Opioid Overdose Prevention and Support
The number of opioid-related deaths has quintupled in the U.S. in the last decade. This public health emergency is challenging communities everywhere and straining mental health and substance use disorder service systems.
Much is known about how to support recovery from opioid use disorders. People can and do recover—and recovery is possible for everyone. C4 Innovations supports providers in mental health and substance use disorder services in responding to opioid use and supporting people seeking recovery. We work to ensure that recovery supports are accessible to all as we address this epidemic.
Our team includes service providers, trainers, researchers, and people who have experienced mental illness, substance use, trauma, and homelessness. We partner with treatment and prevention experts to ensure coordinated responses.
Our work is grounded in our experience with providing and participating in mental health and addiction services. People with lived experience are at the forefront of our work to ensure real-world expertise is embedded in all we do.
We Can Help You
- Respond more effectively to opioid use disorders
- Provide strong support to people seeking recovery
- Understand:
- Risk factors for developing an opioid use disorder
- How opioids affect the brain
- Rick factors for overdose and relapse
- Overdose and relapse prevention
- Using Narcan to reverse overdoses
- Supporting people in treatment for opioid addiction
- Harm reduction and trauma-informed strategies
- Benefits and barriers to medication-assisted treatment and recovery
- Shared decision-making strategies
- Reducing HIV and Viral Hepatitis A, B & C transmission
- Recovery support resources and strategies
"The instructor was engaged not only with the subject at hand, but also with the attendees. It was very obvious that she was well versed in the subject and a better trainer I've not experienced!" –Participant in training for Pine Street Inn
Learn More
- Learning Community for Supervisors of Peer Workers—starting September 16, 2020, applications due August 14
- To learn more about integration and supervision of peer workers and this Learning Community, listen to a recording of a webinar hosted by Cheryl Gagne.
- Power Hour: Strategic Thinking for Navigating Change: webinar on August 14 from 1-2 pm ET
- Perspectives from Recovery Residences: Adapting for MAT and Other Recovery Pathways webinar on November 13, 2019
- My Recovery Journey: Steven Samra (4:35 minute video)
- My Experience in a Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Program: Steven Samra (5:17 minute video)
- Behavioral Health and Recovery
- Medication-Assisted Treatment/Medication-Assisted Recovery
- Integrating Peer Workers
- Recovery Housing
- Praxis: Training for MA Addiction Professionals
- Talking About Substance Use and Addiction (PDF)
More about our expertise and our training and technical assistance approaches and offerings.