The Morgan County Partnership, located in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, has felt an immense impact from the substance use and misuse crisis. Through OJJDP funding, the partnership has been able to provide programs and services to youth and families affected by substance use and misuse through case managers, mentors, and parent navigators. This project site created multisector, community-based partnerships among agencies such as child welfare and protective services, law enforcement, behavioral health service providers, and juvenile court, as well as community nonprofits in support of opioid-affected youth and families in Morgan County. Targeted efforts include school-based services such as the provision of wraparound services, parent education, and individual and family-centered case management services.

The Pinellas County Government–Sixth Judicial District, located in Pinellas County, Florida, supports drug-impacted children who have been removed from their homes as a result of familial substance use or misuse. With funding assistance from OJJDP, the initiative facilitated access to care for at-risk children in the Dependency Drug Court and Early Childhood Court, expanded coverage of services, implemented and expanded trauma-informed care delivery models tailored to the needs of children and their families, and aligned and maximized resources across the dependency system by sharing data with the ultimate goal of facilitating each child’s safe return home.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), in partnership with the Tennessee Alliance for Drug Endangered Children and Tennessee Dangerous Drug Task Force, developed a coordinated, statewide, data-driven response system to assist with identification, prevention, treatment, enforcement, and deterrence in relation to the opioid epidemic and its impact on the safety of youth and their families within Tennessee communities. Through OJJDP funding, TBI has worked to increase community awareness of impacted drug-endangered children/at-risk youth, reduce barriers to effective multidisciplinary collaboration and data-sharing, and identify and develop drug-endangered children response teams.