This supplement to the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s Rural Community Action Guide provides brief summaries of state and local initiatives to address substance use disorder as well as links to project websites and additional information. It serves as an excellent guide for state and local policy makers and community leaders interested in programs or initiatives they could implement or adapt for their own communities.
This 3-page guide provides patients information on reducing stress during the COVID-19 pandemic by creating personal calm through grounding.
This 2-page fact sheet details the Rural Community Toolbox produced by the Office of National Drug Control Policy. This fact sheet explains the resources included in the toolbox and explains the toolbox development process.
The Rural Community Toolbox website, created by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, provides resources to fight addiction in rural communities. The toolbox provides information about funding opportunities and technical assistance offered by 16 federal departments and agencies.
Website for the California Health Care Foundation’s Opioid Safety Toolkit for Health Plans. The toolkit is designed to assist health plans in implementing opioid safety initiatives across their operations including their leadership structure, provider network, medical management policies, pharmacy benefits, and member
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
The website of the Youth MOVE National Peer Center, a youth-run peer organization, includes information about their programs including youth-run program support, youth peer support, youth leadership development, professional development and education, and peer-to-peer networking opportunities.
In the Rooms is an online social network for individuals in recovery across the globe. The site requires users to create a log-in to access live online recovery meetings as well as other resources, although all services are free and confidential.
This report provides an overview of Medicaid delivery system reform efforts aimed at addressing the opioid crisis. The report describe 2 models of delivery system reforms: adoption of the Medicaid health home model for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment and innovations that improve warm handoffs and care transitions from different levels of substance use disorder treatment.
The COVID-Minds website provides updates on the development of COVID-19 studies throughout the world, promotes international collaboration of data analysis to understand the mental health effects of COVID-19 in different cultural contexts, and cultural differences, and disseminates findings from COVID-19-related mental health research.