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Emergency management: Food Friday distribution, Ward 2 overdose hotspots and active hurricane season preparations
Summary
Annapolis Office of Emergency Management briefed the committee on the Food Friday distribution program, overdose statistics concentrated near Clay Street in Ward 2, plans for Narcan vending expansion, and a forecast for an active Atlantic hurricane season with a city preparedness push and a request to download the Prepare Me Annapolis app.
Kevin Simmons, emergency manager for the city of Annapolis, told the Public Safety Standing Committee the Office of Emergency Management’s regular programs continue and described overdose trends concentrated in Ward 2 alongside hurricane-season messaging.
Food distribution: Simmons said the Food Friday program, run with Recreation & Parks and the Anne Arundel County Food Bank, distributes about 300 boxes of fresh and nonperishable food. For the recent distribution he gave counts: 76 families, 86 individuals, 30 seniors and 61 children; roughly 20% of deliveries in Ward 2 were around the Clay Street corridor.
Overdose data and outreach: On substance use disorder, Simmons…
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