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How States Can Better Partner with Community-Based Organizations to Reduce Overdoses

A toolkit for state opioid settlement administrators and state agencies

How States Can Better Partner with Community-Based Organizations to Reduce Overdoses – Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

Authors

This toolkit was developed by Katie Greene, Maddy Hraber, Rebekah Falkner, and Sandra Wilkniss at the National Academy for State Health Policy. The following individuals also provided input, feedback, and contributions to the development and review of this toolkit:

NASHP:

  • Hemi Tewarson, NASHP
  • Vicki Veltri, NASHP

AIR CARES:

  • Amanda Latimore*
  • Caitlin Dawkins, AIR CARES
  • Anna Jefferson, AIR CARES
  • Adam Troy, AIR CARES
  • Rosie Mae Henson*

*formerly with AIR CARES

NASHP’s CBO Workgroup and Contributing Experts

NASHP would like to thank the many state officials, community-based and nonprofit organizations, and experts who provided input or feedback on this toolkit. The views reflected in this toolkit do not reflect the specific views or endorsements of any individual or organization. NASHP would also like to thank representatives from Amistades, Avivo, Coweta FORCE, FAVOR Upstate, Health Brigade, Simply Hope Family Outreach, and the Martinsburg Initiative who contributed photos used in the toolkit that capture  the important services CBOs provide in their communities.

In particular, we would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for their contributions:

NASHP’s CBO Workgroup:

  • Abigail Lewis, New Jersey Department of Human Services
  • Adam Trosper, Kentucky Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental, and Intellectual Disabilities
  • Brittney Allen, Kentucky Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental, and Intellectual Disabilities
  • Jen Tracey, RIZE Massachusetts
  • Joelle Foskett, New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports
  • Julia Newhall, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  • Julie Burns, RIZE Massachusetts
  • Krista Machado, Kansas Fights Addiction
  • Lisa Shields, Oregon Health Authority
  • Luiza Barnat, Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addition Services
  • Roberta Braneck, South Carolina Opioid Recovery Fund
  • Tamara Burman, Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services

The Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts CBO grantees:

  • Center for Counseling and Consultation, Kansas
  • FAVOR Upstate, South Carolina 
  • Chicago Recovering Communities Coalition, Illinois
  • Amistades, Arizona
  • Mountain Top Cares Coalition, New York
  • Avivo, Minnesota
  • The Martinsburg Initiative, West Virginia
  • Meta House, Wisconsin
  • Simply Hope Family Outreach, Idaho
  • Intercambios, Puerto Rico
  • Health Brigade, Virginia
  • Center for African American Recovery Development, United States
  • Casa de Salud, New Mexico
  • Coweta FORCE, Georgia

A variety of state colleagues and subject matter experts who contributed insights:

  • Bahby Banks, Pillar Consulting
  • Tony McDowell, Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority
  • Charlie Lintecum, Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority
  • Robert Rounce, Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs
  • Sam Bourdon, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
  • Sophie Feffer, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
  • Mary Shelton, Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
  • Anne Reid, George Washington University
  • Janet Heinrich, George Washington University
  • Mark Humowiecki, Camden Coalition
  • Lourdes Caban, Camden Coalition
  • Parrish Ravelli, Community Catalyst
  • Philip Rutherford, Black Faces Black Voices
  • Ken Shatzkes, Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts
  • Allison Sutter, Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts

NASHP would also like to thank the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts and the American Institutes for Research Opportunity Fund for their support and contributions to this toolkit.

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