MarylandROTA sarted in 2019 as a University of Maryland Extension (UME) initiative in collaboration with regional and national partners, MarylandROTA was a product of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) ROTA initiative. The MarylandROTA project aimed to increase Maryland’s rural capacity to identify, respond to, and address opioid-related prevention and education needs through Extension research and outreach. The SAMHSA-funded MarylandROTA initiative has since offered 360 free trainings, reaching 1,112 youth and 7,364 adults from all 23 Maryland jurisdictions and Baltimore City.
The programs include:
- Botvin LifeSkills
- This is Not About Drugs
- Regrounding Our Response
- Opioid Public Health Crisis
- Generation Rx
- Mental Health First Aid
Reinforcing Overdose Prevention Through Training and Advocacy (ROPTA)
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