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Durham County staff seek $50,396 for EMS bridge MAT program and $30,000 for naloxone supplies
Summary
County staff asked the Board to recognize $50,396 in year-four EMS Bridge MAT grant funds to allow specially trained paramedics to initiate buprenorphine after overdoses and requested $30,000 in opioid settlement funds to purchase additional naloxone for vending machines and community distribution.
Durham County staff requested that the Board recognize $50,396 in year-four funding for the EMS Bridge Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Program and approve an additional $30,000 from the North Carolina Opioid Settlement Fund to purchase naloxone units for county distribution.
The EMS Bridge MAT request, presented by Helen Tripp, EMS MIH Program Manager, and Mark Lockhart, Director of the Office of Emergency Services, would extend a program that allows specially trained paramedics to induce buprenorphine in the field after an opioid-related…
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