City Colleges of Chicago’s Malcolm X College (MXC) is inviting Chicagoans to become community health workers to help fight the opioid crisis. Using a $2.1 M grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, the college launched the Opioid-Impacted Family Support Program (OIFSP), which seeks to bring care and relief to neighborhoods that are most affected by opioid use disorder (OUD) in Chicago. Partners in this four-year initiative include: University of Illinois at Chicago – Department of Disability and Human Development (DHD), Gateway Foundation, Inc., and the Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago. Students with an interest in helping people to change their lives are encouraged to sign-up for this program starting this fall semester 2021. Through the program, students in MXC’s Community Health Worker program are trained to provide care and services to children and families impacted by opioid and substance use disorders. The grant will pay for students’ tuition, fees and book costs, and will provide a stipend up to $7,500 for the two-phase training course. For more information and to register for the program, visit www.ccc.edu/opioid.