This free six-week online class offered through the University of Michigan aims to empower non-prescribing providers to impact the U.S. opioid crisis through increased knowledge and tools that will transform practice and policies. 

This is an academic paper that evaluates a pilot that established a collaborative in rural Colorado to increase the prescribing of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) by nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Preliminary results suggest the pilot was successful in increasing prescribers of MOUD and engagement of patients in MOUD. 

This is a website that provides free online training for providers (physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants) to obtain waivers to prescribe buprenorphine. 

This is a report from the National Governor's Association which outlines several recommendations on how the federal government can help state governments and local communities tackle the opioid crisis in the areas of prevention, treatment, and recovery. These include increasing federal funding to states and giving them flexibility in distributing these resources.  

This report highlights the burden of opioid use disorder (OUD) on rural communities and the problems related to accessibility amidst higher rates of socioeconomic vulnerability. Through the development of community based programs, the Rural Health Opioid Program outlines how through increasing access to OUD screenings, and community education and outreach, they have been able to fulfill their objectives in several states. 

The Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center is committed to making long-term recovery a reality for every patient through innovative treatment, education, and research programs. 

This is a report from the National Academies that provides guidance to help direct funding and action toward a robust, well-functioning treatment system to address opioid use disorder. To address the treatment "ecosystem", authors highlight the 4 C's: capacity, competency, consistency, and compensation. 

This report from the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association provides hospitals with clinical and operational recommendations for developing policies and procedures for administering and/or prescribing medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in hospital emergency departments or satellite emergency facilities. 

This is an issue brief from several collaborating agencies that offers statistics on opioid misuse and overdose deaths in rural Appalachian communities. Strategies and resources to address opioid issues are highlighted within this document. In addition, the brief covers recommendations to assist policymakers, funders, and leaders working to reduce opioid-related health disparities.

This is an academic paper that assess treatment utilization among those with substance use disorders during the coronavirus pandemic. Like other areas of the healthcare system, findings from this study show that service disruption and fear of contracting COVID-19 have decreased treatment utilization among this population. 

This is a report from Grantmakers in Aging that is broken into two major sections. The first section looks at the crisis arising from opioids in rural communities and, in particular, the damage it is causing in the lives of many older people and families. The second section turns toward solutions, looking at a wide range of hopeful responses that governments, communities, and funders are already starting to put into place, and which ones are most promising to scale and support.

Several promising program models and funding sources are highlighted within this document.

This is a report from several collaborating organizations (authors Johnson and Beletsky) that provides recommendations on how to scale up re-entry services for incarcerated individuals during the coronavirus pandemic, in the context of the general public's support of different re-entry interventions as a result of COVID-19.