Reducing the stigma surrounding substance use disorders requires changing people’s attitudes and behaviors, a challenging task many state and local government and community organizations have undertaken. In this collection, we provide guidance on creating your own community anti-stigma campaigns and examples of programs currently in operation across the country.
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Public Libraries and the Opioid Crisis
The Public Library Association and OCLC, a global library cooperative, produced these resources to help libraries develop polices and programs to address the opioid crisis in their communities. This collection consists of 3 reports:
Policymakers & Community Leaders
TN-ROCS Enhancement and Evaluation Project
Source: Bureau of Justice Assistance - U.S. Department of Justice
The linked grant award announcement provides additional information Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program’s (COSSAP) grant for the Tennessee Recovery Oriented Compliance Strategy (TN ROCS) initiative.
Policymakers & Community Leaders
Patients & Caregivers
Tennessee Recovery Oriented Compliance Strategy (TN ROCS)
Source: Legislative Analysis and Public Policy Association
The Tennessee Recovery Oriented Compliance Strategy (TN ROCS) program provides individualized treatment plans, supervision, and judicial oversight to individuals with a demonstrated need for mental health or substance use disorder treatment but do not qualify for inclusion in a drug court program.
Policymakers & Community Leaders
Responding to Individuals in Behavioral Health Crisis Via Co-Responder Models: The Role of Cities, Counties, Law Enforcement and Providers
Source: Policy Research Inc. and National League of Cities
This resource describes the core elements of co-responder models that pair law enforcement with behavioral health providers to address individuals in crisis and the benefits of these models compared to law enforcement only response models.
Policymakers & Community Leaders
Payers & Providers
Executive Order – Safe Policing for Safe Communities: Addressing Mental Health, Homelessness, and Addiction Report
Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
This resource describes successful models states and localities have put into use to address mental health, substance use, homelessness and children’s services in order to reduce law enforcement involvement.
Policymakers & Community Leaders
Patients & Caregivers
Reunifying Families with Substance Use Disorder
Source: National CASA/GAL Association
This 8 page overview details strategies promoting the reunification of families when a parent has a substance use disorder. This report explains why prioritizing family unification is important and lists 10 action steps government agencies and community organizations can take to support strong, healthy families.
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Payers & Providers
Patients & Caregivers
Federal Grantees May Now Use Funds to Purchase Fentanyl Test Strips
Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that federal funding may be used to purchase rapid fentanyl test strips (FTS). FTS can be used to determine if drugs have been cut or mixed with fentanyl which greatly increases the risk of overdose death.
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Payers & Providers
Syringe Services Programs: A Technical Package of Effective Strategies and Approaches for Planning, Design and Implementation
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This resource supports successful planning, design, implementation, and sustainability of syringe service programs (SSPs). The document describes 5 main strategies for SSP implementation and service delivery that are know to be effective:
Policymakers & Community Leaders
Needle Exchange Resources: Infectious Disease Elimination Act of Florida
Source: Florida Department of Health
This document produced by the Florida Department of Health provides a list of resources to support syringe exchange programs as part of implementation of the Florida Infectious Disease Elimination Act.