Trainings and Resources

During this session, Dr. Lopata discussed federal/HRSA investments focused on improving the health outcomes for and reducing health disparities among maternal and child health populations. More specifically, Dr. Lopata discussed the multiple programs/interventions funded by HRSA that together work (along with federal, state, regional, and local partners) to improve the prevention, screening, and treatment of opioid use disorder during pregnancy and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in the United States.

Importance: Although more than 1 in every 3 US individuals will develop a substance use disorder (SUD) in their lifetime, relatively little is known about the long-term sequelae of SUD symptoms from adolescence through adulthood.

This updated (March 2020) TIP is intended to provide addiction counselors and other providers, supervisors, and administrators with the latest science in the screening, assessment, diagnosis, and management of co-occurring disorders (CODs).

NIDAMED’s mission is to develop science-based resources for health professionals and those in training about screening, addressing, and treating addiction.

The current landscape of mental health services reflects both tremendous challenges and opportunities. With the impact of COVID-19 front and center in the national discourse, and the planning for a system involving a 988-crisis response, there is much work ahead. This paper, Ready to Respond, is the umbrella paper for the 2021 technical assistance coalition series developed through the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors in partnership with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. It aims to lay out a roadmap as states emerge from the pandemic and need, more than ever, a full continuum of psychiatric care.

Includes information on terms and conditions, attestation, general and targeted distributions, and how to report capital equipment purchases.  Reporting and Auditing requirements FAQs were updated on June 11.

HRSA has released a number of new resources to help recipients of Provider Relief Funds (PRF) comply with reporting requirements.  Those who received funds prior to June 30, 2020, can access the portal through September 30 for reporting purposes.  There is a fact sheet, a data entry workbook, and a webcast today at 3 p.m. ET to provide technical assistance.

The Opioid Response Network is making available a new dental curriculum on SBIRT (screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment), an evidence-based approach to managing patients with or at risk of developing a substance use disorder (SUD). The curriculum was developed for dentists by the ORN grant through a collaboration with the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry and the Division on Substance Use Disorders, Columbia University Irving Medical Center/NYSPI.

This resource provides a summary of HIV risk assessment, screening tests, screening intervals, and treatment and interventions for both adolescents and adults and pregnant persons.

After decades of increased opioid pain reliever prescribing, providers are rapidly reducing prescribing. We hypothesized that reduced access to prescribed opioid pain relievers among patients previously reliant upon opioid pain relievers would result in increased illicit opioid use.