The Juvenile Opioid Treatment, Intervention and Prevention Program (JOTIPP) supports the most vulnerable in the community to the opioid crisis – the children. The program, hosted by the Berkeley County Recovery Resource Center and the Berkeley County Day Report Center, expands Peer Recovery services to address intervention and treatment needs primarily for students and secondarily, their family me
mbers expands and strengthens education and prevention activities through small group settings in the county's high schools, continues to instill and reinforce resilience and reducing stigma; and supports CATALIST, an initiative of the Berkeley County Day Report Center whose goal is to provide mental health and wellbeing of at-risk youth and their families. The continuing long term goal is to curtail opioid use, supporting all citizens to lead productive, health lives. 16% of Berkeley County’s population is school-aged children; by having the ability to provide streamlined services to a large portion of the county at one time allows for an elevated comprehensive, systematic approach to the opioid crisis. The JOTIPP program allows for a reach beyond the student population and connect families to community resources to support those in recovery or seeking recovery from substance use disorder (SUD) reducing opioid use and the number of overdoses. Ensuring programmatic success through comprehensive data analysis is a priority of this program. Therefore, partnership with a research company will guarantee efficiency, effectiveness and impact across both the juvenile programs and adult programs. The project serves Berkeley County, West Virginia with a population of 126,069 and will include partnerships with Berkeley County Schools and Berkeley County Sheriff.
