Health in action.

We built and run a training program for Mississippi’s State Opioid Response, in partnership with the Mississippi Department of Mental Health and funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

We train first responders to give naloxone, a medicine that quickly reverses an opioid overdose, and we put naloxone kits in their hands. We run this work with the Mississippi Department of Mental Health, with funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

We run SPF-Rx with the Mississippi Department of Mental Health to prevent prescription drug misuse. We warn people about the dangers of sharing medicines, train doctors and pharmacists on the risks of overprescribing, and take prevention education into schools and communities for parents, prescribers and patients.

We collect fast, complete data on fatal and nonfatal overdoses in Mississippi and turn it into prevention and response. The data tracks how the drug overdose crisis is changing so the work can change with it. The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) leads OD2A, with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Through the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program, we take on the opioid crisis in six Mississippi counties hit hardest by it. We plan, launch and grow local efforts to find, respond to, treat and support people affected by opioids.

Through the CoCOMP Project, we work to improve care in Mississippi for people living with both addiction and a mental illness. We focus on strengthening programs paid for by the Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant (SUPTRS).

We run the Smart Track Survey in public middle and high schools across Mississippi. It asks students in grades 6–12 about alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, the things that raise their risk, and the community strengths that protect them. For more than two decades, schools have used Smart Track to find and fix problems in their own communities, compare their results with the rest of the state, and check whether their prevention work is paying off. The Mississippi Department of Mental Health funds the survey.

We equip churches and other faith communities to walk with people in recovery from substance use disorders and mental illness. We train congregations, share practices that work, and build partnerships between faith groups and treatment providers. The Mississippi Department of Mental Health funds CROP.