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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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Fentanyl Statistics 2025: Up-to-Date Facts on Abuse and Overdose

This article utilizes the most up-to-date statistics available to provide an accurate picture of the fentanyl crisis in 2024. For some statistics, the most up-to-date information will be cut off in 2021.
Format
Web Page
Audience
Policymakers and Payers
States
Communities
Source
Addiction Group
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Filling the Gaps in SUD Care Coordination (PDF - 309 KB)

This blog post highlights key challenges facing care coordination in substance use disorder care
Format
Web Page
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Communities
Source
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Guide to Long-acting Medications (PDF - 3.1 MB)

The guide urges all community mental health and substance use treatment clinicians to provide long-acting medications as a first-line treatment option.
Format
Guide
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Communities
Families
Source
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Meeting Guide | Alcoholics Anonymous

Free app for finding AA meetings.

Format
Web Page
Audience
Communities
Families
Patients
Source
Alcoholics Anonymous
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Mental Health Month Action Guide 2025

This toolkit provides mental health resources in advance of Mental Health Month.
Format
Toolkit
Audience
Patients
Families
Communities
Source
Mental Health America
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Model Definitions for Behavioral Health Emergency, Crisis, and Crisis Related Services (PDF - 2020 KB)

This document seeks to promote crisis service quality and consistency, and further payer adoption of emergency, crisis, and crisis-related behavioral health services. Achieving these goals will support increased access to quality, equitable emergency, and crisis care for all individuals.

Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Module 5: Planning for Funding and Sustainability

This module discusses the key issues in planning for sustainability of health programs in rural communities.

Format
Web-Based Course
Audience
Communities
Other Team Members
Policymakers and Payers
States
Source
Rural Health Information Hub
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

NativeAIR

NativeAIR contains reviews of evidence-based alcohol interventions for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) and other Indigenous communities from published, peer-reviewed studies. NativeAIR highlights 39 total interventions organized into three areas: prevention interventions for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, prevention interventions for alcohol misuse, and treatment interventions for alcohol use disorder. Experts reviewed each intervention utilizing a rigorous set of criteria. Many of the interventions include important aspects of cultural relevance and Tribal inclusion.
Format
Web Page
Audience
Communities
Graduate Education
Source
National Institute on Alcohol and Alcoholism
Year
Resource Type
Web Page