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Posted 3/2/2021 (updated 4/5/2024)
As state policymakers confront the substance use disorder (SUD) epidemic, they require a wide range of data – often found in disparate systems – to understand its impact and craft more effective treatment programs and interventions. This report explores best practices and sources for data gathering and describes how states can help communities access and use data to support local efforts.
Posted 12/4/2019 (updated 3/28/2024)
To focus national and local prevention efforts on eliminating HIV, CDC analyzed surveillance, pharmacy, and other data to determine the status of these strategies (diagnose, treat, and prevent HIV infections) at the national and state levels.
Posted 6/26/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
This report presents information about Medicaid coverage of medication-assisted treatment for opioid and alcohol dependence. It covers treatment effectiveness and cost effectiveness. The report also offers examples of innovative approaches in Vermont, Massachusetts, and Maryland.
Posted 6/26/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
This report provides recommendations for actions that state and local leaders can take immediately to increase evidence-based practices, decrease arbitrary determinations, and prevent overdose deaths. The report also provides concrete steps that will, in the longterm, help dismantle a siloed system of unequal access and disparities and move towards an integrated system that promotes restorative justice, where people and families are treated with dignity, and where addiction is treated as a health and wellness matter rather than one of moral failing or criminality.
Posted 5/19/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
In 2016, the United States Congress authorized and appropriated funding to fight the opioid epidemic through the Department of Health and Human Services . Among other initiatives, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) gave the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration authority and support to implement new grant programs focused on preventing overdose and treating individuals with OUD.
Posted 5/11/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
Behavioral health integration, or BHI, requires that the health and mental health systems are organized through integrated care models that address the full spectrum of health needs.
Posted 4/24/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Part 1: Immunization of Infants, Children, and Adolescents
Posted 10/13/2020 (updated 3/27/2024)
The CDC’s National Vital Statistics System has been updated to now include data related to February 2020 overdose mortality, with trends indicating further worsening of the nation’s opioid epidemic.
Posted 4/25/2023 (updated 3/27/2024)
This page contains resources to support grantees in collecting, managing and sharing their RCORP data. If you are in need of PIMS data collection guidance, please visit the RCORP Grantee Data Collection Resources (Implementation, MAT Expansion, and NAS) page to access the PIMS Data Collection Resource, checklist, and workbook.
Posted 4/19/2023 (updated 3/27/2024)
During the initial stages of the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) implementation, lead agencies of RCORP consortia reported difficulty recruiting new members, building key partnerships, and planning and coordinating RCORP-focused activities. Fortunately, with dedication and collaborative work, consortium growth and engagement became successful at the end of the grant period, as reported by 87.5 percent of the grantees. Findings in the report available for download below are based on qualitative interviews conducted with RCORP grantees between 9/1/2020 and 8/31/2022.