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

Allison Nygaard, Co-chair allison.nygaard@marincounty.gov

  • Goal #1 (Provide Consistent Messaging): By February 28 2027, develop three new tailored overdose prevention messages for older adults (ages 50–70), who are most at risk of fatal overdose. 
  • Goal #2 (Provide Consistent Messaging): By February 28, 2027, develop 1-2 flyers for print, in English and Spanish, for transitional age youth (ages 19-25) providing harm reduction messaging and promoting overdose prevention resources. 
  • Goal #3 (Host Presentations and Increase Access): By June 30, 2027, expand education and naloxone access at six or more new community-based locations, (such as at gyms, tennis clubs, golf clubs, and recreational facilities), to increase overdose emergency preparedness. 
  • Goal #4 (Host Presentations and Increase Access): By June 30, 2027, engage 500+ young adults (ages 19-25), in person via tabling, events, and classroom presentations (targeting one engagement each month from January through June). Locations include local community colleges, universities, and places where OD Free Marin has not typically engaged this priority population (i.e., at bars, gyms, coffee shops, etc.). 
  • Goal #5 (Expanding reach): By June 30, 2027, increase OD Free Marin’s social media followers by at least 10% on the platforms Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. 

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 is youth-led and supported by adult allies, and seeks to reduce drug overdose through education, harm reduction strategies, and increased access to resources. We work to reduce stigma, expand access to naloxone, and deliver educational training and messaging designed by and for youth.

Join Us

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

Contact

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

  • Goal #1 (Youth Engagement): By April 1, 2027, recruit at least five underclassmen (students who are not graduating seniors) from each school district to join OD Free Marin’s Youth Action Team to promote age diversity and support long-term sustainability. Recruitment efforts will include social media outreach, school partnerships, career liaisons, and youth-serving community partners to expand awareness and reach students across Marin County.​
  • Goal #2 (Spread Awareness): By June 30, 2027, grow the audience on our social media, increasing our overall following by 10%, and create/publish at least one educational social media post every month tailored to middle and high school students emphasizing prevention of substance use initiation while also promoting overdose prevention behaviors for youth that may be considering or already have used a substance.​
  • Goal #3 (Youth Engagement): By April 30, 2027, increase youth sign-ups (ages 9-18) for the annual One Stride at a Time 5K by 50% compared to the attendance of last year’s event (total 75 sign ups), while strengthening the event as a space for youth connection, community engagement, and access to resources that support hope, help, and recovery.​

Intervention, Treatment & Recovery

Our Team

Our Intervention, Treatment & Recovery Action Team includes substance use treatment providers, community members, and recovery advocates. All are 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 3 pm to 4 pm on the first Tuesday.

Contact

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

  • Goal #1(Recovery Support): By February 28, 2027, develop a comprehensive Marin-based Recovery Support Resource Guide (draft version). By April 30, 2027 launch a live (ideally downloadable) version of the guide on the ODFM website. Between May 15 – June 30, 2027, broadly promote this new resource to support people transitioning out of treatment/detox/levels of care/justice involvement.
  • Goal #2 (Continuation of Care): By April 1, 2027, develop a Continuation of Care Planning Protocol for contracted and independent treatment providers. Between May 15, 2027 – June 30, 2027, distribute to providers and promote these best practices designed to reduce and prevent recurrence of use and/or overdose for clients transitioning out of treatment/detox/levels of care/justice involvement.
  • Goal # 3 (Relapse Prevention): By March 1, 2027, develop a Prevention Education Training Program for Probation Officers to support justice involved clients. Between April 1-June 30, 2027, launch the pilot training for officers to educate them on their clients’ reduced drug tolerance after release, overdose risks, relapse prevention, stages of change, treatment and recovery pathways, and harm reduction principles.
  • Goal #4 (Naloxone Access): By June 30, 2027, establish a new NaloxBox location within the Civic Center (maintained by a partner agency), to increase naloxone access for justice involved residents.