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• January 30th, 2024 - Opioid Response Strategic Impact Grant Announcement
• January 26th, 2024 - Increasing Access to Medication for Opioid Use Disorder for those in Jail or Prison
• December 27th, 2023 - Maximizing Impact to Address the Opioid Crisis in 2023
• September 7th, 2023 - Connect Effect - Fentanyl & Opioid Awareness Campaign Launch & Infrastructure Awards
• August 9th, 2023 - 2023 Opioid Conference in Montrose - Final Registration & Virtual Streaming Links
• June 26th, 2023 - Transition and Next Steps for the Opioid Response Unit
• June 1st, 2023 - Opioid Abatement Innovation and Infrastructure Funding
• May 4th, 2023 - Innovation and Infrastructure Funding and 2023 Conference Registration
• April 25th, 2023 - Infrastructure and Innovation Funding Announcements
• February 24th, 2023 - National Recognition, Fentanyl Awareness, and 2023 Opioid Abatement Conference
• January 11th, 2023 - January Newsletter
• December 5th, 2022 - Infrastructure Funding Opportunity Pre-Application Call Announcement
• November 2nd, 2022 - Infrastructure Funding Opportunity Announcement
• August 18th, 2022 - Colorado Opioid Abatement Conference Materials and Recordings
• August 2nd, 2022 - Opioids Response Newsletter

Learn more at www.dea.gov/fentanylawareness.

• Colorado Opioid Memorandum of Understanding
• Colorado Opioid Settlement Dashboard
• Colorado Opioid Memorandum of Understanding Summary
• Colorado Opioid Memorandum of Understanding FAQ
• Opioid Settlement Region Map
• Regional Primary Contacts
• Opioid Approved Uses (Exhibit E from national settlements)
• Law Enforcement Approved Uses for Opioid Settlement Funds
• Colorado Regional Opioid Abatement Councils: Emerging Best Practices
• Local Government Opioid Escrow Agreement
• Distributor Settlement Agreement
• Janssen Settlement Agreement

Expenditure Reports are due in the Colorado Opioid Settlement Tracker (COST) portal by February 14, 2025, at 11:59pm. Expenditure Reports should include all expenditures of Opioid Funds through December 31, 2024

• Click here for the COST Step-By-Step Instructions for Local Governments
• Click here for the COST Step-By-Step Instructions for Regional Councils
• Click here for the Opioid Funds Expenditure Reporting FAQs
• Click here for the 2024 COST Local Government Reporting Demo Video

Registered users can access COST here: https://coag.my.site.com/cost. Reach out to Opioids@coag.gov with any question.

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• Implementation Tools: John Hopkins School of Public Health
• Ten Indicators to Assess the Readiness of State and Local Governments to Receive the Opioid Settlement Funds
• National Academy for State Health Policy - Opioid Use Disorder State Policy Center
• Principles for the Use of Funds from the Opioid Litigation – John Hopkins School of Public Health
• National Association of Counties (NACo) Opioid Solutions Center
• Opioid Settlement Priorities: Recommendations from the Addiction Solutions Campaign
• Evidence Based Strategies for Abatement of Harms from the Opioid Epidemic

Brandeis Opioid Resource Connector: Communities Informing Communities

Federal Resources Coming Down the Pipeline

Resources on Cost-Benefit Analysis of Strategies for Opioid Use Disorder - Washington State Institute for Public Policy

Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking

The Stanford-Lancet Commission on the North American Opioid Crisis: Commission Recommendations

Imagining a Just Response to the Overdose Crisis

Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Spotlight on Opioids

Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Saves Lives: National Academies

• Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development

• Colorado’s Strategic Plan for Substance Use Disorder Recovery

• Lift The Label 
• Recovery Cards Project
• Bring Naloxone Home
• Keep the Party Safe
• Forward Together
• Rise Above Colorado Positive Norming Campaign
• Changing Minds
• How Addiction Changes the Brain Video

• Colorado Behavioral Health Administration Funding Opportunities
• Colorado Department of Law Funding Opportunities
• Colorado State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis
• Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment: Overdose prevention grants & funding
  • Naloxone Bulk Purchase Fund

• Colorado Opioid Settlement Framework Dashboard
• Behavioral Health Community Assessment Toolkit
• CDPHE Drug Overdose dashboard
• Recovery Ecosystem Index Map
• Consortium Opioid Dashboard
• National Non-Fatal Opioid Overdose Surveillance Dashboard
• Open Data Portal
• Colorado Opioid Dashboards

• Pueblo County Substance Use Data
• Boulder County Opioid Data
•  Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas Counties Substance Abuse Dashboard

• Health First Colorado (Colorado’s Medicaid Program) Behavioral Health Services
• Mobile Health Services for Opioid Use Disorder