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Posted 10/14/2021 (updated 4/3/2024)
Rural Community Opioid Response Program (RCORP) grantees discussed their efforts and initiatives working with criminal justice and corrections agencies to engage individuals who are incarcerated.
Posted 7/26/2023 (updated 3/28/2024)
Just 5 years ago, only 1% of jails and prisons provided MOUD, but this practice has flourished. Dr. Costello discussed the emerging evidence base for MOUD in jails, regulatory changes, funding opportunities, and the dramatic increase in usage of MOUD in our nation's correctional facilities.
Posted 6/3/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
This presentation highlighted The Health Wagon’s Rural Communities Opioid Response program, Strengthening and Expanding Substance Use Disorder and Opioid Use Disorder Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Programs in Southwest Virginia. The program is a consortium-based implementation that aims to reduce the morbidity and mortality of substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD), in rural communities in Southwest Virginia at the highest risk for SUD.
Posted 9/8/2023 (updated 3/27/2024)
With a large number of individuals incarcerated in the United States, there is a growing problem with the effects it can have on a person's health. The National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) has provided an infographic detailing the effects, health conditions, and growing inequality people live with while incarcerated.