Community Health Worker (CHPLA)

Through partnership with Community Health Project Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County (County) Department of Health Services (DHS) Office of Diversion and Reentry (ODR) Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND) program increases access to naloxone across the County.  The aim of the OEND program is to reduce overdose mortality rate by providing training and naloxone to people who use County services and to those who are likely to be present at the scene of an overdose.

Because of the high mortality rates among people leaving incarceration, one target population is the reentry population leaving LAC jails or in their communities.