An Overdose Fatality Review is a locally-based, multi-disciplinary process for understanding the risk factors and circumstances leading to fatal overdoses and identifying opportunities to prevent future overdoses. Garrett County has a local team made up of a diverse group of stakeholders who collaborate to share data and study the death of a specific individual to identify gaps in the system that could have saved that person’s life.

The OFR Team is currently funded by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding. The
the objective is to increase the capacity of the Local Overdose Fatality Review Teams to implement recommendations and ensure a successful implementation that addresses systemic factors contributing to the risk of overdose, addiction substance misuse, and/or behavioral disorders in the prospective communities, thereby improving substance misuse outcomes among young adults and older adults.