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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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CMS Cross Cutting Initiative: Behavioral Health

The document reviews CMS's behavioral health priorities. Highlights include expanding telehealth access, promoting school-based services, contingency management programs, the making care primary (MCP) care model for rural communities
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
States
Communities
Behavioral Health Providers
Schools
Source
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
204 KB

Community Member Engagement Resource Center

This resource center offers practical guidance to help Medicaid stakeholders, including community-based organizations, engage community members in policy and program design development, especially as a means of increasing health equity.
Format
Web Page
Audience
Communities
Policymakers and Payers
States
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Source
Center for Healthcare Strategies (CHCS)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Comprehensive Approaches and Cross-Cutting Tools

Examples on this page illustrate how several different states have taken a comprehensive approach through overall system transformation and/or strategic disruptive investments.
Format
Toolkit
Audience
Policymakers and Payers
Communities
States
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Conceptual Framework and Strategic Considerations for Modernizing Behavioral Health Systems

This page and graphic provides a high-level framework for a modernized behavioral health system. The conceptual frame synthesizes key components of a behavioral health continuum of care and cross-cutting principles from expert input and best practice approaches.
Format
Toolkit
Audience
Policymakers and Payers
Communities
States
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Connected and Strong: Strategies for Accessible and Effective Crisis and Mental Health Services

This technical assistance brief reviews areas of critical need in mental health services across the United States. It discusses the behavioral health workforce, youth mental wellness, the justice system, social determinants of health, suicide, and drug-related overdose fatalities. It highlights five core principles that guide strategies to combat these problems.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Communities
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
924 KB

Crisis Services: General Medical and Psychiatric Approaches to Care Delivery

This paper outlines many important considerations in delivering medical psychiatric crisis care and provides information and recommendations to improve practices and ultimately better meet the needs of individuals served.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Policymakers and Payers
First Responders
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
656 KB

Crisis Systems Coordination and Collaboration: Leveraging Strengths and Opportunity of 988 and 911

This technical assistance brief will review many aspects of crisis system collaboration, incorporating stakeholder input gathered during this exciting transition from a default emergency medical and law enforcement response to a more intentional, varied continuum of behavioral health crisis responses.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
First Responders
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Policymakers and Payers
States
Communities
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
987 KB

Crosswalk of National Behavioral Health Workforce Recommendations

This actionable roadmap shares a Collective Impact approach to elevate solutions that require a cross-sector effort to address long-standing challenges and complex multisystem solutions for expanding and solidifying the behavioral health workforce.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Policymakers and Payers
States
Source
Center for Workforce Solutions
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
2041 KB

Defining the State Role in Primary Care Reform

This issue brief and accompanying federal alignment tool offer a template for systematically evaluating how state activities align with each of the federal government's primary care intiatives. It also describes six key activities that will help states best leverage their authority.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
States
Policymakers and Payers
Source
Milbank Memorial Fund
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
390 KB