Opioid Multiagency Response Initiative

About the Program

Category: Health (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

Opioid Multiagency Response Initiative (OMRI) is a pilot program of Contra Costa County Health Services (CCHS) , which is the first of its kind in the State of California. Through this innovative initiative, three CCHS divisions—Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Public Health, and the county hospital, (Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, or CCRMC)—are collaborating with American Medical Response (AMR), the County’s primary contracted transport 911 EMS provider, to provide resources, training, and support to paramedics distributing leave-behind naloxone kits and administering buprenorphine and naloxone in the field and to establish seamless referral pathways to connect individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) to outpatient medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and other resources for recovery.