The Northeast Colorado Health Department (NCHD) partnered with OMNI to conduct an opioid and substance use regional assessment of Health Statistics Region 1 (HSR1), the catchment area which NCHD serves. HSR1 is located in the northeast corner of Colorado and consists of Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, and Yuma Counties.

The goal of this regional assessment was to comprehensively assess opioid and substance misuse within HSR1's six counties to provide data for NCHD to use in deciding in how best to strengthen community collaboration and strategic planning to address these challenges.

To comprehensively assess HSR1's opioid and substance use, OMNI employed a two-pronged approach drawing upon both publicly available secondary data and a community survey. Our goal was to root the assessment in both population-level health indicators as well as the lived experience of community members.