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12. Providing training in harm reduction strategies to health care providers, students, <br />peer recovery coaches, recovery outreach specialists, or other professionals that <br />provide care to persons who use opioids or persons with OUD and any co- <br />occurring SUD/MH conditions. <br />13. Supporting screening for fentanyl in routine clinical toxicology testing. <br />PART THREE OTHER STRATEGIES <br />I. FIRST RESPONDERS <br />In addition to items in section C, D and H relating to first responders, support the <br />following: <br />1. Law enforcement expenditures related to the opioid epidemic. <br />2. Education of law enforcement or other first responders regarding appropriate <br />practices and. precautions when dealing with fentanyl or other drugs. <br />Provision of wellness and support services for first responders and others who <br />experience secondary trauma associated with opioid-related emergency events. <br />J. LEADERSHIP PLANNING AND COORDINATION <br />Support efforts to provide leadership, planning, coordination, facilitations, training and <br />technical assistance to abate the opioid epidemic through activities, programs, or <br />strategies that may include, but are not limited to, the following: <br />Statewide, regional, local or community regional planning to identify root causes <br />of addiction and overdose, goals for reducing harms related to the opioid <br />epidemic, and areas and populations with the greatest needs for treatment <br />intervention services, and to support training and technical assistance and other <br />strategies to abate the opioid epidemic described in this opioid abatement strategy <br />list. <br />2. A dashboard to (a) share reports, recommendations, or plans to spend opioid <br />settlement funds; (b) to show how opioid settlement funds have been spent; (c) to <br />report program. or strategy outcomes; or (d) to track, share or visualize key opioid- <br />or health -related indicators and supports as identified through collaborative <br />statewide, regional, local or community processes. <br />3. Invest in infrastructure or staffing at government or not -for -profit agencies to <br />support collaborative, cross -system coordination with the purpose of preventing <br />overprescribing, opioid misuse, or opioid overdoses, treating those with OUD and <br />any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions, supporting them in treatment or recovery, <br />connecting them to care, or implementing other strategies to abate the opioid <br />epidemic described in this opioid abatement strategy list. <br />11 <br />