The Prevention Corps program focuses on educating and empowering communities across Connecticut to end the opioid crisis. Members will deliver Narcan trainings to the community at large to prevent overdose deaths as well as educate individuals on current opioid trends, distribute information on safe storage/disposal of medication, implement education sessions on substance misuse and mental health, and create/support awareness campaigns to reduce stigma. Placement sites include colleges and universities, health departments, town youth/community services, Regional Behavioral Action Health Organizations, and nonprofits related to substance misuse. Members will serve on a three-quarter-time (35 hours per week) or part-time (23 hours per week).

The Prevention Corps Program will have 20 AmeriCorps members in four of Connecticut's Regional Behavioral Health Action Organizations regions that encompass the Greater Hartford, Greater Waterbury, Greater New Haven, and Greater Bridgeport areas. AmeriCorps members will coordinate activities related to substance misuse prevention/harm reduction (with a specific focus on opioids), and prescription drug education. At the end of the first program year, members will be responsible for: delivering Naloxone (Narcan) trainings to 600 individuals (community members, first responders, health care practitioners), 80% of individuals trained in Naloxone who complete a knowledge assessment report knowledge gained; building capacity for 20 organizations utilizing the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) public health model, 8 organizations will report increased capacity due to member placement; conducting 150 community education sessions; attending 100 informational tabling sessions; securing 20 partnerships with pharmacies/prescribers; and securing an additional 20 partnerships with clergy/faith leaders. The program will focus on the CNCS focus area of Healthy Futures. The AmeriCorps investment of $271,694 will be matched with $194,875 in local funding.