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3. Drug take -back disposal or destruction programs. 4. Fund community anti -drug coalitions that engage in drug prevention efforts. 5. Support community coalitions in implementing evidence -informed prevention, such as reduced social access and physical access, stigma reduction — including staffing, educational campaigns, support for people in treatment or recovery, or training of coalitions in evidence -informed implementation, including the Strategic Prevention Framework developed by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). 6. Engage non -profits and faith -based communities as systems to support prevention. 7. Support evidence -informed school and community education programs and campaigns for students. Families, school employees, school athletic programs, parent - teacher and student associations, and others. 8. School -based or youth -focused programs or strategies that have demonstrated effectiveness in preventing drug misuse and seem likely to be effective in preventing the uptake and use of opioids. 9. Support community -based education or intervention services for families, youth, and adolescents at risk for OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions, co -usage, and/or co -addiction. 10. Support evidence -informed programs or curricula to address mental health needs of young people who may be at risk of misusing opioids or other drugs, including emotional modulation and resilience skills. 11. Support greater access to mental health services and supports for young people, including services and supports provided by school nurses or other school staff, to address mental health needs in young people that (when not properly addressed) increase the risk of opioid or other drug misuse. H. PREVENT OVERDOSE DEATHS AND OTHER HARMS Support efforts to prevent or reduce overdose deaths or other opioid-related harms through evidence -based, evidence -informed, or promising programs or strategies that may include, but are not limited to, the following: 1. Increase availability and distribution of naloxone and other drugs that treat overdoses for first responders, overdose patients, opioid users, families and friends of opioid users, schools, community navigators and outreach workers, drug offenders upon release from jail/prison, or other members of the general public. 2. Provision by public health entities of free naloxone to anyone in the community, including but not limited to provision of intra-nasal naloxone in settings where other options are not available or allowed. 3. Training and education regarding naloxone and other drugs that treat overdoses for first responders, overdose patients, patients taking opioids, families, schools, and other members of the general public. 4. Enable school nurses and other school staff to respond to opioid overdoses, and provide them with naloxone, training, and support.