This toolkit describes strategies public libraries and their staff can adopt to support their communities through the opioid crisis. The strategies are categorized into 5 categories:
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The Potential Societal Benefit of Eliminating Opioid Overdoses, Deaths, and Substance Use Disorders Exceeds Billion Per Year
Source: Altarum
This 4 page research brief from Altarum authored by C.N. Rhyan analyzes 2016 data to estimate the economic impact of eliminating the opioid epidemic. The analysis looks at 2 categories of impact.
Policymakers & Community Leaders
Patients & Caregivers
Collateral Damage of the Opioid Crisis: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren – What They Need and How to Help
Source: Altarum
This 7 page briefing paper from Altarum, and authored by C. Stanik, looks at the impact the opioid crisis has had on grandparents raising grandchildren. Researchers at Altarum conducted interviews with 20 grandmothers in Michigan who were raising their grandchildren and collected 1,015 responses to a nationwide survey of grandparents.
Policymakers & Community Leaders
San Francisco Methamphetamine Task Force – Program Information
Source: San Francisco Methamphetamine Task Force
This 2 page document of the 2019 San Francisco Methamphetamine Task Force provides a brief description of methamphetamine use in San Francisco and explains the timeline and process the task force used to develop recommendations for addressing methamphetamine in the city.
Policymakers & Community Leaders
San Francisco Methamphetamine Task Force – Final Report
Source: San Francisco Department of Public Health
This report captures findings and considerations from the 2019 San Francisco Methamphetamine Task Force. The task force held focus groups and convened 4 meetings of diverse stakeholders to develop this report,
Policymakers & Community Leaders
Emergency Response and Crisis Stabilization: Cities Leading the Way
Source: National League of Cities
This third report in a series from the National League of Cities focuses on how local leadership addresses the interrelated challenges of mental illness, substance use and homelessness. This report describes 5 challenges leaders face in creating innovative emergency response or crisis stabilization programs:
Policymakers & Community Leaders
Working Across Systems for Better Results: City Efforts to Address Mental Health, Substance Use and Homelessness through Emergency Response and Crisis Stabilization
Source: National League of Cities
This second report in a series from the National League of Cities focuses on how local leadership addresses the interrelated challenges of mental illness, substance use and homelessness. This report provides detailed information about 3 innovative programs:
Policymakers & Community Leaders
Mental Illness, Substance Use, and Homelessness: Advancing Coordinated Solutions Through Local Leadership
Source: National League of Cities
This first report in a series from the National League of Cities focuses on how local leadership addresses the interrelated challenges of mental illness, substance use and homelessness. This report focuses on communities that have implemented innovative programs to divert individuals in crisis to treatment and services rather than law enforcement sanctions.
Policymakers & Community Leaders
Patients & Caregivers
The Opioid Project: Changing Perceptions through Art and Storytelling
Source: The Opioid Project
This website highlights the work of The Opioid Project in Massachusetts, which uses art and storytelling to support individuals affected by the opioid crisis.
Policymakers & Community Leaders
Opioids Uncharted Initiative
Source: RAND Corporation
The website for RAND Corporation’s Opioids Uncharted initiative compiles RAND’s research on all aspects of the opioid crisis with an emphasis on understanding the multifaceted complexity of the issue. The website includes links to reports, commentaries, blog posts, and multimedia resources.