Become a DCF Naloxone Provider

Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) Overdose Prevention Program (OPP)

The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) Overdose Prevention Program (OPP) is designed to reduce opioid overdose deaths by providing access to FDA-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 DCF currently purchases and makes available to eligible organizations. The OPP has 2 primary goals:

1. Provide overdose recognition and response training to organizations and individuals who may witness or experience an opioid overdose; and
2. 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 non-profits that hand out free take-home naloxone kits directly to individuals at risk of experiencing an opioid overdose, and to friends and family who may witness an overdose.

Restrictions

Supplanting funds is strictly prohibited. Supplant 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 distributed at paid training; this would be cause for immediate unenrollment from the program.

DCF Contact Information

To request a training, or to enroll in DCF’s Overdose Prevention Program, please contact isavefl@myflfamilies.com.