Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Aspire describes new peer-led overdose response team, seeks county partnership and facility safety funds
Summary
Aspire Behavioral Health told the Dougherty County Board of Commissioners it will deploy a peer-led “core team” to respond to overdoses and asked the county to consider partnerships and limited facility safety funding, including personal alarm buttons for outpatient offices.
Dana Glass, executive director of Aspire Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Services, told the Dougherty County Board of Commissioners on May 12 that Aspire provides behavioral-health services across the county and will launch a peer-led Community Opioid Response and Engagement (CORE) team funded by opioid abatement grant dollars.
The CORE team will dispatch trained peer specialists to the scene of overdoses — on the street, in emergency rooms or at the request of EMS — to engage individuals and help link them immediately to services, Glass said. “The intention is that when an overdose occurs in the community that our peers will respond to that person where they are,” she said.
Glass said…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
