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Grants in 2020

$5

million

Goals

  • Reduce opioid overdose deaths by 40% in 2020 
  • Reduce substance use in minority populations
  • Reduce substance use in teens

Strategies

  • Pilot program for free, home-delivered NARCAN
  • Expansion of syringe exchange sites into multiple rural counties in WNC
  • Expansion of Naloxone access and availability by filling short-term gaps in supply
  • Expansion of medication-assisted treatment access to justice-involved and other populations
  • Therapeutic adventure programming to build resiliency in youth
    Wraparound care for individuals of color in SUD recovery leaving incarceration

Partner Spotlight: Western Carolina Medical Society

“As the pandemic spread across Western North Carolina, the PPE shortages impacting medical practices required a unified response from many partners who were willing to rapidly mobilize and work together. In April 2020, Western Carolina Medical Society (WCMS) began sourcing and distributing much-needed free PPE to medical practices, including over 10,000 surgical masks and face shields. With help from Dogwood Health Trust, WCMS was then able to acquire and distribute for free more than 8,000 isolation gowns to medical practices throughout Western North Carolina. WCMS is currently poised to distribute an additional 148,000 KN-95 masks, 1700 gowns, 5000 pairs of gloves, 2000 face shields and 250 IR thermometers thanks to Dogwood Health Trust. This partnership has made it possible for us to assist WNC medical practices during what has been a tremendously difficult year.” 

– Miriam Schwarz, Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director, WCMS

 

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Grants in 2020

$5

million

Goals

  • Reduce opioid overdose deaths by 40% in 2020 
  • Reduce substance use in minority populations
  • Reduce substance use in teens

Strategies

  • Pilot program for free, home-delivered NARCAN
  • Expansion of syringe exchange sites into multiple rural counties in WNC
  • Expansion of Naloxone access and availability by filling short-term gaps in supply
  • Expansion of medication-assisted treatment access to justice-involved and other populations
  • Therapeutic adventure programming to build resiliency in youth
    Wraparound care for individuals of color in SUD recovery leaving incarceration

Partner Spotlight: Western Carolina Medical Society

“As the pandemic spread across Western North Carolina, the PPE shortages impacting medical practices required a unified response from many partners who were willing to rapidly mobilize and work together. In April 2020, Western Carolina Medical Society (WCMS) began sourcing and distributing much-needed free PPE to medical practices, including over 10,000 surgical masks and face shields. With help from Dogwood Health Trust, WCMS was then able to acquire and distribute for free more than 8,000 isolation gowns to medical practices throughout Western North Carolina. WCMS is currently poised to distribute an additional 148,000 KN-95 masks, 1700 gowns, 5000 pairs of gloves, 2000 face shields and 250 IR thermometers thanks to Dogwood Health Trust. This partnership has made it possible for us to assist WNC medical practices during what has been a tremendously difficult year.” 

– Miriam Schwarz, Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director, WCMS