ACTION TEAMS

Collaborative Action Teams

OD Free Marin Action Teams: Structure

OD Free Marin is a community-based, overdose prevention collaborative comprised of three Action Teams and an Advisory Committee. Scroll down for a brief overview of each Action Team and their goals.

Education & Outreach Action Team
Youth Action Team
Intervention, Treatment & Recovery Action Team

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Education & Outreach

Our Team

Our Education & Outreach Action Team includes community members and professionals in media, marketing, education, promotions, graphics, curriculum design, and public health. We are looking for team members interested in leading community-based educational training sessions.

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Spread Awareness

Planning and implementing awareness campaigns and increasing engagement with our website for education and resources

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Amplify Partners Work

Amplify coalition and community partners’ efforts to broaden countywide awareness of overdose prevention resources

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Host Presentations

Establish and launch a strategic and collaborative approach to naloxone training, targeting two professional sectors

Our Focus

Our Education & Outreach Action Team is focused on spreading awareness of the overdose crisis in the broader community. We provide naloxone training, information about prevention, overdose awareness, and more. We do this within a collective impact model as part of a coordinated response to tackle the opioid epidemic.

Join Us

We meet via Zoom every other month. Contact us for details.

Contact

Fay Zenoff, Co-chair fay.Zenoff@marincounty.gov

Please note: SMART Goals for the new fiscal year will be updated by the Fall of 2025.

  • SMART Goal #1: (Increase Access) Promote available resources including the Treatment Locator, Naloxone Map, and online Trainings (through ODFM social media posts and newsletters plus at least three partner platforms) to increase engagement with the OD Free Marin’s website and online resources such as find naloxone, treatment options, harm reduction education, and collaborative involvement.
  • SMART Goal #2: (Reduce Stigma) Promote Voices of Marin social media campaign , the development of a new Public Health community awareness/anti-stigma campaign, the ITR Pharmacy SuperHeroes Initiative, and partners’ efforts aimed at reducing the stigma of recovery from a  substance use disorder, utilizing medication assisted treatment, engaging in harm reduction, etc, so more people find help (through ODFM social media posts and newsletters plus at least five partner platforms).
  • SMART Goal #3: (Provide Consistent Messaging) Develop two-minutes or less quick & easy scripts for outreach and tabling so all volunteers deliver the same consistent information about naloxone, overdose, FTS, Harm Reduction & the Collaborative.
  • SMART Goal #4: (Host Presentations) Utilize data to inform strategic decision making including location of outreach, target audiences and recruitment of five new action team members/volunteers, as well as to measure our impact.

Youth Action Team

Our Team

Our Youth Action Team is led by youth ages 11 to 25 and includes middle and high school students, college students, and Transitional Age Youth from all areas of Marin County. We work with local adult allies who are professionals in advocating for and serving youth.

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Spread Awareness

Increase community awareness of the Youth Action Team through presence at events and through social media

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Diversify Youth Engagement

Recruit and engage new youth to participate in the Action Team who are representative of Marin’s youth population

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Youth Education

Provide equitable overdose prevention education and outreach for youth by youth across Marin

Our Focus

Our Youth Action Team seeks to reduce drug overdose through overdose prevention, harm reduction strategies, and treatment referrals. We work towards reducing stigma, increasing access to naloxone, and providing educational training and messaging geared toward the youth audience.

Join Us

We meet via Zoom and in person monthly. Contact us for details.

Contact

Colyn Heimerman, Co-Chair, colyn.heimerman@marincounty.gov

Please note: SMART Goals for the new fiscal year will be updated by the Fall of 2025.

  • SMART Goal #1: (Equity) By April 1, 2025, recruit and engage 10 new Youth Action Team members reflective of our communities through outreach at least 50% of high schools and leveraging Find Your Way scholarship plus member, school, and social-media outreach to lengthen our reach.
  • SMART Goal #2: (Awareness) Deliver overdose-prevention education and promote treatment locator at 10 Marin schools through presentations and tabling events, coordinating with administrators, wellness staff, and youth leaders to reach ≥650 students by June 2026.
  • SMART Goal #3: (Access) By June 2026, partner with ≥3 youth-serving organizations across Marin to provide multilingual naloxone education and a resource guide and to host 3 youth-led workshops, addressing limited on-campus distribution while building youth knowledge and confidence.

Intervention, Treatment & Recovery

Our Team

Our Intervention, Treatment & Recovery Action Team includes substance use treatment providers, community members, and recovery advocates. We are seeking team members with experience in pharmacy and pediatrics. All welcome.

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Spread Awareness

Expand awareness of treatment options in Marin County and increase access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD).

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Diversify Partner Engagement

Recruit members who actively work in intervention, treatment, and recovery from a substance use disorder.

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Reduce Stigma

Reduce barriers preventing medication-assisted treatment’s successful initiation, maintenance, and support of lasting recovery.

Our Focus

Our Intervention, Treatment & Recovery Action Team’s focus is to increase access, availability, and the uptake of treatment services to prevent overdoses; boost client, provider, and community awareness of local resources; and support outreach to overdose survivors.

Join Us

We meet via Zoom every other month from 1 pm to 2 pm on the fourth Tuesday.

Contact

Charis Baz, Co-chair Charis.Baz@marincounty.gov

Please note: SMART Goals for the new fiscal year will be updated by the Fall of 2025.

  • Goal #1: Superhero Pharmacy initiative: combat stigma people face when they pick up their Medications for Addiction Treatment (MAT) at Marin pharmacies
  • Goal #2: Raise awareness of Mental Health resources available as part of Substance Use treatment in Marin
  • Goal # 3: Increase hospital-clinic coordination so that the hospital is a more common way of starting Medications for Addiction Treatment (MAT) outside of clinic hours, with continuation at the clinic.
  • Goal #4: Explore prenatal education and prevention around substance use