MO-CORPS works with first responders and public health agencies to reduce overdose deaths through coordinating overdose response partnerships.
Target Counties: St. Louis City, St. Louis County, St. Charles, Jefferson, Greene, Jackson, Clay, Pulaski, Laclede, Warren, Ste. Genevieve, Phelps, Dent, Gasconade, Montgomery, Butler, Texas, St. Francois, Buchanan, Lincoln
THREE MAIN LINES OF EFFORT:
Training for First Responders
MO-CORPS training is titled “Overdose Chain of Survival: Emergency Response in the Fentanyl Era” and focuses on opioid addiction, naloxone administration, Fentanyl safety, the leave-behind naloxone program, and connecting individuals to addiction treatment.
Training is worth 2 hours of POST Credit for law enforcement and CEUs for EMS in Missouri
The MO-CORPS team distributes naloxone (brand name NARCAN®) to trained first responder agencies within hotspot areas across Missouri. EMS is trained to leave behind naloxone with individuals who survive an overdose and their family members or associates. Leave-behind naloxone programs are imperative to further diffuse naloxone access among networks of people who may be actively using drugs or have relationships with individuals who are actively using and are at increased risk for opioid overdose.
Post-Overdose Treatment and Recovery Service Referrals
We improve first responders’ ability to make appropriate post-overdose service connections by increasing the number and quality of cross-sectoral collaborations between first responders and community treatment, recovery, and other social service providers. We capitalize on existing Community Behavioral Health Liaison (CBHL) and EPICC (Engaging Patients In Care Coordination) programs in the target counties. We aim to foster relationships between first responder entities and the CBHLs and EPICC programs and assist with formalizing the referral process. This enhanced collaboration boosts first responders’ ability refer individuals who overdose.