The "Story Behind the Curve" helps us understand the causes and forces at that work that explain the data behind.

Jackson County Department of Public Health received the Prevent Drug Overdose grant in December 2022. This grant allowed the opportunity for community members as well as bussinesses to participate in a Nasal Naloxone Training and receive a Nasal Naloxone kit at no cost.

What's Helping What We Do? These are the positive forces at work in our strategy/ program that influence how much we do or how well we do it.

• Work with community partners such as Harris Regional EMS to provide trainings and Naloxone kits within the community.

• Offer trainings to all community members as well as local businesses for themselves and their staff.

•  Community based organizations being willing to host and market Naloxone trainings.

[How Much or How Well] What's Hurting What We Do? These are the negative forces at work in our strategy/program that influence how much we do or how well we do it.

• Community support/ stigma

The following actions have been identified by our [organization/team/coalition] as ideas for what can work for this performance measure to make a difference on [name priority issue].

(A) Actions and Approaches Identified by Our [Organization/Team/Coalition] These are actions and approaches that we think can make a difference for this performance measure.

• Continues work to address stigma regarding substance use and harm reducation

(B) No-cost and Low-cost Ideas Identified by Our [Organization/Team/Coalition] These are no-cost and low-cost actions and approaches that we think can make a difference for this performance measure.

• Community based education and trainings

(C) What your customers think would work to do better These are actions and approaches that our customers think can make a difference for this performance measure.

• Indivudals with lived experiences helping identify locations for trainings

(D) List of Questions/Research Agenda These are questions to follow-up on for this performance measure.

• Other locations to hold training/ educational events