This is a sample of a communications plan created by Contra Costa MEDS Coalition.

This template explains how to begin building your Communications Plan.

This toolkit addresses how your coalition could improve in tackling the overdose crisis, and how strategic planning would strengthen these areas of need.

This toolkit provides a guideline to address the opioid epidemic on a community-based level.

This website provides resources for addressing the relationship between trauma, substance use disorder, and mental health.

This preliminary statewide monthly count data is presented by substance and posted on the SAPB website and intended to provide death data to our partners more quickly.

Hear about accomplishments in legislation related to California's overdose prevention efforts from 2021.

The Fall 2021 COPN Convening focused on overdose prevention strategies during disasters including fires, power outages, and the ongoing threat of COVID-19.

RxSafe Marin is committed to supporting youth and listening to youth voices. They are involved in several youth initiatives, including partnering with other community coalitions to distribute Let’s Talk, a resource for parents and teens to begin navigating conversations about substance use.

This video's purpose is to increase awareness and reduce stigma surrounding substance and opioid use disorders and discuss laws and regulations pertaining to substance use and mental health services.

This fact sheet provides information about the Emergent BioSolutions Free Goods Program, which is offering free units of NARCAN® to high schools, colleges, and universities.

This measurement guide draws from on-the-ground work with an array of local overdose prevention coalitions affiliated with the Center for Health Leadership and Practice’s overdose prevention networks and is organized around the sequence in which coalitions need to work with data.

The Monterey County Prescribe Safe Initiative is an organization that wants to help physicians with safe prescribing. Read through some of the solutions that have been working in Monterey County.

As the epidemic evolves, clinicians are prescribing fewer opioids. However, the demand for synthetic opioids including heroin and fentanyl are on the rise. What can we do? This infographic will go through six elements of lowering the demand of opioids, along with a case example.

Opioids can be safe when carefully prescribed and monitored by a clinician, but they are not generally effective in treating long-term chronic pain and they have the potential to become addictive and misused. Prescribing guidelines are an important mechanism to align practices with evidence and safety. Use this fact sheet to learn more about safe prescribing.

Successful coalitions are prepared to engage the public, recruit allies for the cause, and get the message out to as many people as possible. A coalition fact sheet will help your coalition tell your story including your goals, strategies, and accomplishments. This template provides an outline with examples and prompts for developing a fact sheet that can be used when creating a coalition website, presentation, or other outreach materials.

One of the biggest challenges for community leaders is how to communicate with impact. Why does this matter? Applying strategy to your communication efforts will directly impact your coalition’s ability to recruit new partners, get and maintain funding, and influence public opinion.

This worksheet will help you outline why your coalition is choosing to continue an existing effort or beginning a new project. Make a strong case and approach partners with confidence for why you should continue to develop your coalition. Think about the benefits that your coalition provides to your community, who are you reaching, what are you accomplishing, and how are you promoting healthier lives.

Connections are powerful. They're assets - like money in the bank or social capital --to help us meet our goals of preventing death and disability from opioids. Mapping these assets and creating opportunities for them to contribute to your cause will expand engagement and impact. Use this worksheet to determine who your connections are, who you would like to connect with, and what connections might be missing. Make an action plan to connect with folks that could increase your social capital.

Connections are powerful. They're assets - like money in the bank or social capital --to help us meet our goals of preventing death and disability from opioids. Use this worksheet to figure out where your current connections are within the community, and where you are lacking. Think about connections that may help you sustain your efforts. You may not know the individuals within those groups you would like to make a connection with, but be as specific as possible where you can.