Caring for our communities Combatting opioid misuse McKesson is steadfast in our effort to help communities combat opioid misuse, in part with a $100 million commitment in 2018 to form the independent Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE®), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, grantmaking foundation dedicated to combating the opioid crisis in the United States. FORE’s vision is to inspire and accelerate action to end the opioid epidemic with patients at the center. FORE is focused on supporting programs and grants in four key areas: provider education, payer strategies, policy initiatives, and public awareness. FORE has funded several projects to expand access to treatment and recovery services for underserved populations, including people of color, those in rural and tribal communities, and those involved with the criminal justice system. Below are some examples of that work. • A North Dakota program, Don’t Quit the Quit , offers mentoring to physicians, nurse practitioners, and others to help them prescribe buprenorphine, the gold standard medication for opioid use disorder (OUD). The program is also reaching women during the postpartum period — when many lose touch with their providers — by recruiting community members to work as postpartum doulas and by training staff at women, infants and children offices to help women find OUD treatment. • A consortium of three national projects is improving Emergency Department (ED) care for patients with opioid use disorder, working with hundreds of ED clinicians and hospitals across the country. • Twelve FORE grantees are working to expand access to treatment and recovery services for Black, Latinx, and/or indigenous populations. • Rapid response grants were awarded to nine organizations that provide uninterrupted access to recovery support during the pandemic. These include two groups that focus on young people: The Association of Recovery in Higher Education supports collegiate recovery programs and Young People in Recovery offers virtual recovery support meetings, social activities and peer supports. In May 2021, FORE opened a request for proposals for the Opioid Crisis Innovation Challenge 2021, calling for innovative approaches to longstanding challenges: training professionals to reduce stigma, gathering timely and actionable data, and supporting transitions from treatment to recovery. For more information on FORE, visit forefdn.org . In May 2021, FORE opened a request for proposals for the Opioid Crisis Innovation Challenge 2021 , calling for innovative approaches to longstanding challenges: training professionals to reduce stigma, gathering timely and actionable data, and supporting transitions from treatment to recovery. Introduction Stories Employees Access Equity Climate Operations >Table of Contents | 30 FY21 Impact Report