Policymakers & Community Leaders

Opioid Response Network

Source: Opioid Response Network

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration provided a grant to the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry and their partners to support states and communities implementing their federal State Targeted Response grants. This is the website for the Technical

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Substance Use and Housing National Leadership Forum

Source: CSH & National Council for Behavioral Health

In 2014 leaders were convened in Washington to discuss strategies to bring housing and service integration for people with substance use disorders. This report describes the discussions held and the convening and provides recommendations for creating a continuum of housing and services to

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Building Recovery – State Policy Guide for Supporting Recovery Housing

Source: National Council for Behavioral Health

This toolkit provides policy makers with guidance on how to create effective regulations, oversight policies, and financial support for recovery housing services in their community. The toolkit is divided into three sections including a discussion of recovery housing standards, incentives and

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Two-year Strategic Plan for Addressing the Opioid Crisis in the City of Huntington/Cabell and Wayne Counties, West Virginia

Source: Huntington, West Virginia Mayor's Office of Drug Control Policy

A 2017 strategic plan for addressing the opioid crisis in the City of Huntington, West Virginia designed by key stakeholders and the Mayor’s Office of Drug Control Policy. The plan highlights the need to coordinate efforts and proposes a focus on three key areas: prevention, treatment and recovery, and law enforcement.

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Butler County Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Services Board – Strategic Plan

Source: Butler County Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Services Board

This is the strategic plan for Butler County, Ohio to implement a Recovery Oriented System of Care during the years 2016 to 2018. The report includes an analysis of the readiness assessment and key stakeholder recommendations, and then presents the strategic plan for implementation.

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Michigan’s Recovery Oriented System of Care – An Implementation Plan for Substance Use Disorder Service System Transformation

Source: Bureau of Substance Abuse and Addiction Services, Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Administration, Michigan Department of Community Health

Michigan prepared this 2011 implementation plan for transforming its substance use disorder treatment system into a Recovery Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC) model. Michigan was a leader in adopting the ROSC model.

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Recovery Management and Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care: Scientific Rationale and Promising Practices

Source: Northeast Addiction Technology Transfer Center, Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center, Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services

Noted researcher William White prepared this 2008 overview of Recovery Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC) model. The report traces the history of addiction treatment and why the system needs to move to a more recovery-focused model. This report is considered one of the foundational documents of the ROSC movement.

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Recovery is Beautiful – Developing a Better Understanding

Source: Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities

This 2 page document briefly explains Ohio’s plan to transform its behavioral health system by adopting the Recovery Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC) model.

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