Policymakers & Community Leaders

Applying Population Estimation Methods in Rural America

Source: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

This toolkit from the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University provides guidance on using data to understand the nature and the scope of the opioid crisis and how to use data to help design population level responses to the opioid epidemic. Includes information from a population estimation study in rural West Virginia.

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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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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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Philadelphia Behavioral Health Services Transformation – Practice Guidelines for Recovery and Resilience Oriented Treatment

Source: Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services

The city of Philadelphia was an early adopter of the Recovery Oriented Systems of Care model for substance use disorder and mental health treatment. These 2011 practice guidelines provide an overview of the Philadelphia framework and provide strategies for organizations and providers

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Recovery Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC) in Ohio

Source: Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities

Ohio created an assessment process to determine the degree to which county’s had adopted Recovery Oriented Systems of Care principles and identify areas or strength and opportunities for improvement. This 2019 report provides the results of the 2018 assessment.

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Progress on the BluePrint for Ohio’s Community Mental Health and Addiction System

Source: Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities

Ohio launched its behavioral health transformation with the publication of a blueprint for creating Recovery Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC) in Ohio communities. This 2016 report describes the progress made in their 5-year plan with updates from county’s on their progress.

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Recovery Oriented Systems of Care Self Assessment – Stakeholder Assessment

Source: Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities

This form provided by the Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Agencies can be used to assess stakeholder readiness to adopt Recovery Oriented Systems of Care by assessing readiness in 6 domains: degree of focus on clients and families; ensuring timely access to care; promoting

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Recovery Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC) Framework Implementation Plan

Source: Hancock County Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services

A principle of Recovery Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC) is that they are locally designed and build upon community networks and strengths. This 2014 ROSC implementation plan from Hancock County, Ohio describes the assessed strengths and needs of the community and lists priority goals

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