ACTION TEAMS

Coalition Action Teams

OD Free Marin Action Teams: Structure

OD Free Marin is a community-based, overdose prevention coalition comprised of four action teams and a steering committee. Scroll down for a brief overview of each action team and their goals. To get involved, please complete the sign-up form below.

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

Education & Outreach

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.

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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 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.

Join Us

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

Contact

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

  • SMART Goal #1: (Spread Awareness) Promote the “Hey Marin, Where’s The Fentanyl?” media awareness campaign, (through at least three mediums, including ODFM social media posts, Marin IJ advertisements, and public bus tail ads); to increase engagement with the OD Free Marin website to access information related to naloxone, education, referrals, and other relevant resources. (By December 31, 2024)
  • SMART Goal #2: (Amplify Partners Work) Amplify the work of the other three coalition action teams and four community partners through ODFM social media, newsletters, and associated events to broaden public awareness of the overdose prevention resources available in the county (including intervention, medication-assisted treatment, harm-reduction strategies, and recovery services). (By December 31, 2024)
  • SMART Goal #3: (Host Presentations) Support the creation and launch of three community-tailored naloxone training videos and disseminate through coalition members’ communications channels. (Dissemination starting May 1 for data analytics by June 30, 2025)

Youth Action Team

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.

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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 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.

Join Us

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

Contact

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

  • SMART Goal #1: (Equity) Recruit and engage no less than ten new youth to participate in the Action Team who are more broadly representative of Marin’s youth population. (by April 30, 2024)
  • SMART Goal #2: (Awareness) Increase community awareness of OD Free Marin’s Youth Action Team through presence at events and through social media. (by August 31, 2024)
  • SMART Goal #3: (Access) Provide equitable overdose prevention education and outreach for youth by youth across Marin. Plan and/or deliver naloxone training for youth within each school district/junior college. (by December 31, 2024)

Intervention, Treatment & Recovery

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.

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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 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.

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

  • SMART Goal #1: (Equity) Recruit at least five new action team members who actively work in the field of intervention, treatment, and/or recovery from a substance use disorder who are not already contracted providers of the county. (by June 31, 2024)
  • SMART Goal #2: (Awareness) Identify all Intervention, Treatment, and Recovery providers in the county and confirm what they are doing related to increasing access to medication-assisted treatment for people with Opioid Use Disorder. (by September 30, 2024)
  • SMART Goal #3: (Education) Develop a strategy to help reduce the stigma and other barriers preventing the successful initiation and maintenance of medication-assisted treatment. (by December 31, 2024)

Justice System

The Justice System Action Team recognizes persons who use drugs often touch the criminal justice system. The team partners with all branches of public safety and justice to enhance prevention programs and protect those most at risk for overdose.

Join Us

We meet via Zoom quarterly. Contact us for details.

Contact

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

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