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Live Tampa Bay: LIVE -- Afternoon Networking Honoring Senator Rouson Join Live Tampa Bay in person at the St. Pete Museum of Fine Arts to formally launch our anti-stigma campaign by honoring Senator Rouson. Listen to Senator Rouson share his recovery story and connect...
Thank You from the Executive Director
I’d like to thank all of you who were able to attend the Inaugural Leadership Luncheon to End Overdose. Well over 325 leaders gathered to demonstrate our regional commitment to combat the opioid crisis. Echoing the sentiments of our keynote speaker, Pat Geraghty, CEO...
Get Engaged
To achieve the ambitious goal of reducing opioid overdose deaths by 50% in 5 years, we need you to commit your time and resources to first achieving our 2022 go-forward strategies. These strategic goals include all 8 counties and cross the continuum of care. Goals for...
Our Stories: Into the Light
This year, we will launch an aggressive anti-stigma campaign. Complementing the work of local groups like The Hope Shot and emulating national players like Shatterproof, we will highlight stories of hope and recovery, and make room for those of loss and...
Support Our Work
Our success depends on us redoubling our efforts from the first 9 months, forging new alliances, and supporting those who have been professionally and personally fighting this battle for years. Help us expand our initiatives through a financial gift. Give to Support...
2022 Florida Legislative Session Review – March 15
2022 Florida Legislative Session Review - March 15Controlled SubstancesProfessional Counselors Licensure CompactMental Health and Substance Use DisordersDrug-related Overdose PreventionMental Health Professional LicensureSubstance Abuse Service Providers
Letter from the Executive Director
For the past year, the Project Opioid Tampa Bay initiative has been building a foundation. We have compiled research and reports on the impact of the opioid crisis on our region, cultivated a coalition of leaders and stakeholders to guide our work, and created the...
Our Stories: Into the Light
Chelsea is a person in recovery. She talks about her experience at Grace House in Pasco, the challenges of stigma, and the simple, but profound joys of being in recovery. Listen to Chelsea's story.
Letter from the Executive Director
We begin 2022 with new resolve. We kicked off the year with our Joint Strategic Planning Session, bringing together leaders from across the Tampa Bay region to create a roadmap for reducing the number of opioid overdose deaths by the end of 2025. As we look over the...
Our Stories: Into the Light
Bianca Talarico is Clinical Program Manager at Riverside Recovery of Tampa. As someone whose recovery journey took multiple years and attempts, she emphasizes the importance of not giving up on people. Even when the odds are stacked against...
Did You Know?
2022 Legislative Preview - WHAT BILLS ARE WE FOCUSED ON? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cGWoXDHBV8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBUDSkCtjww
As We Grow
2022 Strategic Priority Preview Participants in our Joint Strategic Planning Session cumulatively contributed over 180 hours, and we still have many more strategies they generated. Below is a sneak preview of our 2022 Strategic Priorities. We are continuing to distill...
Letter from The Executive Director
As we close 2021, we feel the weight of what we know about the opioid crisis, but we also feel gratitude and hopeful for our work in the coming year. We know that the U.S. exceeded 100,000 overdose deaths this year for the first time in history. That the number of...
