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After losing her son and daughter to overdoses, Face the Facts Delaware co-founder Penny Rogers calls on Delawareans to turn awareness into action by sharing stories, supporting grieving families, and challenging the stigma surrounding substance use disorder.

For International Overdose Awareness Day, DOSC joined Delaware leaders and advocates to honor lives lost and turn remembrance into action, highlighting the urgent need for around-the-clock care and stronger pathways to treatment and recovery.

Delaware made a deliberate choice to prioritize certainty over speculation—securing guaranteed, upfront funding that allows us to invest not just in immediate recovery efforts, but in sustainable, long-term solutions to the opioid crisis. This settlement is not the end of the work; it is the foundation for the next decade of it.

The Delaware Prescription Opioid Settlement Distribution Commission is rolling out a long-term grant program to fund prevention, treatment, and recovery services across ten local governments, advancing equitable, transparent solutions to combat the opioid crisis statewide.