The Lenawee Opioid Response Project is a collaboration between the LSAPC and the Lenawee Health Network to coordinate a comprehensive, county-wide response to the opioid epidemic.
Since 2014, Lenawee County, Michigan’s drug poisoning mortality rate has increased from 6 to 23 per 100,000 population. The rate of opioid prescriptions dispensed in Lenawee County has exceeded the state rate for five years in a row and is 1.5 times the national rate. Additionally, the need for treatment is going unmet: Lenawee County is a HPSA Mental Health Shortage area and 85% of individuals needing addiction treatment in Lenawee County are not receiving it.
The Lenawee Opioid Response Project aims to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with opioid overdoses in Lenawee County by strengthening the organizational and infrastructural capacity of the LSAPC and the community to address prevention, treatment and recovery needs.
Core Project Activities include strengthening the LSAPC, conducting a detailed analysis, and developing comprehensive strategic, workforce, and sustainability plans. Supplemental Project Activities include building workforce capacity around Lenawee County’s peer recovery coaches, identifying evidence-based and innovative models or policy, tracking and monitoring data, and leveraging existing OUD efforts at federal, state and local levels.
In addition to the process and short-term outcomes associated with each of the above activities, the Lenawee Opioid Response Project has the long-term goal to reduce the incidence rate of opioid use disorder, the incidence rate of opioid overdoses, and the opioid overdose mortality rate in Lenawee County by 25% by 2025.
| View our 2019 Opioid Assessment | View our 2019 Gaps and Needs Assessment | View our 2019-2020 Action Plan | View our 2019-2022 Strategic Plan |
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In order to successfully implement all of these plans, the Lenawee Opioid Response Project formed five workgroups.
- Crisis Intervention and Stabilization
- Access and Utilization of Treatment
- Working with Prescribers
- Data and Policy
- Prevention and Education
Each of these workgroups is made up of dedicated members of our community and are working on projects to improve Lenawee County. Contact the Coalition Coordinator to learn more.
This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $200,000 with 0 percent financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.
