Connecting the DOTS
The DOTS project builds upon the impactful work already underway in Missouri to address the opioid crisis. Through comprehensive and cross-sectoral trainings, we develop and carry out a more intentional approach to addressing occupational safety concerns for first responders. By integrating safety and public-health oriented responses into trainings and facilitating partnerships between first responders and community-based service providers, we aim to transform interactions between first responders and people who use drugs. In addition, we establish collaborations between first responders and public health entities that enhance resource networks in high-need communities and facilitate survivors getting connected with services post-overdose. Click the button below to learn more:
Nine urban counties that accounted for nearly 82% of fatal overdoses in Missouri in 2018: Jackson and Clay (Kansas City), Greene (Springfield), Boone (Columbia), Jefferson, Franklin, St. Charles, and St. Louis counties, and St. Louis City, which together encompass much of Missouri’s Eastern Region.
