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Pronto 1.0

We are happy and proud to post here the PRONTO Best Practice Guidance for Post-Overdose Outreach March 2023.  This document is the result of three years of work by the PRONTO Study team …

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Incentivizing Future Engagement

OBJECTIVE The goal of this toolkit item is to provide incentives to overdose survivors for engagement in harm reduction services following the initial outreach visit. POST teams have found that many …

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Facilitated Grief Group

OBJECTIVE Support After a Death by Overdose (SADOD), a statewide overdose grief organization, facilitated a grief group with frontline POST program workers. During this discussion, a hypothetical …

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Grief Support Warm Hand-Off Program

OBJECTIVE As a supplement to the Grief Support Resources document, the toolkit also includes an implementation guide outlining the steps that POST programs can take to make a direct “warm referral” …

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Cultural Responsiveness Trainings for Post Overdose Outreach Programs (BIPOC & Youth)

OBJECTIVE These trainings/videos provide an overview of cultural responsiveness, current insights around overdose in communities of color and youth populations in Massachusetts, and how culture …

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Check your drugs!

OBJECTIVE This one-page guide provides an overview of drug checking services offered around Massachusetts and advice on where to obtain fentanyl test strips. RESOURCES [Print] …

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What do we know about the individual we are planning to reach today?

OBJECTIVE This infographic is intended for outreach staff and public safety partners to facilitate discussions about how outreach will be conducted. Pre-visit discussions can help teams customize …

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Program Planning with Public Safety

OBJECTIVE This infographic is intended to promote open discussion between public health and public safety partners about how post-overdose outreach services will be conducted. The aim of this toolkit …

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Family/Social Network Support Warm Hand-off Program

OBJECTIVE This is an implementation guide outlining the steps that POST programs can take to make a direct “warm referral” to the Learn to Cope organization. This service, which is exclusive to POST …

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Harm Reduction 201 for People Who Use Cocaine or Methamphetamine

OBJECTIVE There are many aspects of harm reduction unique to people who use or inject cocaine or methamphetamine that are not always covered by Harm Reduction 101 classes. This training includes …

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Community Accessible Naloxone

OBJECTIVE Post-overdose outreach is mostly reactive; a person overdoses which triggers a team to respond to offer services. This toolkit item offers a proactive approach outreach workers can use to …

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Tabletop Exercise

OBJECTIVE A Tabletop Exercise (TTX) is a tool used by emergency managers to assist communities in preparing for a variety of disasters, pandemics, or other catastrophic situations. Stakeholders from …

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ONLINE REFERRAL TRAINING

OBJECTIVE Outreach teams do not need to wait for a 911-reported overdose to occur to provide valuable services to their community. Some programs have instituted online referral forms, where people …

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ENGAGING FAITH LEADERS

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OBJECTIVE Faith Leaders play an important role within communities. They can be particularly important partners in connecting with people from communities of color, communities where English is not …

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BROWN BAGS

OBJECTIVE Using generic, plain brown paper bags is a recommended approach to discreetly distribute harm reduction materials to overdose survivors. This method increases privacy for the overdose …

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KEEPING POST-OVERDOSE OUTREACH CONVERSATIONS PRIVATE

OBJECTIVE Overdose survivors may be uncomfortable having conversations about substance use, harm reduction, or overdose in front of their family or law enforcement officers. An effective outreach …

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COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

OBJECTIVE This document identifies settings and sectors that post-overdose outreach programs can engage with in their communities to build partnerships. The toolkit item shows where cocaine or …

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GRIEF SUPPORT

OBJECTIVE This document provides grief support resources for those impacted by overdose. Grief from an overdose is complex, and there are few resources aimed at supporting those affected by overdose …

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FAMILY/SOCIAL SUPPORT NETWORK RESOURCES

OBJECTIVE The aim of this document is to ensure that families and social networks have the support and resources needed to properly take care of themselves and their loved one that uses cocaine or …

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