Communities

Encourages communities to replicate the collaborative approach that exists in State government to increase the capacity of local partners to implement effective responses to opioid abuse and addiction.

Includes information for healthcare professionals, professional and patient organizations, and community groups, including tips for getting started, fact sheets on the requirements for providing chronic care management in practices, and educational materials to share with patients.

Equips healthcare providers, communities, and local governments with material to develop practices and policies to help prevent opioid-related overdoses and deaths. Addresses issues for healthcare providers, first responders, treatment providers, and those recovering from opioid overdose.

Distills key concepts and evidence-based strategies into short, easy-to-read sections; offers interactive activities to help understand how these concepts relate to a community's work in substance abuse prevention; and provides tips, exercises, and worksheets to apply the concepts within a community.

Provides lessons learned from organizations with established MAT programs, including making the business case for MAT, securing buy-in from staff, overcoming community resistance, paying for MAT, finding prescribers, obtaining licenses and credentials, screening and assessing patients, combining medication and therapy, and sustaining a MAT program.

Provides presentations, documents, forms, and videos about the use of naloxone in opioid overdoses. Resource categories are First Responder Naloxone Training Program, Naloxone Program Forms, Naloxone Training Forms, and Videos.

Provides general information about evidence-based practices that have been successfully implemented in the United States and are effective in reducing rates of opioid overdose.

Guides States, Tribes, and local communities on best practices for collaborative treatment approaches for women with SUDs. Highlights data on the effects of opioids on pregnant women and the risks and benefits associated with MAT.

Aims to expand public understanding about addiction and replace the myths and misinformation that keep substance use disorders (SUDs) from being treated like any other medical condition.

Explores ways to expand the use of evidence-based treatment for OUD.