Report

Data on Maternal Health and Pregnancy Outcomes from Prisons and Jails: Results from a Feasibility Study

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), in the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, released Data on Maternal Health and Pregnancy Outcomes from Prisons and Jails: Results from a Feasibility Study. The study examined the availability and quality of data, the respondent burden, and the challenges of collecting data on the health and health care of pregnant women in custody at the federal, state, local and tribal levels. BJS will use the findings of this study to help determine the best strategies for implementing national data collections in correctional settings.
Posted Date
02/19/24

Center for Financing Reform & Innovation (CFRI)

The Center for Financing Reform and Innovation (CFRI) is a SAMHSA contract that seeks to understand financing mechanisms of behavioral health care to identify opportunities, innovations, and challenges to service delivery and access. Learn about behavioral health financing mechanisms, options, and innovations through CFRI reports and webinars using the CFRI website.  
Posted Date
02/09/24

Substance Use and SUDs by Race and Ethnicity

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health provided a brief in November 2023 assessing whether and how rates of substance use and substance use disorder (SUD) among adults (ages 18 and older) differ by race and ethnicity. 
Posted Date
02/02/24

National Report: Rural Substance Use Disorder Stigma and Treatment Needs

The University of Vermont Center on Rural Addiction (UVM CORA), the University of Rochester, and the Fletcher Group have conducted an online survey assessing SUD stigma (including stigmatizing language), treatment needs and barriers, and concerns through the perspectives of rural, RCORP-affiliated practitioners. The data report explores the findings of the survey, including practitioner recommendations on improving access to OUD treatment.
Posted Date
09/28/23

Transcending Money, Ego, and Turf: A Whole Person, Whole Government Approach to Addressing Substance Use Disorder Through Aligned Funding Streams and Coordinated Outcomes

There are multiple systems that can help individuals to address substance use disorder (SUD). A new report from the Addiction and Public Policy Initiative of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown Law Center discusses how these multiple systems are often disjointed which creates barriers for those needing to access services for SUD.
Posted Date
06/08/23

Health Care Capsule: Accessing Health Care in Rural America

The Government Accountability Office discusses challenges rural communities face related to healthcare access, such as limited healthcare providers, travel distance and transportation issues, insurance coverage, and access to broadband.
Posted Date
06/05/23

Grantee Data Resource Repository

This page contains resources to support grantees in collecting, managing and sharing their RCORP data. If you are in need of PIMS data collection guidance, please visit the RCORP Grantee Data Collection Resources (Implementation, MAT Expansion, and NAS) page to access the PIMS Data Collection Resource, checklist, and workbook.
Posted Date
04/25/23

What Are the Benefits of Being a Member of a Consortium?

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 Date
04/19/23

Opportunities for Change: An Analysis of Drug Use and Recovery Stigma in the U.S. Healthcare System

The report provides key findings from the study assessing substance use and recovery stigma by healthcare workers, compared to non-healthcare workers. The stigma that is perceived by people who use drugs or are in recovery (PWUD/IR) was found to be a structural concern as a large population are opting out of going to the doctor, leaving them open to a variety of untreated illnesses.
Posted Date
02/21/23