Resources for Professionals

RI Healthy Transitions is for youth and young adults, ages 16-25 who are experiencing problems with moods, thoughts, and behaviors. Youth and young adults will receive help with housing, employment, education, care and support for an average of two years, medication treatment (if mutually decided by participant and doctor) and interviews every six months to monitor progress.

Participants will be connected to their service providers but will also connect to other participants in the program. The program is held in an open and transparent environment and participants will create their own personalized treatment plan with the help of the team.

1-866-ALC-DRUG

Providence

Adult Services:

530 North Main Street, Providence, RI 02904

401-528-0110; emergency number: 401-274-7111

The Naloxone and Overdose Prevention Education Program of Rhode Island (NOPE-RI) is a program of the RI Disaster Medical Assistance Team and Medical Reserve Corps (RI DMAT/MRC). We recruit, train, and deploy volunteers to educate Rhode Islanders about addiction, overdose prevention, and the use of naloxone (Narcan).

We collaborate with strategic partners across the state in order to address these issues, including HEALTH, BHDDH, DOC (Department of Corrections), State Police, municipal law enforcement, URI, Lifespan, and other not-for-profit organizations. With a focus on public safety and healthcare professionals, we create and compile training curricula and resource material that helps agencies, organizations, and individuals implement simple, cost-effective, evidence-based strategies to fight the epidemic of opioid abuse and overdose.

Our programming includes overdose prevention, recognition, and response training, specifically targeted towards law enforcement and public safety professionals, primary care providers, behavioral healthcare providers, corrections, and others.

Under this law:

• Bystanders are allowed to carry and administer naloxone if they suspect an overdose.
• No one who tries to help in an overdose can be prosecuted for having a small amount of medication or drugs.
• The overdose victim is also protected.
• The law, however, does not protect you or the overdose victim from other crimes or warrants.