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WEBVTT SPECIALIST. PSHE INTRODUCES US TO JACKIE PCORBALLY. P I WANT TO SEE BURLINGTON PCONTINUING TO LIVE UP TO ITS PPOTENTIAL. PREPORTER A FEW DOORS DOWN FROM PTHE CHIEF OF POLICE, THE PSPECIALIST IS GETTING READY FOR PHER NEW ROLE AS THE OPIOID PPOLICY COORDINATOR. P>> THIS IS A DUAL ROLE, WORKING PWITH PEOPLE IN THE THREAT OF AN PEPIDEMIC AND WORKING WITH YOUNG PPEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO PNOT GO DOWN THIS PATH. PREPORTER: CORBALLY'S BEEN A PSOCIAL WORKER FOR 30 YEARS, PSPENDING 27 OF THEM N PBURLINGTON. PHER NEW TASK IS A BIG ONE, PTACKLING THE CITY'S HEROIN PEPIDEMIC. P>> TO MOVE TO A PLACE WHERE WE PDON'T HAVE PEOPLE DYING ON A PREGULAR BASIS AND OVERDOSING ON PA REGULAR BASIS. PREPORTER: TO DO THAT, SHE WANTS PTO MAKE SURE THAT ANYBODY WHO PWANTS TREATMENT CAN GET IT. P>> THERE IS A DELAY IF THEY WANT PTREATMENT. PREPORTER: AND THE SHERIFF IS PGLAD SHE IS HERE. P>> THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PGROUPS WORKING ON THIS PROBLEM PAND EFFORTS ARE NOT AS PCOORDINATED AS THEY NEED TO BE. PTHIS IS A NEW WAY OF WORKING PTOGETHER. PREPORTER: CORBALLY SAYS TO DO PTHAT WILL MEAN WORKING WITH THE PSTATE, CITY AND RESIDENTS. PAND SHE'S READY FOR THE PCHALLENGE. P>> I'M HOPING PEOPLE WILL PICK PUP THE PHONE AND CALL. PWE NEED TO HAVE A COMMUNITY PAPPROACH. PTHIS ISN'T JUST THE PROVIDERS OR PTHE MAYOR'S OFFICE OR THE POLICE P, IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE A

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“I want to see Burlington continuing to live up to its potential,” Jackie Corbally said. Just a few doors down from the chief of police, Corbally is getting settled in her new office and new role, as Burlington’s first Opiate Policy Coordinator. “This is a duel-fold role. Not only is it working with folks who are in the thread of addiction but working with young folks so they never go down this path,” Corbally said. Corbally’s been a social worker for 30 years, spending 27 of them in Burlington. Her new task is a big one: tackling the city’s heroin epidemic. “To move to a place where we don’t have people dying on a regular basis and we don’t have people overdosing on a regular basis,” Corbally said. To do that, Corbally wants to make sure anyone who wants treatment can get it. “There is a substantial delay before people can get treatment,” Mayor Miro Weinberger said. Weinberger said he’s glad Corbally is here to help bring the resources together. “There are a lot of different groups that are working on one piece of this problem and our efforts are not as coordinated and as aligned as they need to be. This is a new way I think of working on this together,” Weinberger said. Corbally said that will mean working with the state, city and residents. And she’s ready for the challenge. “I’m hoping people will pick up the phone and call. We need to have a community approach. This isn’t just the providers or the mayor’s office or the police it really needs to be a community approach,” Corbally said.