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CLEVELAND — Cuyahoga County Board of Health received $2.8 million from the CDC to crack down on the opioid crisis in the county.
“These programs are also focused on understanding retention and care, how we can expand to be able to work with different populations and different target populations," said Karns."We really look at our data and try to understand if the numbers that we're seeing in overdose deaths are reaching those populations, and then how can we maybe pivot our activities to be able to better reach populations.
Lita Wills is the Commissioner of Health, Equity and Social Justice at the Health Department. She said the grant will be used to partner with city recreation centers to host addiction workshops, provide screenings to assess for depression or substance abuse and educate residents on treatment options.
In order to expand their impact, the department is also working to partner with Metro Health Hospital and Risk Management to provide Naloxone at Cleveland City Hall and Recreation centers in the county.
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