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Attachment 1 – Scope of Work <br /> <br />Name of Program/Services <br />Orange County Post Overdose Response Team (PORT) <br /> <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 Carolina. <br />The PORT Team consists of two Community Paramedics (CPs) and one Peer Support Specialist. The <br />PORT CPs will provide coverage seven days a week, 365 days per year. The Peer Support specialist will <br />be in service eight hours per day Monday – Friday. The mission is to provide harm reduction resources, <br />linkage to treatment services and Medication Administration Treatment. This will also increase <br />therapeutic interventions and direction to resources. <br /> <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 County <br />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 /> <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 /> <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 with OC- <br />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 />Docusign Envelope ID: B648A841-9C74-4DB1-87DA-A8851FFB1A84Docusign Envelope ID: 93CA2334-7774-43C5-B639-4A741A3162B9