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Many Voices. One Task Force.

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A Task Force.

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The Youth Overdose/Opioid Task Force is more than a quarterly meeting.

It’s a growing coalition of young people, families, educators, healthcare providers, researchers, community organizations, and people with lived experience working together to address the root causes of youth overdose.

Who’s at the Table?

    • UT Health Science Center

    • University of Memphis

    • A Betor Way

    • Heal 901

    • Memphis Prevention

    • BHG Recovery

    • Memphis-Shelby County Schools

    • Crosstown High School

    • We Fight Monsters

    • Urban Family Ministries

    • CAAP Inc.

    • Door of Hope Memphis

    • Taking Back 901

    • YMCA Memphis

    • Wee Care Memphis

    • Clean Incorporated

    • Joshua’s Hope

    • C.A.R.E. Consulting Group

    • Shelby County Government

    • State of Tennessee

🌱 2024

Building the Foundation

  • A Community Comes Together

    • 🌱 YOOT founded

    • 📊 First Data Walk

    • 🗳 Three priorities selected

    • 🤝 Norms & Values established

    • 📝 Safe Spaces survey begins

    • 📋 Community demographic survey

    • 👥 Quarterly meetings launched

    • 🎪 First outreach eventsItem description

🚀 2025

From Conversation to Collaboration

    • 🔬 YPAR planning

    • 📄 Conference abstracts

    • 💰 First grant applications

    • 🏫 School partnerships

    • 🎪 Community events

    • 💊 Harm reduction collaborations

    • 📈 Membership grows

    • 🤝 New partner organizations

🌎 2026

Expanding Our Impact

    • 🧪 NIH R25

    • 📖 Frontiers manuscript

    • 🎓 YOUCAN presentations

    • 🏛 Region VII legislative work

    • 📋 Legislative tracking

    • 🗣 Policy engagement

    • 💚 Mental Health Awareness Day

    • 🌐 Website launches

    • 📢 Storytelling Team formed