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PART THREE: OTHER STRATEGIES <br />I. FIRST RESPONDERS <br />In addition to items C8, Dl through D7, H1, H3, and H8, support the following: <br />1. Current and future law enforcement expenditures relating to the opioid epidemic. <br />2. Educate law enforcement or other first responders regarding appropriate practices and <br />precautions when dealing with fentanyl or other drugs. <br />J. LEADERSHIP, PLANNING AND COORDINATION <br />Support efforts to provide leadership, planning, and coordination to abate the opioid epidemic <br />through activities, programs, or strategies that may include, but are not limited to, the <br />following: <br />1. Community regional planning to identify goals for reducing harms related to the <br />opioid epidemic, to identify areas and populations with the greatest needs for <br />treatment intervention services, or to support other strategies to abate the opioid <br />epidemic described in this opioid abatement strategy list. <br />2. A government dashboard to track key opioid-related indicators and supports as <br />identified through collaborative community processes. <br />3. Invest in infrastructure or staffing at government or not-for-profit agencies to support <br />collaborative, cross-system coordination with the purpose of preventing <br />overprescribing, opioid misuse, or opioid overdoses, treating those with OUD and any <br />co-occurring SUD/MH conditions, co-usage, andlor co-addiction, supporting them in <br />treatment or recovery, connecting them to care, or implementing other strategies to <br />abate the opioid epidemic described in this opioid abatement strategy list. <br />4. Provide resources to staff government oversight and management of opioid abatement <br />programs. <br />K. TRAINING <br />In addition to the training referred to in various items above, support training to abate the <br />opioid epidemic through activities, programs, or strategies that may include, but are not <br />limited to, the following: <br />1. Provide funding for staff training or networking programs and services to improve the <br />capability of government, community, and not-for-profit entities to abate the opioid <br />crisis. <br />2. Invest in infrastructure and staffing for collaborative cross-system coordination to <br />prevent opioid misuse, prevent overdoses, and treat those with OUD and any co- <br />occurring SUD/MH conditions, co-usage, andlor co-addiction, or implement other <br />10