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Posted 12/23/2020 (updated 4/4/2024)
This technical package provides evidence of the effectiveness of strategies and approaches for supporting successful planning, design, implementation, and sustainability of syringe services programs (SSPs). It provides a broad framework for new and existing SSPs to ensure needs-based service delivery, reduce harms related to injection drug use, and link participants to services that support their health and wellness.
Posted 11/11/2021 (updated 4/3/2024)
JBS’s Robert Childs discussed the key concepts of harm reduction and evidence-based harm reduction interventions that grantees can implement to reduce overdose in their rural communities. Staff from Arkansas Behavioral Health Integration Network shared lessons learned from their RCORP-Planning grant in gaining buy-in for harm reduction concepts and planning for harm reduction services in rural Arkansas.
Posted 10/14/2021 (updated 4/3/2024)
Speakers from the University of Cincinnati and Ohio University/Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE) RCORP-Implementation cohort discussed their efforts in addressing stigma in their respective service areas.
Posted 10/29/2020 (updated 4/3/2024)
Triumph over the opioid epidemic requires ALL traditional and non-traditional partners to come to the table. Join us to explore strategies for increasing the reach and sustainability of rural community coalitions by ensuring the right partners are at your table and can contribute to solving this crisis rather than be consumed by it.
Posted 9/14/2020 (updated 3/29/2024)
The RCORP-TA Policy Academy Town Hall took place on September 1, 2020.
Please find the presentation and recording posted here.
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.
Posted 3/21/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
Syringe services programs (SSPs) remain highly effective, cost-saving interventions for the prevention of blood-borne infections among people who inject drugs. However, there have been restrictions regarding financial resources allocated to these programs, particularly in the US South. This study aimed to provide cost data regarding the implementation and first-year operations of an academic-based SSP utilizing fixed and mobile strategies, including the integration of onsite wound care.