“Fostering great partnerships to help our communities.”  Bobby Booker, DBH AOD Counselor and IEOCC member passed out Stay Warm Kits throughout San Bernardino County. Thanks to Riverside Overdose Data to Action (RODA) for providing these Say Warm Kits!

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Gustavo Cisneros, Program Manager I and Alex Cordova, Behavioral Health Education Consultant, both members of the IEOCC, presented at the CA Bridge Navigator Regional Workshop.

While reducing harm caused by the opioid crisis is integrated into IEOCC’s mission, the coalition deepened its commitment to the principles of Harm Reduction in late 2020.

The last few weeks have seen the first two meetings of the new Methamphetamine Pilot Workgroup at the IEOCC.

New data is available for fatal overdoses in Riverside County, for 2019 and preliminary data for January - December 2020.

IEOCC's Safe Prescribing Workgroup encourages pharmacists and prescribers to use Collaborative Practice Agreements in their work together in treating opioid use disorders, and in managing pain medication prescriptions.

Dr. Michael Neeki, an IEOCC steering committee member and physician leader in San Bernardino County, recently published a study on San Bernardino County's Youth Opioid Response (SBCYOR) for at-risk youth with evidence-based medical treatment.

The California Department of Health Care Services' MAT Expansion Project in partnership with the California Product Stewardship Council have installed medication collection bins to promote disposal of unneeded and unwanted medications safely.

Like every other organization and community project, the Inland Empire Opioid Crisis Coalition has changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.