This website provides a trauma- and evidence-informed support group model that can be replicated to enhance peer support groups serving a diversity of populations in recovery, including mothers and people with experience of homelessness or incarceration. 

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 was a presentation done at the Rx Summit that describes how faith leaders and their community members are currently responding to the opioid epidemic as well as how community stakeholders can partner with faith-based organizations. Two faith-based initiatives in West Virginia and Ohio are highlighted.  

This toolkit from the National Association of Counties provides information at the county level on housing affordability and population growth. This tool could help stakeholders improve the affordability, quality, and supply of local housing options. 

This report describes the results of a survey which examined the incidence and impact of stigma in regard to individuals with opioid use disorder and their chances of recovery. The results emphasize how stigma continues to be a barrier to treatment and highlights which populations recorded the highest levels of stigma. 

This is an issue brief from the Pew Charitable Trusts targeting policymakers to maximize the chance of successful re-entry for people with substance use disorder leaving jails and prisons, with a focus on access to medications for opioid use disorder, health insurance coverage upon re-entry, workforce development of discharge planners, and integrated data infrastructure. 

This is an academic paper that examines how states are responding to the opioid crisis by using a survey of state health officials. As of 2015, prevalent state initiatives included educating the general public and specific stakeholders (e.g. pharmacists, physicians), cautious opioid prescribing, expanding medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), and expanding the availability of naloxone. 

This report documents the experiences of five programs that integrate employment services into treatment and recovery programs for people with substance use disorder (SUD). It offers recommendations for how to implement employment programs aimed at sustaining recovery from SUD and improving participants' economic well-being.

This is an academic paper discussing The Opioid Initiative, launched in Oregon in 2015, which focuses on integrating efforts to improve patient care and safety, and population health, by increasing access to nonopioid pain treatment, supporting medications for opioid use disorder and naloxone access for people taking opioids, decreasing opioid prescribing, and using data to inform policies and interventions. This state initiative has shown promising results. 

This is an academic paper that provides an overview of interventions for incarcerated people in the United States with opioid use disorder (OUD). There is also a specific focus on addressing the social determinants of health within this study.

This compendium of best practice recommendations and resources from the Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services at the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services was developed to provide guidance and support to initiate and expand medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) for patient populations in a variety of service settings as requested by health care and behavioral health professionals.

Within this document, there are also sections on best practices on communicating with patients and reducing stigma. 

This report describes findings from the first nationwide survey of persons in recovery from drug and alcohol problems about their experiences in active addiction and in recovery. It documents how recovery dramatically increases life satisfaction and community well-being, thus highlighting the importance for communities to develop recovery support system.