Summary
OHIO'S STATE OPIOID AND STIMULANT RESPONSE (SOS) 4.0 GRANT - OHIO'S STATE OPIOID AND STIMULANT RESPONSE GRANT (SOS) INVESTMENTS ARE DEMONSTRATING IMPRESSIVE EMPIRICALLY VALIDATED RESULTS IN ALL GPRA CLIENT OUTCOME AREAS. SOS 4.0 WILL CONTINUE TO ALIGN STATE LEVEL EFFORTS TO FLATTEN OHIO'S DEATH RATE FROM OPIOID AND DRUG POISONING, INCREASE ACCESS TO HARM REDUCTION, FOCUS ON PEER RECOVERY SUPPORTS, EXPAND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES, AND INCREASE UPSTREAM STRATEGIES TO 35,000 OHIO YOUTH AND ADULTS THAT PROMOTE BEHAVIORAL WELLNESS. OHIOMHAS FIRST CURES/SOR INVESTMENTS INTRODUCED MAT, MOUD AND OTPS INTO OHIO’S TREATMENT LANDSCAPE. THE SECOND ROUND OF SOR FUNDING FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF CARE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT TREATING OPIOID USE DISORDER IS COMPLEX, REQUIRING A MULTI-LEVEL SYSTEMS APPROACH WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE COORDINATION. FOLLOWING THESE FOUNDATIONAL EFFORTS, OHIO’S THIRD ROUND OF SOS FUNDING ALONG WITH OTHER COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS, ALLOWED OHIO