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Florida Department of Children and Families Overdose Prevention Program

The Florida Department of Children and Families Overdose Prevention Program is designed to reduce opioid overdose deaths by providing access to Food and Drug Administration-approved emergency opioid antagonists, as defined in s. 381.887(1)(d), F.S., to organizations that serve individuals at risk of witnessing or experiencing an opioid overdose. NARCAN Nasal Spray is the emergency opioid antagonist the Florida Department of Children and Families currently purchases and makes available to eligible organizations. The Overdose Prevention Program has 2 primary goals:

• Provide overdose recognition and response training to organizations and individuals who may witness or experience an opioid overdose; and
• Distribute free naloxone kits to individuals at risk of experiencing an opioid overdose, as well as to friends and family members who may witness an opioid overdose.

Eligibility

Eligible organizations include any organization that is willing to distribute free naloxone to those who are at risk of witnessing or experiencing an opioid overdose.

Restrictions

Supplanting funds is strictly prohibited. Supplanting is defined as replacing funding of a recipient’s existing program with funds from this federal grant. However, funds may be used to supplement or expand local funding for the purchase of naloxone. The kits provided cannot be sold, charged through insurance, or used as incentives for paid trainings, and cannot be shipped out of Florida; this would be cause for immediate unenrollment from the program.

DCF Contact Information

To request a training, or to enroll in the Florida Department of Children and Families’s Overdose Prevention Program, please contact [email protected].