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SAFE INITIATIVES

WHAT’S AHEAD IN 2021

SAFE CAMPUSES SAFE COMMUNITIES SAFE WORKPLACES SAFE VETERANS:
Substance use or mental health challenges can completely The addiction crisis has overwhelmed many communities. When employees are managing substance use or mental At the outset of 2020, veterans were twice as likely to
derail a student’s recovery, wellness, and academic success. Our SAFE Communities team will coordinate with health challenges, it affects both their work and the die from an accidental overdose than any other member
A student should not have to choose between recovery and communities—large and small—to provide them with the workplace . SAFE Workplaces helps individual businesses of society. The pandemic has only made this worse. SAFE

their education. Regrettably, fewer than 5% of four-year tailored tools necessary to prevent addiction, eliminate create personalized programs to support their employees Veterans will continue to assist those serving on active duty,
institutions—and fewer than 1% of community colleges and stigma, plus provide treatment and recovery supports and families, while building wellness and improving veterans, caregivers, and their families.
trade schools— offer true recovery support for students. necessary for communities to thrive. workplace effectiveness.
In 2021, WE WILL:
In 2021, WE WILL: In 2021, WE WILL: In 2021, WE WILL:
• Empower veterans to build resilience skills through
• Continue to “grow” leaders in the collegiate recovery • Establish SAFE Solutions, an on-line one-stop source • Provide customized tools and resources to individual an expansion of our Veterans Wellness program while
field through our third and fourth cohort of Collegiate for communities to obtain the tools, resources, and corporations nationwide with programming to support encouraging the participants of the program to seek
Recovery Leadership Academies. technical assistance necessary to combat the addiction human resources requirements, create prevention help and overcome the stigma preventing overall
crisis.
• Develop webinars, virtual training, virtual office hours, techniques to avoid substance use disorder and success.
and other resources to provide college students, • Expand our programming to provide more communities eliminate stigma inside and outside the workplace.
administrators, and universities with the tools necessary with our innovative, evidence-based solutions such as • Assist military spouses establish healthy coping skills for
to build collegiate recovery programs on every campus. the Bridging Prevention and Recovery (BPR) program • Educate customers and providers of healthcare, the emotional weight they carry, SAFE Project partners
for practitioners to successfully overcome the artificial including establishing a partnership with a nationally with a Marine Corps veteran and military spouse to host
• Expand outreach and training to even more universities barriers and silos that prevent achieving successful recognized physical therapy company with access to Your Ruck . Your Ruck is a series of workshops and virtual
and colleges, equitably connecting with minority- outcomes. more than 500 communities in 12 states. lunch-and-learns for military spouses and veterans.
serving institutions.
• Increase the distribution of at-home drug disposal
solutions to rid individual medicine cabinets of the • Encourage businesses to establish programs to provide • Increase our reach of veterans, active duty service
number one source of teenage drug misuse and to support to individuals in recovery, including graduates members, and their families through Virtual Veterans,
continue to educate the public on the risks of misused from national collegiate recovery programs. connecting them to peer support and the resources
prescription drugs. they need to combat substance use disorder.
• Increase the awareness, education, and distribution of
Naloxone through a national campaign involving the
most dedicated and effective volunteer network in the
country.
• Empower individuals to find alternatives to prescription
painkillers, access treatment, and take charge of their
health care decisions through our national Be SAFE
signage campaign, with messaging in hospitals, medical
offices, bus stations, airports, and shopping malls.

• Assist the country by establishing a robust and user-
friendly locator for recovery housing and family support
resources.

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