White House recognizes MAMDP as a benefit to the community

The White House recently released a list of “success stories” from around the country that exemplify a clear benefit to the community at-large. The Health Project’s medication take-back program, MAMDP, was specifically mentioned:

Since 1994, the Muskegon Community Health Project convened community groups to increase access to dental care and health care, including treatment for substance use disorders. One of the groups, the Coalition for a Drug Free Muskegon County, is an ONDCP-funded Drug Free Community (DFC) coalition with over 70 members from public health, law enforcement, substance abuse agencies, health care, and student organizations.

To reduce the availability of prescription drugs, the DFC coalition established the Muskegon Area Medication Disposal Project (MDP). DFC leaders facilitated meetings and acted as a fiduciary for the effort and leveraged hospital resources. The hospital provided a range of resources to support the MDP including assistance organizing the events, supporting marketing, branding, and communications, providing supplies, and paying for costs for drug disposal events.

The hospital has also been integral in sustaining the overall work of the coalition after it graduated from the DFC program. In 2014, the coalition was awarded the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America’s Got Outcomes Coalition of the Year Award.

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