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WFMY News 2: Program Takes New Approach to Fighting Overdoses in Guilford County

On March 9, 2018, Carly Flynn Morgan covered GC STOP, for WFMY News 2: “GC STOP gives first responders and hospital personnel new tools to help addicts. Those who have overdosed will receive a recovery kit including Narcan and information about a 24-hour hotline which connects the addict to a survivor in recovery. With the addict’s permission, EMS or hospital personnel...

Triad Business Journal: UNCG & Guilford County partner to research opioid abuse, homelessness

On May 1, 2018, Jessica Seaman of the Triad Business Journal covered the UNC Greensboro and Guilford County MetroLab Network partnership agreement: “The focus by UNCG and Guilford County on opioid addiction and substance abuse interventions comes as North Carolina is struggling to tackle the opioid crisis. At least 1,956 people in the state died from opioid-related...

UNCG & Guilford County join MetroLab Network

Bringing data, analytics and innovation to local government Very excited by our partnership with Guilford County Government on important community projects including Guilford County Solution to the Opioid Problem and the CHCS Eviction Diversion Research Project. UNC Greensboro and Guilford County have announced a joint agreement as the newest members of the innovative MetroLab Network,...

Focus Group Participants Needed $25

The Center for Housing and Community Studies is looking for focus group participants to review an app created by Greensboro AHEC that aims to help health providers, citizens, and first responders access information about drug treatment options in their area. The focus group discussion will take place on March 27 at 7pm, and participants will receive a $25 gift card for their time, as well as...

News and Record: Guilford County program works to reduce opioid-related deaths, provide support

On March 8, 2018, Andre L. Taylor wrote about the Guilford County Solution to the Opioid Problem program in the News & Record: “Last year, the county saw more than 100 deaths related to opioids, according to Guilford County EMS. In another 700 instances, opioid overdoses were caught in time to be “reversed,” which is usually done by administering a drug called Narcan. Through...

High Point Enterprise: County, universities target opioid addiction

On March 9, 2018, Paul B. Johnson of The High Point Enterprise covered the new GCSTOP program: “Opioid addiction has become a pervasive, insidious problem across the area, state and country, but Guilford County leaders and volunteers are teaming up to send a direct message: We aren’t backing down. Guilford County and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, along with students...

A Community-Engaged Response to The Opioid Problem

Guilford County Solution to the Opioid Problem (GCSTOP) ProgramLike many places across the U.S., Guilford County is trying to determine how to best address the opioid epidemic and stop the illicit use of prescription opioids and heroin. In 2017 alone, there were over 700 opioid overdose reversals and 100 verified opioid/heroin overdose deaths (EMS, Guilford County, 2017).The impact on health and...

UNCG GStop meets with Governor Cooper

Guilford County EMS, Caring Services, Inc., and UNCG CHCS GSTOP Navigator, Chase Holleman, had the privilege of a round table discussion with Governor Roy Cooper about the role of EMS in the opioid crisis. We mostly discussed the question, “What’s next after Naloxone?” Our program intends on answering this question through best practices that include harm...

Chase Holleman – Advocate of the Year

Mr. Chase Holleman, UNCG GSTOP Rapid Response Navigator, was selected by the National Association of Social Workers North Carolina Chapter’s (NASW-NC) Legislative Committee as the 2018 Myrna Miller Wellons Advocate of the Year Award recipient. The award is given annually to someone who has demonstrated a strong passion to advocate for the needs of the social work profession and has...

NC Health News: Mapping Opioid Deaths in Guilford County

On December 19, 2017, Catherine Clabby wrote about the CHCS’s work tracking Guilford County opioid deaths, for North Carolina Health News: “To improve efforts to reduce the opioid death toll in Guilford County, a UNC-G research center is collecting and mapping relevant data. There’s plenty to upload. Public safety officials there have counted 700 opioid overdoses and at least...

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