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PART THREE: OTHER STRATEGIES <br /> I. FIRST RESPONDERS <br /> In addition to items C8, D1 through D7, H1, H3, and H8, support the following: <br /> 1. Current and future law enforcement expenditures relating to the opioid epidemic. <br /> 2. Educate law enforcement or other first responders regarding appropriate practices and <br /> precautions when dealing with fentanyl or other drugs. <br /> J. LEADERSHIP, PLANNING AND COORDINATION <br /> Support efforts to provide leadership, planning, and coordination to abate the opioid epidemic <br /> through activities, programs, or strategies that may include, but are not limited to, the <br /> following: <br /> 1. Community regional planning to identify goals for reducing harms related to the <br /> opioid epidemic, to identify areas and populations with the greatest needs for <br /> treatment intervention services, or to support other strategies to abate the opioid <br /> epidemic described in this opioid abatement strategy list. <br /> 2. A government dashboard to track key opioid-related indicators and supports as <br /> identified through collaborative community processes. <br /> 3. Invest in infrastructure or staffing at government or not-for-profit agencies to support <br /> collaborative, cross-system coordination with the purpose of preventing <br /> overprescribing, opioid misuse, or opioid overdoses, treating those with OUD and any <br /> co-occurring SUD/MH conditions, co-usage, and/or co-addiction, supporting them in <br /> treatment or recovery, connecting them to care, or implementing other strategies to <br /> abate the opioid epidemic described in this opioid abatement strategy list. <br /> 4. Provide resources to staff government oversight and management of opioid abatement <br /> programs. <br /> K. TRAINING <br /> In addition to the training referred to in various items above, support training to abate the <br /> opioid epidemic through activities, programs, or strategies that may include, but are not <br /> limited to,the following: <br /> 1. Provide funding for staff training or networking programs and services to improve the <br /> capability of government, community, and not-for-profit entities to abate the opioid <br /> crisis. <br /> 2. Invest in infrastructure and staffing for collaborative cross-system coordination to <br /> prevent opioid misuse, prevent overdoses, and treat those with OUD and any co- <br /> occurring SUD/MH conditions, co-usage, and/or co-addiction, or implement other <br /> 10 <br />