State Infrastructure: New and Improved Overdose Fatality Review National Standards Assessment for States

This session promises practical guidance, shared learning, and valuable tools for building an infrastructure to support overdose fatality review (OFR). Attendees will leave prepared to develop actionable strategies for implementing a state infrastructure to support local OFRs. State agency personnel at any level of expertise and engagement in the OFR process are encouraged to attend.  

Attendees will join their state agency peers for an interactive session tailored exclusively for state leads. In this session, Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) facilitators will introduce the enhanced OFR State Checklist, a tool designed to equip state agencies with planning how best to support state and local OFR initiatives. Attendees will hear directly from states using the checklist to help build, strengthen, and sustain their support for state OFR infrastructure. This session offers an opportunity to connect with peers from other state agencies, discuss relevant issues and trends, share resources, exchange ideas, and acquire new skills to strengthen OFR programs. Participants will update their own assessments during the session with their plans and current activities. States completing their assessments in this session will have the opportunity to highlight key components of their state infrastructure efforts on the OFRTools website state profiles.