The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) website for behavioral health equity for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander individuals and communities provides information about federal programs and initiatives designed for these populations, reports and issue briefs, and links to SAMHSA data projects and relevant external resources.
Treatment Court Practitioner Toolkit: Model Agreements and Related Resources to Support the Use of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
Source: National Association of Drug Court Professionals
This toolkit assists practitioners with incorporating medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) into treatment court settings. NADCP’s drug court best practice standards already require treatment courts to provide MOUD when it is medically indicated and prohibits require participants to discontinue medications as a condition of entry or graduation.
Medicaid Delivery System Reforms to Combat the Opioid Crisis
Source: Academy Health and the Milbank Memorial Fund
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.
COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Harm Reduction Services: An Environmental Scan
Source: National Council for Behavioral Health
This report provides a comprehensive review of recent research about the effects of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) on substance use and people who use drugs (PWUD) as well as information from key informant interviews with 21 staff members from harm reduction organizations in the United States about the experiences of PWUD and their service providers during this pandemic.
Implementing Specialized Caseloads to Reduce Recidivism for People with Co-occurring Disorders
Source: Justice Center at the Council of State Governments
This briefing paper from the Justice Center at the Council of State Governments provides implementation guidelines for creating specialized supervision caseloads for people with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorder conditions.
Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program
Source: Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program
The website for the Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program (ODMAP) provides real-time data on suspected fatal and non-fatal overdose events to support public safety and public health efforts to mobilize response to sudden increases or spikes in these events.
Medicaid Forward: Behavioral Health
Source: National Association of Medicaid Directors
This resource captures the work of an executive working group of Medicaid leaders and national behavioral health experts convened by the National Association of Medicaid Directors to develop strategies to expand access to behavioral health services in Medicaid and CHIP.
Law Enforcement-Social Services Collaborations: Evaluation Framework
Source: Wilder Research
This evaluation framework is designed to assess the impact of collaborations between law enforcement officers and first responders and social service agencies. The framework was developed through workshops and interviews with agencies who have developed collaborative crisis response programs.
Talking to Patients about Naloxone: Insights from Pharmacists in Camden, New Jersey
Source: Camden Coalition of Health Care Providers
This 2-page guide is designed to assist pharmacists in talking with patients and caregivers about naloxone.
Pharmacists’ Insights into Their Role in Preventing Opioid Overdose
Source: Camden Coalition of Health Care Providers
This 4-page issue brief explores pharmacists’ insights into their role in preventing opioid overdose.