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Posted 5/5/2021 (updated 4/10/2024)
We discussed the importance of engaging community influencers in your efforts to improve prevention, treatment, and recovery systems and services. We talked about how to identify and engage these key community stakeholders and why this strategic activity is vital to your consortium’s sustainability.
Posted 9/4/2020 (updated 3/29/2024)
Like all professions, the addictions treatment field is faced with the challenges of employee substance use and abuse and their impact on retention of quality staff. Because the addictions field employees a disproportionate number of individuals – by recent estimates close to half of the treatment workforce – in recovery, the field faces particular retention challenges. This toolkit provides meaningful and practical guidance to the problem of substance misuse among addictions professionals.
Posted 11/9/2023 (updated 3/28/2024)
The Recovery-Ready Workplace Toolkit: Guidance and Resources for Private and Public Sector Employers was created through the efforts of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the Domestic Policy Council, and 12 federal departments and independent agencies. It is designed to help businesses and other employers prevent and respond more effectively to substance misuse among employees, build their workforces through hiring of people in recovery, and develop a recovery-supportive culture.
Posted 4/25/2023 (updated 3/27/2024)
Wish lists for consortiums or coalitions often include words like “effective,” “engaged,” “productive,” “sustainable,” “powerful,” “growing,” and “motivated.”
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 9/25/2023 (updated 3/27/2024)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) now has the "Engaging Community Coalitions to Decrease Opioid Overdose Deaths Practice Guide" available, as a product of the HEALing Communities Study (HCS).
Posted 1/25/2022 (updated 3/26/2024)
RCORP-TA is pleased to provide technical assistance resources related to grantee business operations that we have prepared for grantees. RCORP-TA is providing these resources to assist grantees on aspects of their business operations that are continuously impacted and routinely challenged by factors associated with living and working in rural communities. Please see the below linked guidance documents and descriptions as they may be of interest to you.