Increase Task Force Expertise in Opioid and other Substance Use Disorders

• Convene Monthly Meetings

• Identify and invite guest speakers to Family Task Force meetings to increase knowledge and expertise of members and to discuss policy and practice recommendations

• Members will have the opportunity to be trained as the Family Task Force Naloxone Trainers. Trainers will deliver statewide naloxone training training and promote the dissemination of naloxone.

• Members will have the opportunity to work towards achieving their Family Peer Recovery Specialist Certification

• Staff and members will share relevant articles and research with one another

• Members will develop and build on their stories and personal experiences to create a Speakers Bureau

Provide information, assist and support to families affected by opioid and substance use disorders

• Inventory existing materials on generic medication safety for families and children​

• Educate families on the proper storage, use and disposal of prescription opioids

• Contribute to the development and distribution of the Crisis Toolkit.

• Learn about and promote existing family support and recovery services and groups.

Address substance use disorders stigma though public and professional education

Support development of a statewide curriculum on opioid and substance use disorders