The grant was awarded through the "Combating Opioid Overdose through Community-Level Intervention" (COOCLI) program of the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy to evaluate harm reduction services in rural areas of North Carolina.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology Jennifer J. Carroll is part of a collaborative research team headed by Jesse Bennett and Loftin Wilson at the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition that has been awarded $262,000 to evaluate harm reduction and overdose prevention services for people who use drugs in rural areas of North Carolina.
The project for which the award was granted, “Strengthening Overdose Prevention in Rural Areas Through Participant-Driven Innovation,” will explore current gaps in essential harm reduction services and barriers to care experienced by North Carolinians living in five rural counties of the state. Carroll is serving as the lead evaluator on the team, offering her expertise in the implementation of overdose prevention interventions and mixed-methods evaluation strategies to the project.
Further details about this grant program and a full list of 2018 grantees can be found online here.
More information about the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition and the work they do in communities, jails, police departments, and clinics across the state can be found on their website.