2025 National Forum on Overdose Fatality Review: Turning the Tide

Saving Lives, Supporting Recovery, and Honoring Those We Have Lost

February 11 | 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., PDT

February 12 | 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 Noon, PDT

Post-Conference | 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., PDT

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About

You are invited to join your peers for the 2025 National Forum on Overdose Fatality Review (OFR) on February 11–12, 2025, in Portland, Oregon, as multidisciplinary partners highlight the advances that OFRs and communities have made in collaborating to prevent substance misuse and future overdose deaths. This 1½-day, in-person convening will allow OFR peers who participate in, lead, support, or are interested in OFRs to connect directly with colleagues from different backgrounds to discuss relevant issues and trends, share ideas, exchange resources, and gain new skills to improve programs.

Contributions from OFR peers throughout the country will be presented in a mix of general-interest plenary sessions, workshops for those new to OFR, and skills trainings to strengthen existing OFRs. Participants at any level of experience are encouraged to attend.

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See you in February!

Agenda

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Funding

The Bureau of Justice Assistance's Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) Overdose Fatality Review Training and Technical Assistance Program is a collaborative effort of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

This project was supported by Grant No. 15PBJA-21-GK-01074-MUMU awarded by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART). Points of view or opinions are those of the presenters and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.

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