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<p style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The opioid epidemic was declared a national public health emergency in 2017, and the situation worsened due to the 2020 COVID pandemic.
Provisional data from the <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">CDC National Health Statistics Center</span></a> show that from September 2020 to September 2023, opioid overdose deaths in the US
increased by 19%, from 88,879 to 105,303. As community anchor institutions, public libraries are leveraging their assets in response to this crisis. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To aid staff at public libraries in determining how their library can address opioid use disorder in their community, WebJunction has developed the “<a href="https://www.webjunction.org/content/dam/WebJunction/Documents/webJunction/opioid-crisis/opioid-crisis-support-kit-March-2024.docx"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Opioid
Crisis Support Kit for Public Libraries</span></a>.” This resource will help strengthen libraries—and, more broadly, the communities they serve—as the nation continues to struggle with the opioid crisis.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.webjunction.org/explore-topics/opioid-crisis.html">The Support Kit</a> was tested by staff in 15 public libraries across the US and enhanced by their feedback. The
content includes pragmatic strategies, tools, and other resources to help libraries—including those in rural areas—as they determine their specific communities' needs and define the roles and activities their library is most suited to carry out. The kit will
help libraries assess their staff strengths and capacity, identify key partners with whom to collaborate or coordinate, and plan and implement programming and services that support local needs.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none">Upcoming webinar</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/opioid-crisis-support-kit.html">Join WebJunction on May 16, 2024, for a free webinar</a> (3:00 pm ET) to learn
more about the Support Kit, how it was created, and how to use it. You'll also hear from library staff who participated in the early testing and who were able to implement new programs to meet local needs.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="mso-ligatures:none">This program is supported in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Cathy Lancaster</span></b><span style="color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Lansing, MI 48915</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><br>
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