The R.O.S.E. Program: Bringing Overdose Prevention to the Local Restaurant Community: How Penndel Mental Health Center is Partnering with Local Restaurants to Save Lives

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  • Jon Rubin Penndel Mental Health Center

Keywords:

overdose prevention, healthcare, awareness, restaurants, opioid misuse, outreach and education, overdose response, community resources

Abstract

In September 2025, Penndel Mental Health Center (Penndel) in Langhorne, PA, launched a community-based restaurant outreach and education program designed to help restaurant ownership and staff better understand the signs of a potential opioid overdose and how to respond in the moment to help protect customers, staff or staff families. The program also educates restaurant staff regarding the impacts of opioid use and available community resources they can access.

Known as the R.O.S.E. program (Restaurant Outreach, Support and Education), the program was modeled after the state of Delaware's Restaurant Accolade Program which has shown excellent results since it was launched in 2019. The Restaurant Accolade Program was developed to support Delaware’s fight against the opioid crisis and save lives through the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH), with technical assistance from Health Management Associates (HMA). 

On the day of the initial launch of ROSE, the Penndel Team with support from HMA trained five restaurants with 38 participants.

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Published

2025-12-11

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Rubin, J. (2025). The R.O.S.E. Program: Bringing Overdose Prevention to the Local Restaurant Community: How Penndel Mental Health Center is Partnering with Local Restaurants to Save Lives. Social Innovations Journal, 34. Retrieved from https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/11248

Issue

Vol. 34 (2025): Innovations and Models of Care in Health and Human Services: Advancing Care, Systems, and Policy for Complex Needs

Section

Therapeutic, Clinical, and Technological Innovations for Special Needs Populations

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