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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 - 609 KB) and Volume 2 (PDF - 1.3 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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Opportunities to Promote Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) (PDF - 559 KB)

This report summarizes barriers and facilitators to providing MOUD at FQHCs and outlines opportunities at the health center, state, and federal level to support the clinical, organizational, and financial capacity to increase access to MOUD.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Policymakers and Payers
Source
Centers for Health Care Strategies (CHCS)
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Over-the-Counter Naloxone Messaging Guide (PDF - 1544 KB)

This guide provides community behavioral health organizations with the tools and strategies needed to educate their communities on the utility of carrying naloxone to save the life of someone experiencing an overdose.; Over-the-Counter Naloxone Messaging GuideThis guide provides community behavioral health organizations with the tools and strategies needed to educate their communities on the utility of carrying naloxone to save the life of someone experiencing an overdose.
Format
Guide
Audience
Communities
Behavioral Health Providers
First Responders
Families
Source
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Overdose Crisis Community Decision Tool

This brief questionnaire offers community leaders, decision-makers, and community members evidence-based strategies, tailored to their communities, for reducing opioid-overdose deaths.
Link
https://surveys.rti-wc8.com/jfe/form/SV_aVqiEq90atOEBxk
Format
Web Page
Audience
Communities
Other Team Members
States
Source
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Overdose Prevention and Response Toolkit (PDF - 1.31 MB)

This toolkit, designed to augment overdose prevention and reversal training, provides guidance on the role of opioid overdose reversal medications, including naloxone and nalmefene, and how to respond to an overdose.
Format
Toolkit
Audience
Patients
First Responders
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Peer Support Services Across the Crisis Continuum (PDF - 730 KB)

This paper presents best practices that will help to circumvent current challenges facing peer support workers and allow them to integrate within the crisis continuum.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Communities
Behavioral Health Providers
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Practitioner Training Materials and Resources

This resource provides multiple training opportunities for MOUD and general substance use disorder treatment.

Format
Web Page
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

RecoverMe

This web page provides resources for young adults to recover from substance use or mental health difficulties.
Format
Campaign
Audience
Patients
Families
Children
Communities
Schools
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page