2. Contractor Progress & Outcomes

Anti-Stigma & Education Campaign | Effct LLC

Deliverable Status

• Effct’s Work Plan, with notes, status updates, and links to relevant documents, can be found in this Google Sheets document: 2025-27 R5COAC Work Plan/Contractor Scope Tracking

Data Gathered/Reach

• In this reporting period the Community Compass campaign continued to publish and sponsor digital content in all 5 counties of Region 5. Data provided by Effct during this reporting period covers the third quarter of 2025 and can be found in this document: Community Compass 2025 Q3 Report.pdf

• Campaign engagement data, along with the results of the Baseline Assessment, has also been published on the Region 5 Data Dashboard. This data, along with data for High Rockies Harm Reduction, can be found in the About Us > Our Reach section of the website, Region5OpioidCouncil.org.

  • Given this new platform for public access to data, future reports will focus on the performance and deliverables of the campaign.

Accomplishments

• A draft of the Featured Community Member Protocol was shared with the workgroup during the December 12th meeting. A final document is scheduled to be approved on February 13th. The protocol outlines how Effct contacts, engages, interviews, and follows up with Region 5 residents who are featured on the campaign to ensure transparency for all parties.

• Content featured this quarter:

  • October - Types of Stigma

    • What is stigma?

    • Examples of stigma

    • How does stigma impact recovery?

    • Featured Community Member: Hans Lutgring

  • November & December - Pathways to Recovery

    • What are the main pathways to recovery?

    • “First steps to recovery”

    • Featured Community Member: Karlynn Fuller

    • Featured Community Member: Joey Carlson

  • Upcoming Content

    • January: Pathways to Recovery (cont)

    • February: Overdose Awareness/Post-vention

Challenges/Barriers/Changes

• No challenges to report during this period

Harm Reduction | High Rockies Harm Reduction

Deliverable Status

• High Rockies Harm Reduction’s Work Plan, with notes, status updates, and links to relevant documents can be found in this Google Sheets document: 2025-27 R5COAC Work Plan/Contractor Scope Tracking

• Current delivery dates of the vans to HRHR from the contractor in Denver is by the beginning of February 2025. This delay was because of difficulty in sourcing the vehicles and administrative obstacles. Contingent deliverables (hiring of additional Peer Support Professional, expansion of services) will subsequently be delayed.

Data Gathered/Reach

• View the full HRHR 2025 Q4 Data spreadsheet here: Oct-Dec HRHR Data.xlsx

• During this reporting period High Rockies Harm Reduction (HRHR) distributed the following supplies across Region 5:

  • Narcan (two doses per box): 224

  • Intramuscular Naloxone: 3

  • Fentanyl Test Strips: 345

  • Xylazine Test Strips: 20

  • Syringes Out (distributed to participants): 595

  • Syringes In (used syringes collected and disposed by HRHR): 180

  • IV Kits: 24

  • Sterile Snorting Kits: 19

  • Sterile Pipes: 74

  • Condoms: 22

  • Personal Hygiene Items (toothbrushes, soap, combs, etc.): 38

• Participant Interactions

  • Eagle County: 20

    • 1 referral made to Mountain Youth

  • Garfield County: 46

    • 2 referrals made to Discovery Cafe

    • 1 referral to A Way Out

  • Lake County: 5

  • Pitkin County: 16

  • Summit County: 3

  • High Rockies Harm Reduction provided supplies and services at six community level events in this reporting period:

    • Potato Day, Carbondale, 10/4/25

    • Zombie Pub Crawl, Carbondale, 10/24/25

    • Halloween Parties, Carbondale, 10/31/25

    • Spanish Narcan Training, Glenwood Springs, 1/19/25

    • The Arts Campus at Willits, Carbondale, 11/21/25

    • Fundraiser at El Dorado Bar & Lounge, Carbondale, 12/12/25

Accomplishments

• During this reporting period construction began on the Ford Cargo Transit vans. Progress pictures can be found in this folder: HRHR Infrastructure Project Progress Pictures

Challenges/Barriers/Changes

• In this reporting period HRHR reduced the service schedule with workgroup approval. The absence of a reliable vehicle in addition to emerging administrative needs necessitated this change. HRHR in the interim of receiving the vehicles under the Infrastructure Round 3 project is developing policies and protocols around staffing and asset management. More details will be shared in future reports, but HRHR and the workgroup believe this decision is in the best interest of the program’s long-term success.

  • As services wound down in late 2025, HRHR communicated with clients about the anticipated impacts. Clients and community partners were instructed to reach out to Mugsy Seldeen if they needed any supplies, and were additionally informed of the anticipated increased capacity in the Spring once the mobile offices were delivered.

Data Dashboard | Omni Institute

Deliverable Status

• Omni’s Work Plan, with notes, status updates, and links to relevant documents can be found in this Google Sheets document 2025-27 R5COAC Work Plan/Contractor Scope Tracking

Data Gathered/Reach

• The Dashboard is live and the Spanish translation feature was made available in November 2025.

• Between September 2nd (the publish date) and the end of this reporting period, the dashboard attracted 481 unique visitors.

  • The top five visited pages (besides Home):

    • Key Outcomes 5

    • Social Determinants of Health

    • Overview

    • Mental Health

    • Funding Opportunities

Accomplishments

• Karina Schorr was invited to present about the dashboard at the 3rd annual Colorado Opioid Abatement Conference in Loveland, CO. Slides from that presentation can be found here: Region 5 OAC COAC Dashboard Presentation

Challenges/Barriers/Changes

• Next steps with the dashboard are now being determined by the workgroup, facilitated by Schorr. There is no scope of work with OMNI’s new contract that includes regular meetings, so all future work is being developed with strictly internal (Council) capacity. Initial thoughts include internal data reflection and stakeholder reengagement.

  • Omni remains responsible for updating the dashboards with new data as it becomes available and managing the website domain and accounts. Karina Schorr has some edit access, but is limited to making simple updates regarding announcements for public meetings, links to Strategic Plans, and other non-data related content.

  • Omni is currently working on developing a schedule of data updates to share with the Council.