We deploy a systems-change approach to the opioid crisis in the United States through our focus on healthcare, public policy, and the community. TNP works with hospitals, clinics, first responders, and community organizations to identify those at-risk of overdose and hand naloxone directly to them.
EMS and first responders have served on the front lines of this crisis and respond to hundreds of emergency calls for substance-related emergencies daily.
Prehospital providers reverse thousands of overdoses a year and represent our medical system’s front line in our efforts to address the opioid crisis. Moreover, EMS agencies are uniquely positioned in their communities to identify individuals at risk for opioid overdose or identify areas of high-yield intervention.
We aim to build the prehospital addiction care system that our state needs and our communities deserve.
Our vision is for Colorado to lead the nation in prehospital innovation, implementation, data collection and system creation when it comes to prehospital and first responder protocol to the opioid and addiction crisis.
Our evidence
EMS and first responders have served on the front lines of this crisis and respond to hundreds of emergency calls for substance-related emergencies daily.
Prehospital providers reverse thousands of overdoses a year and represent our medical system’s front line in our efforts to address the opioid crisis.
Moreover, EMS agencies are uniquely positioned in their communities to identify individuals at risk for opioid overdose or identify areas of high-yield intervention.
The CPACC First Responder Naloxone Distribution and Harm Reduction program is informed by EMS, Fire, Law Enforcement, and Co-Responder based naloxone leave behind programs, which are shown to increase equity and access to naloxone and enable linkage to community-based care and other resources.
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Opioid Education Training Available Here
• Opioid Education Training Available Here
Enrolled agencies
News Coverage
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FOX 31
Colo. looks at how to spend nearly $800M in national opioid settlement funds
Legislators look at the limited ways opioid settlement funds can be spent across the state
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CBS News
New naloxone vending machines popping up across Denver in effort to save lives
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9News
Naloxone vending machines installed in Denver
Denver Police installed vending machines to dispense free Naloxone kits to combat opioid overdoses.
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Telemundo
Máquinas de Naloxona buscan salvar vidas
Naloxone Vending Machines aim to save lives
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Boulder County
City of Boulder Fire-Rescue and Partners Launch Naloxone Leave-behind Program
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CO AG Announcement
Attorney General Phil Weiser announces more than $8.25 million in Colorado opioid crisis funding at annual conference
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DDPHE
Work Begins Using Denver Opioid Abatement Funds
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WPSD Kentucky
New naloxone vending machines popping up across Denver in effort to save lives
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Wellness Wednesday
We went LIVE on Facebook and across the airwaves with Melissa Memorial Hospital to talk about naloxone, the Naloxone Project, and the critical work being done through CPACC.
