1. Learning Opportunities
  2. Peer-to-Peer Learning Opportunities
  3. OFR Mentor Program

OFR Peer Mentor Sites

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Ocean County Peer Mentor Site

The Ocean County OFR Program is managed through the Ocean County Health Department and is a county-level program, established in 2017. Starting in fall 2020, it became a funded program through the New Jersey Department of Health to continue the fatality review and to serve as a technical advisor to other fatality reviews in New Jersey.

Experience

  • County-level OFR
  • State OFR legislation
  • Publishes an annual report
  • Health department-led with strong partnerships with the prosecutor’s office, the behavioral health department, and the county medical examiner
  • Next-of-kin interviews
  • Surveys team members regularly
  • Urban/suburban community
  • Uses the OFR Data System
  • Bimonthly executive committee meeting
  • Hosting local sites
  • Virtual case review
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Winnebago Peer Mentor Site

Winnebago County’s OFR is managed by the Winnebago County Health Department and is a county-level OFR, established in 2018. It is currently funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Overdose Data to Action grant.

Experience

  • County-level OFR
  • No state OFR legislation
  • Publishes an annual report
  • Facilitated by an outside contractor
  • Experience with suicide and overdose deaths
  • Health department-led with a connection to a local prevention coalition
  • Separate recommendation and monitoring team and implementation task force
  • Providing technical assistance to local OFR sites
  • In-person case review
  • Uses the OFR Data System
  • Rural community
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Utah Peer Mentor Site

Utah’s OFR is managed by the Utah Department of Health and Human Services and is a state- level OFR, established in 2017. It is currently funded by the CDC Overdose Data to Action grant with Opioid Response Strategy involvement.

Experience

  • State-level OFR initiative
  • State OFR legislation
  • State attorney general’s opioid task force serves as the governing committee
  • Centralized medical examiner’s office
  • Themed case selection
  • Publishes reports after completion of each themed review
  • Next-of-kin interviews
  • Convening different types of death reviews (including Opioid Overdose, Domestic Violence, Child Fatality, Advanced Clinical Child Fatality, Child Suicide, Suicide, and Maternal Mortality)
  • Virtual case review
  • CDC Foundation Public Health Analyst (PHA) and/ or Drug Intelligence Officer (DIO) is represented in meetings
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Sauk County Peer Mentor Site

The Sauk County Overdose Death Review Team is managed by Public Health Sauk County and is a rural county-led OFR team, established in 2018. It is currently funded by the CDC Overdose Data to Action grant.

Experience

  • County-level OFR
  • No state OFR legislation
  • Reviews overdose deaths that occur
  • Uses the OFR Data System
  • Rural community
  • Home to Ho-Chunk Nation Tribe
  • Virtual case review
  • Providing technical assistance to local sites
  • County coroner system
  • Persons in recovery are represented in meetings
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Hamilton County Peer Mentor Site

The Hamilton County OFR Team is managed by Hamilton County Public Health and is a county-led OFR team, established in 2017. It is currently funded by the CDC Overdose Data to Action grant.

Experience

  • County-level OFR
  • State OFR legislation
  • Executive governing committee that is led by the health commissioner
  • County coroner system
  • Hybrid (both virtual and in-person) case review
  • Themed case selection
  • Persons in recovery are represented in meetings
  • Next-of-kin interviews
  • Urban community
  • Hosting sites
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Yavapai County Peer Mentor Site

The Yavapai County OFR Board is managed by MATFORCE, a substance abuse coalition, and is a county-led OFR board, established in 2016.

Experience

  • County-level OFR
  • State OFR legislation
  • Medical examiner system
  • Virtual case review
  • Publishes an annual report
  • Hosting sites
  • Reviews all overdose deaths that occur
  • Rural community
  • Executive governing committee is chaired by the MATFORCE Coalition Board
  • Next-of-kin interviews
  • Home to two tribal nations, the Yavapai Apache Nation and the Yavapai Prescott Indian Tribe
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Marion County Peer Mentor Site

The Marion County OFR Team is managed by the Marion County Public Health Department and is a county-level OFR team, established in 2020. It is currently funded by the CDC Overdose Data to Action grant.

Experience

  • State OFR legislation
  • County coroner system
  • Next-of-kin interviews
  • Urban community, largest county in Indiana
  • Publishes an annual report
  • Subcommittees are established based on themes and recommendations identified during OFR meetings
  • Brief data presentation at every meeting
  • Virtual case review
  • Uses the OFR Data System
  • CDC Foundation PHA and/or DIO is represented in meetings
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Dearborn County Peer Mentor Site

The Dearborn County Suicide and OFR Team is managed by One Community One Family, a 501(c)3 nonprofit agency focused on facilitating an evidence-supported system-of-care approach that promotes the wellness of children and families. It is a county-level OFR team, established in 2020, and is currently funded by the CDC Overdose Data to Action grant.

Experience

  • State OFR legislation
  • County coroner system
  • Uses the OFR Data System
  • In-person case review
  • Mix of suburban and rural communities
  • Shares county border with other states
  • Persons in recovery are represented in meetings
  • Publishes an annual report
  • Reviews both suicide and overdose fatalities
  • Reviews all cases within the county
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Lackawanna County Peer Mentor Site

The Lackawanna County OFR Team is managed by the Lackawanna District Attorney’s Office and is a county-level OFR team, established in 2020. It is currently funded by a U.S. Department of Justice grant.

Experience

  • No state OFR legislation
  • Case selection through signed next-of-kin consent
  • Next-of-kin interviews
  • Publishes an annual report
  • Virtual OFR meeting
  • Uses the OFR Data System
  • Rural community
  • Hosting other sites
  • Semiannual data and recommendations meeting
  • County coroner system
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Cuyahoga County Peer Mentor Site

The Cuyahoga County OFR Team is co-managed by the Cuyahoga County Board of Health and the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office. It is a county-level OFR team, established in 2019, and is currently funded by the CDC Overdose Data to Action grant.

Experience

  • State OFR legislation
  • Themed case review
  • Next-of-kin interviews
  • Publishes an annual report
  • In-person OFR meeting
  • Hosting other sites
  • Persons in recovery are represented in meetings
  • Includes guest ad hoc members
  • Urban community
  • Medical examiner system
  • Uses the OFR Data System
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Lexington County Peer Mentor Site

The Lexington County OFR Team is co-managed by the Lexington County Coroner’s Office and a community psychologist. It is a county-level OFR team, established in 2020, and is currently funded by a National Association of County Health Officials (NACCHO) grant.

Experience

  • County-level OFR
  • No state OFR legislation
  • Themed review
  • Next-of-kin interview
  • Virtual OFR meeting
  • Hosting other sites
  • Mix of urban and rural communities
  • Persons in recovery are represented in meetings
  • CDC Foundation PHA
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Anne Arundel County Peer Mentor Site

The Anne Arundel County’s OFR is managed by the Anne Arundel County Health Department and is a county-level OFR established in 2016. It is currently funded by the CDC Overdose Data to Action grant.

Experience

  • County-level OFR
  • State OFR legislation
  • Publishes annual report
  • Facilitated by health department
  • Next-of-kin interviews
  • Suburban community
  • Virtual case review
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