The Independence Blue Cross Foundation’s STOP initiative increases awareness and access to effective community-based opioid treatment and prevention.
In order to provide relief to essential health and human services organizations, the Foundation dedicated this cycle of funding to Nonprofit Sustainability and Recovery. Details on STOP Grants will be released in 2021.
Opioid addiction affects each one of us. Through Someone You Know, we’re working to inspire hope and recovery.
Meet MalikThe STOP initiative will expand outcome- and evidence-based programs and community resources, identify the barriers to treatment and prevention, and disseminate effective community-based strategies and education around this public health epidemic.
STOP aims to address the opioid epidemic through the following activities:
Opioid addiction affects each one of us. Through Someone You Know, we’re working to inspire hope and recovery.
Meet MalikEligible organizations can receive funding only once per calendar year and must meet the following criteria:
Opioid addiction affects each one of us. Through Someone You Know, we’re working to inspire hope and recovery.
Meet MalikOpioid addiction affects each one of us. Through Someone You Know, we’re working to inspire hope and recovery.
Meet MalikDrug take-back programs are a secure and convenient way to dispose of medication and will help prevent abuse and reduce access. If you have unused or expired prescription drugs in your home, you can visit over 100 locations to safely dispose of these medications. You can be a part of the solution to help prevent prescription drug abuse.
View Rx Take-back locations in Bucks County.
View Rx Take-back locations in Chester County.
In response to a 2016 state-wide mandate, the 67 counties in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are required to stand up emergency room-based warm handoff programs, which use the emergency room setting to provide a drug overdose survivor with an immediate referral to treatment. The Independence Blue Cross Foundation initiated a study to understand utilization, design, and effectiveness of these programs in our region. Even among warm handoff hospitals, there is variation in process and success rates. After reviewing practices at five Bucks County hospitals, we’ve realized the need for:
For additional resources, visit our Someone You Know site.