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: R5COAC Work Plan/Contractor Scope Tracking

• All deliverables are currently on schedule.

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 first three months of 2025.

• Data for 2025 can be found in this document: Community Compass 2024 EOY Report

• Website

  • 3,708 Site Sessions

  • 3,627 Unique Visitors

  • 535 clicks on resource pages

  • Most Visited Pages:

    • 1. Stories

    • 2. Resources

    • 3. All Region 5 Resources

    • 4. Eagle County Resources

    • 5. Community Events

• Socials

  • Facebook

    • 925,560 Impressions (number of times a post was displayed to a user, regardless if the user engaged with the post)

    • 21,461 Link Clicks

  • Instagram

    • 202,197 Impressions

    • 1,300 Link Clicks

  • Snapchat

    • 442,324 Impressions

    • 1,479 Link Clicks

  • TikTok

    • 798,456 Impressions

    • 5,684 Link Clicks

Accomplishments

In this quarter the Community Compass (CC) continued to publish social media posts featuring local recovery stories and educational content with the goal of directing traffic to the Community Compass and featured resource websites. All content is posted on social media in English and Spanish. The website can be switched back and forth between English and Spanish. The website can be switched back and forth between English and Spanish.

• Content featured this quarter:

  • April - Party & Resort Culture/Positive Behavior Change

    • How to recognize party culture

    • Substance use is not “Self Care”

    • Tips for safe partying

    • Community Member feature: Jessica Taing

  • May - Positive Behavior Change/ Combatting Loneliness

    • How does loneliness impact substance use?

    • How to find activities that support recovery

    • Community Member feature: Dustin Straight

    • Finding Community in Recovery

  • June - Combatting Loneliness

    • How does isolation impact substance use?

    • How to fight isolation without substances?

    • How to tell if someone is feeling isolated?

    • Community Member feature: Sherry Randall

• Upcoming Content

  • July: Recovery Friendly Workplace Initiative

  • August: How can people in recovery help others in recovery?

  • September: Recovery Month

Challenges/Barriers/Changes

The Contracting Workgroup met with Effct to discuss a new/refined scope of work for the contract extension. Effct’s current contract term ends October 31st. New aspects of the contract extension will include an emphasis on physical advertisement purchases and refined processes for approving content, particularly Community Member Feature videos. When a new Work Plan is finalized the tracking document will be updated so that Council members can easily track objectives and progress.

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: R5COAC Work Plan/Contractor Scope Tracking

• High Rockies Harm Reduction is behind on the following objectives:

  • Goal 1, Objective 1.e: Train 1-2 FT/PT Harm Reduction Peer Support Specialists

  • Goal 2, Objective 1. B: Identify high need areas and propose a schedule of weekly service provisions in ID’d areas for each of the R5OAC counties to the HR work group

    • While 1 FT Peer Support specialist has been hired and high need areas have been identified, it is not feasible for HRHR to expand weekly services in Eagle, Lake and Summit counties without a 2nd Peer Support Specialist (PSS) dedicated to the Eastern portion of the Region. The travel required of the current team, all of whom live in the Roaring Fork Valley, to provide weekly services in 3 counties 50-100 miles from Garfield and Pitkin counties, is not sustainable.

Data Gathered/Reach

• View the full HRHR 2024 Q4 Data spreadsheet here: HRHR Q2 2025 Data.xlsx

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

  • Narcan (two doses per box): 418

  • Kloxxado (two doses per box): 5

  • Intramuscular Naloxone: 6

  • Fentanyl Test Strips: 726

  • Xylazine Test Strips: 0

  • Syringes Out (distributed to participants): 672

  • Syringes In (used syringes collected and disposed by HRHR): 320

  • IV Kits: 27

  • Sterile Snorting Kits: 55

  • Condoms: 148

• While participant data is somewhat difficult to capture for all of HRHR’s services (many events take place during large scale community events i.e. concerts, festivals) the below data reflects participants at the service events under the Region 5 contract. A participant is defined as an individual who engages with HRHR at a service event AND takes at least one piece of supplies (ie Narcan, fentanyl test strip, sterile injection kit etc.). Therefore the below data does not include events where HRHR was present in the community but did not distribute supplies to at least one client.

  • Eagle County participant interactions in this reporting period: 2

    • Garfield County participant interactions in this reporting period: 101

    • Lake County participant interactions in this reporting period: 12

    • Pitkin County participant interactions in this reporting period: 32

    • Summit County participant interactions in this reporting period: 0

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

      • Highlands Closing, Aspen, 4/13/25

      • Dandelion Day, Carbondale: 5/10/25

      • Glenwood Springs Pride: 6/7/25

      • Leadville Pride: 6/7/25

      • Avon Pride: 6/14/25

      • Queer Prom, Glenwood Springs: 6/21/25

Accomplishments

• The Region 5 application for the Infrastructure Share Round 3 funding opportunity was selected and received the full funding requested to purchase two new Ford Transit Cargo vans and outfit them as mobile offices. The funds and deliverables will be added to High Rockies Harm Reduction’s contract extension budget and scope. In the scope of work for that funding opportunity, which has been incorporated into High Rockies Harm Reduction’s contract extension, a new start date for the 2nd Peer Support Professional role has been set for March 1, 2026. Once that role is filled and that staff member has a reliable vehicle to utilize, increasing the frequency of services in Eagle, Lake and Summit counties will be more feasible. Actual dates for obtaining the vehicles may need to be adjusted as HRHR is currently working with its Fiscal Agent, the Colorado Nonprofit Development Center, to work through the administrative processes and requirements.

Challenges/Barriers/Changes

• Services in Eagle and Summit counties are not attracting much traffic/participants. While HRHR has established consistent locations and monthly schedules for services, there may be a lack of community awareness that is resulting in low participation. HRHR is planning on conducting some additional marketing and community outreach in the coming reporting period. HRHR has also seen increased participation numbers in Garfield and Pitkin counties when they move from monthly to weekly services, indicating that regular and consistent schedules facilitate better engagement. The Harm Reduction Workgroup and HRHR continue to work towards increasing the frequency of services in Eagle, Lake, and Summit counties.

• Reliable transportation continues to be a challenge, with the HRHR vehicle breaking down during this reporting period. Impact to services was minimal as staff was able to utilize personal vehicles. However, we continue to see the need for improved infrastructure and look forward to implementing the Infrastructure Share project.

Data Dashboard | The 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 R5COAC Work Plan/Contractor Scope Tracking

• Objective 4.c - Final English version of the dashboard is behind on the target completion date. Pending review and approval by workgroup members, the dashboard is anticipated to be published in August 2025. Please see the Challenges/Barriers/Changes section for more information.

Data Gathered/Reach

• OMNI has gathered all necessary data for the dashboard at this time. The contractor is currently exploring how best to display the Social Determinants of Health and Upstream Factor data on the website. The Data Dashboard workgroup will continue to give input on how to organize and visualize data.

Accomplishments

• In this reporting period, OMNI continued to gather feedback from the Data Dashboard workgroup regarding the overall look, organization, content, and function of the website.

Challenges/Barriers/Changes

• The publish date of the dashboard has been pushed back. While most work is complete, the final two Social Determinants of Health dashboards and data updates for the High Rockies and Community Compass sites are still in progress. These components are expected to be ready for review by mid-late July. Following a quick review, a full site launch, including all new dashboards, is targeted for sometime in August.