Opioid Affected Youth Initiative (OAYI)
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Miami-Dade County is working with the Department of Justice – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR), and Florida Department of Health as our research partner to develop data collection tools that will inform strategies and programs to be implemented by the County to address specific challenges resulting from the opioid epidemic.
The County is also working in partnership with representatives from law enforcement, education, probation and community supervision, juvenile court, mental health service providers, medical physicians/examiners, prosecutors, community-based organizations that address substance abuse, child welfare agencies, first responders, juvenile justice groups, and other community health agencies.
The County is also working in partnership with representatives from law enforcement, education, probation and community supervision, juvenile court, mental health service providers, medical physicians/examiners, prosecutors, community-based organizations that address substance abuse, child welfare agencies, first responders, juvenile justice groups, and other community health agencies.
As part of the OAYI project, our goal is to educate youth under 25 about the risks associated with opioid misuse and abuse.
As part of the OAYI project, one of our goals is to educate parents and family about the risks associated with opioid misuse and abuse.
Educators play such a vital role in helping children grow up safe, healthy and drug free.
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About Us
<p>The Miami-Dade County Office of Management and Budget was awarded a FY 2018 Opioid
Affected Youth Initiative (OAYI) grant, which is a 3-year, $1 million grant funded
by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
(OJJDP). This initiative requires Miami-Dade County to develop data-driven, coordinated
responses to identify and address challenges resulting from opioid abuse that are
impacting youth and community safety.</p>
<p>The County is tasked with:</p>
<ul>
<li>Developing a multidisciplinary task force with working groups to identify specific
areas of concern</li>
<li>Collecting and interpreting data that will assist the task force in developing
strategies and programming that will be used to better coordinate response efforts
and resources</li>
<li>Implementing services that will address public safety concerns, intervention,
prevention, and diversion services for children, youth, and families directly impacted
by opioid abuse</li>
</ul>
<p>The target population may include youth under the age of 25 who:</p>
<ul>
<li>are at risk for abusing or misusing opioids or have abused or misused opioids</li>
<li>may have family members abusing or misusing opioids</li>
<li>have been impacted because the parent or legal guardian overdosed on opioids,
or the parent or guardian has been placed in Termination of Parental Rights status</li>
<li>may become or have been the victim of crimes (criminal neglect, theft, exploitation,
sexual abuse or assault, human trafficking, or child abuse) as a result of the opioid
epidemic</li>
</ul>
<p>This website was prepared under grant #2018-YB-FX-K002 from the Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), U.S. Department of Justice. Points of
view or opinions expressed in these web pages are those of the authors and do not
necessarily represent the official position or policies of OJJDP or the U.S. Department
of Justice.</p>
