Substance Use Tools & Resources
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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This blog post highlights the importance of emphasizing recovery within integrated healthcare processes. It calls for improved healthcare information technology and encourages the involvement of people with lived experience.
Format
Web Page
Audience
Communities
Behavioral Health Providers
Patients
Families
Source
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Year
Resource Type
Web Page
Hiring PWLLE Within Local and State Health Departments
This tool identifies key elements for health departments to consider when hiring People With Lived and Living Experience (PWLLE), from identification and description of job roles and responsibilities to recruitment and interviewing.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
States
Communities
Other Team Members
Source
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Year
Resource Type
PDF
How Are States Spending Opioid Settlement Cash? We Built a Database of Answers
KFF Health News, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Shatterproof compiled a database of publicly reported opioid settlement expenditures in 2022 and 2023. States were invited to review the data collected about their spending and share with the public a brief response or explanation about their approach to the money.
Format
Web Page
Audience
States
Source
KFF Health News
Year
Resource Type
Web Page
How States Use Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Measures to Inform Decision-Making
The article reviews how states are using data collected from OUD treatment measures. Emphasis is placed on expanding access to treatment and improving quality and health equity.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
States
Policymakers and Payers
Source
Pew Charitable Trusts
Year
Resource Type
Web Page
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
Improving Care for People with Limited English Proficiency
This fact sheet provides information for providers treating patients with limited English proficiency.
Format
Fact Sheet/Brochure
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Year
Resource Type
PDF
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
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
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