The office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is pleased to continue the Drug Abuse Response Team (DART) grant program, which helps address drug addictions, overdoses and deaths within Ohio communities. The DART program — also commonly referred to as the Ohio Law Enforcement Diversion Program or the Quick Response Team (QRT) Program — reimburses some of the personnel and other costs for local law enforcement/government agency teams (including a behavioral-health treatment provider) that deploy in response to overdoses and other effects of the opioid epidemic.
STIGMA: CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION
June 24, 2026, 2-3PM
This webinar is part of an ongoing effort to deepen understanding of how stigma affects people with substance use disorders, their families, and the professionals who support them.
OHIO SUICIDE PREVENTION FOUNDATION
The Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation is providing upcoming in-person professional development trainings in with CEs provided. These trainings are provided free of training fees through SAMHSA Grant #SM086105.
The Collaborative Assessment & Management of Suicidality (CAMS)
CAMS is an evidenced-based treatment framework used to assess suicidality and specifically treat suicide risk. CAMS 3-part training provides mental health professionals (and other relevant professionals) with essential knowledge in using the CAMS framework to collaborate with patients in the treatment of their suicidal drivers.
Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk (AMSR) Training
Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk (AMSR®) for Health and Behavioral Health Professionals Working in Outpatient Settings (AMSR-Outpatient) formulation model and helps clinicians feel confident navigating challenging conversations about suicide. AMSR offers key strategies for providing compassionate care to people at risk for suicide.
Zero Suicide Institute’s Safety Planning Training
OSPF invites you to attend a 4-hour in-person Safety Planning Training for clinical providers. Learn who, what, where, when and how to create a safety plan to support a person at risk of suicide. Build confidence in counseling on access to lethal means and practice your skills in a supportive learning environment.
Out of systems. Into care.
Deflection is a collaborative intervention that connects public safety (Police and Fire/EMS) with health systems (Public and Behavioral Health) to create community-based pathways to care for individuals experiencing substance use disorder, mental health disorders, or other unmet social determinants of health.
The Ohio Deflection Association, in partnership with the Criminal Justice Coordinating Center of Excellence’s Substance Use Deflection Initiative, is proud to announce the Deflection Data Collection and Definitions Guide. This guide will help diverse deflection teams across Ohio operate under the same standardized definitions. By standardizing terminology, it will ensure accurate data collection statewide and strengthen the measurement of outcomes, highlighting the impact of our innovative deflection efforts in communities across Ohio. Substance Use Deflection Initiative Director Ashley Morgan says “We are proud to partner with the Ohio Deflection Association to support this shared framework for data and definitions. Aligning terminology across diverse teams strengthens our collective ability to measure impact and ensure Ohio’s deflection efforts continue to grow in clarity, consistency, and effectiveness. Ohio Deflection Association Executive Director Tom Fallon says “This marks the first step in a meaningful partnership with the Substance Use Deflection Initiative. Together, we will formalize best practices and drive innovation in the emerging field of Deflection across Ohio, always keeping the best interests of the citizens we serve, at the forefront.” Special thanks to our workgroup: Jaime Urmsom, Meagan Guthrie, Sarah Coyne, Jessica Jennings, Jennifer Whitman, and Nicole Jenkins.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine yesterday signed Executive Order 2025-04D to suspend the normal rulemaking process to allow the Ohio Board of Pharmacy to adopt a rule allowing expanded access to tools to prevent drug overdoses. In addition to test strips and reagent kits for fentanyl, the rule, OAC 4729-8-02, exempts tests for the following compounds from the definition of drug paraphernalia under Ohio law:
- Xylazine;
- Medetomidine;
- Benzimidazole-opioids (commonly referred to as nitazenes); and
- Benzodiazepine and benzodiazepine-related compounds.
OHIO DEFLECTION ASSOCIATION
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