Florida's State Opioid Response Project

State Opioid Response Project Activities

SOR project activities include:

• Hospital bridge programs which initiate medication assisted treatment (MAT) services in the Emergency Department and link individuals to longer-term care through a community-based network MAT service provider, will be maintained and expanded.
• Naloxone nasal spray distribution and associated overdose recognition and response training will increase through a Naloxone Saturation Plan implemented by the Department’s Overdose Prevention Program (OPP).
• Evidence-based prevention programs to prevent opioid and stimulant misuse among young people. SOR funds are used to implement programs such as Life Skills Training and multifaceted media campaigns, among others.
• Recovery support services include increased access to recovery housing, with a goal to establish 44 additional Oxford Houses per year.
• Recovery Community Organizations. SOR funds are used to support existing, new, and emerging through training and technical assistance.
• Deployment of Recovery Quality Improvement Specialists to conduct quality assurance reviews around recovery-oriented practices and manage activities related to the development of recovery-oriented systems of care.
• Behavioral Health Consultants use their clinical expertise to collaborate with child protective investigators and dependency case managers to build knowledge within front line staff for identifying substance use disorders, improving engagement with families, and improving access to treatment.
• Mobile and telemedicine-based low-barrier buprenorphine clinic program development training/TA provided through a partnership with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
• Expansion of the MAT Prescriber Peer Mentoring Project, which uses expert physician mentors to advise and guide prescribers through both formal instructional sessions and real-time consultations.
• Contracted behavioral health services and recovery supports. SOR funds are allocated to each Region in the State to contract for behavioral health services and recovery supports through regional systems of care or Managing Entities.