The Kane County Health Department partnered with healthcare providers, community organizations, libraries, and government agencies over the past year to install publicly accessible naloxone dispensing boxes, making the life-saving medication easier for residents to obtain quickly and discreetly, officials announced in a news release.

Naloxone is a medication that can reverse an opioid overdose. In Illinois, it is available without a prescription, and individuals do not need to show identification to receive it.

Making naloxone widely available is a key strategy in preventing overdose deaths and ensuring that community members can respond immediately in an emergency, according to the release.

Naloxone dispensing boxes’ locations:

• Kane County Government Center, Building A, 719 S. Batavia Ave., Geneva

• Kane County Health Department, 2170 Point Blvd., Elgin

• Tri Cities Court Services, 37W777 Illinois Route 38, Suite 100, St. Charles

• Elgin Court Services, 113 S. Grove Ave, Elgin

• Aurora Court Services, 1330 N. Highland Ave., Aurora

• Waubonsee Community College Todd Library, Illinois Route 47 & Waubonsee Drive, Sugar Grove

• Waubonsee Community College Downtown Campus Library, 18 S. River St., Aurora

• The START Program, 550 Second Ave., Aurora

• Association for Individual Development, 1230 N. Highland Ave., and at 309 W. New Indian Trail Court, both in Aurora

• Association for Individual Development, 1135 Bowes Road, Elgin

• AID Supported Living, 691 S. State St., Elgin

• Community Crisis Center Food Distribution Center, 37 S. Geneva St., Elgin

• Aurora Public Library, 101 S. River St., Aurora

• Gateway Foundation, 400 Mercy Lane, Aurora

• Mutual Ground, 418 Oak Ave. and at its Substance Use Services, 120 Gale St., both in Aurora

• Rush Copley Medical Center, 2000 Ogden Ave., Aurora

• Mercy Medical Center, 1325 N. Highland Ave., Aurora

• Prime Healthcare Mercy Medical Behavioral Health, 1330 N. Lake St., Aurora

• Advocate Sherman Hospital, 1425 N. Randall Road, Elgin

• Ecker Center for Behavioral Health, 1845 Grandstand Place, Elgin

• Aurora Transportation Center, 233 N. Broadway Ave., Aurora

These locations are in addition to more than 100 more locations in Kane County that provide free naloxone to the public.

A complete list of distribution sites – including pharmacies, treatment providers, community organizations and public agencies – can be found on the Kane County Health Department website www.kanehealth.com.