State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford, D-Chicago and Alderwoman Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez are partnering with local public health organizations, elected officials, and researchers from Brown University to highlight new research on the efficacy of overdose prevention sites (centers) in reducing preventable overdose deaths and improving public health outcomes. Ford, who is sponsoring House Bill 2929—legislation to authorize a state-sanctioned overdose prevention site pilot program in Illinois—is partnering with researchers from Brown University, a public health expert from Rush University, community leaders from the West Side Heroin/Opioid Task Force, and other local elected officials to highlight the need for overdose prevention sites at a press conference on May 11 at Rush University Medical Center. The pilot program will be kick-started with an $18 million allocation from the Illinois Opioid Remediation Advisory Board, which manages a portion of the state’s opioid settlement funds from litigation against opioid manufacturers, with additional support and oversight provided by relevant state agencies.