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PART THREE: OTHER STRATEGIES <br />I. FIRST RESPONDERS <br />In addition to items in sections C, D, and H relating to first responders, support the following: <br />1. Educate law enforcement or other first responders regarding appropriate practices and precautions <br />when dealing with fentanyl or other drugs. <br />2. Provision of wellness and support services for first responders and others who experience secondary <br />trauma associated with opioid -related emergency events. <br />J. LEADERSHIP, PLANNING AND COORDINATION <br />Support efforts to provide leadership, planning, coordination, facilitation, training and technical <br />assistance to abate the opioid epidemic through activities, programs, or strategies that may include, but <br />are not limited to, the following: <br />1. Statewide, regional, local, or community regional planning to identify root causes of addiction and <br />overdose, goals for reducing harms related to the opioid epidemic, and areas and populations with the <br />greatest needs for treatment intervention services; to support training and technical assistance; or to <br />support other strategies to abate the opioid epidemic described in this opioid abatement strategy list. <br />2. A dashboard to share reports, recommendations, or plans to spend opioid settlement funds; to show <br />how opioid settlement funds have been spent; to report program or strategy outcomes; or to track, share, <br />or visualize key opioid -related or health-related indicators and supports as identified through <br />collaborative statewide, regional, local, or community processes. <br />3. Invest in infrastructure or staffing at government or not-for-profit agencies to support collaborative, <br />cross -system coordination with the purpose of preventing overprescribing, opioid misuse, or opioid <br />overdoses, treating those with OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions, supporting them in <br />treatment or recovery, connecting them to care, or implementing other strategies to abate the opioid <br />epidemic described in this opioid abatement strategy list. <br />4. Provide resources to staff government oversight and management of opioid abatement programs. <br />K. TRAINING <br />In addition to the training referred to throughout this document, support training to abate the opioid <br />epidemic through activities, programs, or strategies that may include, but are not limited to, the <br />following: <br />1. Provide funding for staff training or networking programs and services to improve the capability of <br />government, community, and not-for-profit entities to abate the opioid crisis. <br />2. Support infrastructure and staffing for collaborative cross -system coordination to prevent opioid <br />misuse, prevent overdoses, and treat those with OUD and any co-occurring SUD/Mu conditions, or <br />implement other strategies to abate the opioid epidemic described in this opioid abatement strategy list <br />(e.g., health care, primary care, pharmacies, PDMPs, etc.). <br />L. RESEARCH <br />78 <br />