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{{toplink|url=http://www.philaopioidcoalition.org/|name=philaopioidcoalition.org}}The Philadelphia Coalition on Children and Opioids is a public/private partnership of 23 organizations and individuals who have come together to develop and implement a series of recommendations targeted at reducing the impact the opioid crisis has on children and families in Philadelphia. Members are thought leaders in the child welfare, behavioral health, community health, legal and advocacy communities as well as people with lived experience with opioid addiction.  
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{{toplink|url=http://www.philaopioidcoalition.org/|name=philaopioidcoalition.org}}The '''Philadelphia Coalition on Children and Opioids''' is a public/private partnership of 23 organizations and individuals who have come together '''to develop and implement a series of recommendations targeted at reducing the impact the opioid crisis has on children and families''' in Philadelphia. Members are thought leaders in the child welfare, behavioral health, community health, legal and advocacy communities as well as people with lived experience with opioid addiction.  
  
 
Our primary goal is to create a comprehensive strategy involving all relevant public and private systems of care to prevent opioid abuse among families involved with child welfare services and assure a prompt, comprehensive and high quality response when opioid use is present.
 
Our primary goal is to create a comprehensive strategy involving all relevant public and private systems of care to prevent opioid abuse among families involved with child welfare services and assure a prompt, comprehensive and high quality response when opioid use is present.

Revision as of 18:45, 2 December 2020

philaopioidcoalition.org

The Philadelphia Coalition on Children and Opioids is a public/private partnership of 23 organizations and individuals who have come together to develop and implement a series of recommendations targeted at reducing the impact the opioid crisis has on children and families in Philadelphia. Members are thought leaders in the child welfare, behavioral health, community health, legal and advocacy communities as well as people with lived experience with opioid addiction.

Our primary goal is to create a comprehensive strategy involving all relevant public and private systems of care to prevent opioid abuse among families involved with child welfare services and assure a prompt, comprehensive and high quality response when opioid use is present.

The Coalition is convened by Turning Points for Children, a subsidiary of Public Health Management Corporation, supported by a grant from the US Department of Justice, Office of Victims of Crime.

Note:  The above descriptive information came from the coalition's About The Coalition page.

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