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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 3/2/2021 (updated 4/4/2024)
This session will walk through the strategic plan template provided by JBS International in the Grantee Onboarding Packet for HRSA RCORP-Planning Grantees. During this workshop style webinar, facilitators will walk grantees through the template section by section, discussing the required elements and providing examples of each section. Grantees will learn how to use their data to determine problem statements, goals, objectives, and outcomes for their strategic plan as well as how to include metrics to successfully track their progress.
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 10/20/2021 (updated 4/3/2024)
The latest feature article in The Rural Monitor spotlights a New Mexico doula program that reaches American Indian, Hispanic, and other populations who lack nearby labor/delivery units, a Minnesota program helping moms experiencing incarceration, and a North Dakota program training postpartum doulas to care for families impacted by opioid use disorder and other substance use.
Posted 10/14/2021 (updated 4/3/2024)
The session provided an overview of the challenges facing the rural behavioral health workforce and covered available resources and successful strategies that have been implemented in rural communities to address these challenges, especially in light of the opioid crisis.
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 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 2/7/2023 (updated 3/27/2024)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded an evaluation study of post-overdose outreach programs in Massachusetts known as the PRONTO Study. This study group assessed the evidence on post-overdose outreach.
Posted 10/17/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
HRSA's Health Workforce Connector connects skilled health professionals to communities in need. With this resource, search thousands of employment and training opportunities in underserved communities across the nation, create a personal profile so recruiters can find you to fill open positions and access 24,000 + healthcare facilities located in rural and underserved communities.
Posted 8/17/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
The National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services recently published a policy brief on behavioral health and primary care integration in rural health facilities.