Substance USE Disorder PreventioN

(Vinson Valdez-Team Lead, Samuel Bowens-Section Chief, Asma Tanver- CHW, Malika Watson- Outreach staff, Edwin Leon-CHW)

The Waterbury Health Department works closely with the New Haven Health Department and other local health departments to prevent substance use disorder and overdose throughout New Haven County.  The project is called Overdose Data to Action: Limiting Overdose through Collaborative Actions on Localities (OD2A LOCAL).

The WHD OD2A Team provides people who have a substance use disorder (SUD) with linkage to medical and social services.  The WHD OD2A Team is active in Waterbury, Wolcott and Meriden and provides the following:

• Community and street outreach
• Linkage to SUD care and referrals including HIV/HCV testing, transportation assistance, and connection to other social services
• Distribution of fentanyl test strips, naloxone and other harm reduction supplies during outreach
• Distribution of SUD resource cards to organizations, first responders and community-based settings
• Training for the community, including QPR, Naloxone administration, harm reduction strategies and stigma reduction

 For more resources, visit:

 https://takecarewaterbury.com/services-directory