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Substance Use Tools & Resources   

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This collection of tools and resources is for providers, staff, and patients who offer or use services to address substance use, and other interested stakeholders. This collection was originally established following an environmental scan on implementing medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD) in rural primary care. (See PDFs of Volume 1 [PDF 0.69 MB] and Volume 2 [PDF 1.28 MB] of that scan). Items have been continuously added to this collection since then, and the collection has expanded to cover substance use more broadly, rather than just MAT for OUD.

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Important Considerations in Recovery

Important Considerations in Recovery addresses trends and challenges in the recovery field, with a specific focus on providing guidance related to issues that may impact knowledge of recovery principles and practices across systems. The objective of this issue brief is to empower states and SSAs with information and prepare them to implement policies, funding strategies and mechanisms, and workforce development initiatives.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
States
Communities
Behavioral Health Providers
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
2.1 MB

Incarceration and Homelessness: Reentry Considerations for Health Care Providers

The Issue Brief is designed to help clinicians and other health care providers gain greater insight into the challenging dimensions of access to health care that face formerly incarcerated people during the reentry period, and how healthcare access intersects with homelessness, with attention to the challenges specific to young people involved in juvenile justice systems.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Communities
Policymakers and Payers
Source
National Health Care for the Homeless Council
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
3.4 MB

Increasing Recovery Consciousness: Grounding Systems in Recovery

This publication offers strategies for government agencies to build recovery-rich communities, using lived experience as the frame.
Format
Guide
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
States
Policymakers and Payers
Source
Peer Recovery Center of Excellence
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
1854 KB

Innovation in Behavioral Health (IBH) Model

The web page highlights a new payment model from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for innovation in behavioral health. The model will focus on improving the quality of care and behavioral and physical health outcomes and will begin on January 1, 2025.
Format
Web Page
Audience
Policymakers and Payers
States
Source
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Integrating People with Lived and Living Experience into Overdose Prevention and Response Programs

This guide offers strategies to integrate people with living and lived experience (PWLLE) into overdose prevention programs, featuring examples like overdose spike response and overdose fatality reviews. 
Format
Guide
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
412 KB

Issue Brief: Expanding Peer Support and Supporting the Peer Workforce in Mental Health

This issue brief offers valuable information to State Mental Health Authorities about the benefits of peer support and inclusion of the peer workforce throughout the behavioral health continuum. The document highlights current standards and best practices for including peer support workers as an essential component of services delivery for mental and co-occurring disorders, like substance use disorder.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
States
Other Team Members
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
3.55 MB

Issue Brief: Person-Centered Planning

This issue brief provides information for State Mental Health Authorities (SMHA) about strategies for promoting person-centered planning (PCP) to enhance the quality of behavioral health services and the valued recovery outcomes of those that use them.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Policymakers and Payers
States
Communities
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
4.22 MB

Know Your Rights: Office of Recovery

Explains patient rights and the Federal laws that protect people receiving mental health or substance use services. Describes who is protected by these laws and what they cover, including employment, housing, services, and public accommodations.

Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Families
Patients
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Year
File Size
549 KB