Illinois Overdose Response Funding Q3 Program Highlight

  • Seal of the state of Illinois

  • Overdose Response FY 23 3rd Quarter: Program Spotlight

  • Kathleen Monahan, SOR Project Director
  • Jennifer Jennings, Data Management

Illinois Learning Collaborative to Support Medication Assisted Recovery (MAR)

Implementation for Justice-Involved Populations

  • Expert technical assistance for county teams interested in starting or expanding MAR programs in their jail, and to support continued recovery support in the community post-release.
  • Priority Population- Illinois State Overdose Action Plan identifies justice-involved individuals as high priority for receiving services to treat and prevent overdose.
  • Treatment for incarcerated people is one of the eight core abatement strategies for overdose settlement funds in IL.

Defining MAR for Justice Populations

MAR in Jails

MAR for Justice Populations includes re-entry support, access to behavioral health and other services, implementation of at least two forms of the FDA-approved medications, other evidence based interventions, and access to naloxone for overdose prevention.

Cumulative total of unique detainees that have received MAR in jail

Cumulative Detainees

"

Total Continued or Initiated on MAR per Month" "Cumulative Total on MAR"
16 11
16 32
24 56
26 82
30 112
26 138
34 172
32 204
48 252
20 272
14 286
13 299
19 318
22 340
27 367

Program Data January 2022- March 2023

Majpr program data highlights

Since inception of the program in January 2022 to March 2023, 387 Unique clients have been seen. 52% of them continue MAR in post-release, and there have been 20 learning sessions and 1 statewide conference.

Illinois MAR REACH

Illinois map with 19 counties highlighted blue

Boone

Bureau

Christian

Crawford

DuPage

Ford

Grundy

Iroquois

Jersey

Kendall

Lake

Lasalle

Lee

Richland

Kankakee

Sangamon

Shelby

Will 

Winnebago

As of March 2023, 19 counties have joined the collaborative. These 19 counties represent 46% of the state (excluding cook).

  • Boone
  • Bureau
  • Christian
  • Crawford
  • DuPage
  • Ford
  • Grundy
  • Iroquois
  • Jersey
  • Kendall
  • Lake
  • Lasalle
  • Lee
  • Richland
  • Kankakee
  • Sangamon
  • Shelby
  • Will 
  • Winnebago