utilization of individuals who have previously interfaced <br /> with OC-EMS and are enrolled in the PORT programs <br /> • Increased EMS provider ability to effectively interface with OUD patients; <br /> • Improved EMS provider morale and engagement as it pertains to OUD patient <br /> encounters; <br /> • Increased intake of enrollees through referrals from community partners <br /> • Decreased frequency of individuals released from Orange County Detention Center <br /> experiencing a gap in MAT <br />