This is a webinar series hosted by SAMHSA that brings together presentations by several experts on the impact of the opioid crisis on black and Latinx communities and innovative responses tailored to these populations. The website contains recordings of the webinars, powerpoint slides, and helpful culturally competent resources. 

This is a report from the Association for Community Affiliated Plans that provides strategies on how health plans can support and engage primary care physicians to increase prescribing of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). 

This is a report from SAMHSA that serves as a resource for community stakeholders seeking a review of information available on the role of faith-based organizations in substance use prevention and treatment, including interventions and programs in the peer-reviewed literature. 

This is an academic paper which discusses a cross sectional online survey of public libraries in 5 states in a nationwide study of how public libraries assess community needs. In this specific study the survey assessed the attitudes of library staff towards patrons who used drugs, the frequency and outcomes of substance use related emergencies in these libraries, and the implementation of library practices or policies regarding substance use. 

This is an academic commentary article that gives an overview of the expansion of telemedicine to treat substance use disorder during the coronavirus pandemic as well as both opportunities and barriers to accessing care in this new environment.  

This academic paper describes bridge clinics, which offer immediate, low barrier access to medications for opioid use disorder and other substance use disorder treatment, helping to close gaps in the continuum of care. It reviews available evidence for bridge clinic effectiveness in care delivery, including retention in treatment, while highlighting gaps in data on their effectiveness.

This is an academic paper that gives an interdisciplinary perspective on the intersection of the coronavirus pandemic, substance use disorders, comorbidities, and socioeconomic status. A comprehensive set of policy changes and interventions are suggested.  

This brief from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) presents key takeaway messages from a mixed-methods study examining how substance use affects child welfare systems across the country. It highlights that, generally, counties with higher overdose death and drug hospitalization rates have higher caseload rates.

This document also explains that child welfare agencies and their community partners are struggling to meet families’ needs partially secondary to substance use and that family-friendly treatment options are limited. Finally, the brief emphasizes that caseworkers, courts, and other providers often misunderstand how treatment works and lack guidelines on how to incorporate it into child welfare practice. 

This is an issue brief from SAMHSA that provides data on the LGBTQI+ who identify as being in recovery, highlights unique needs and barriers for this population, and gives recommendations on how to better serve lesbians, gay, bisexual, transgender, and other sexual minorities. 

This is a report from the National Council on Mental Wellbeing that aims to help harm reduction organizations, treatment providers, and other organizations that serve people who use drugs overcome challenges associated with implementing telehealth and technology-assisted services and leverage these advances to help improve the health and wellness of the individuals they serve. Successful initiatives are highlighted throughout the report. 

This 2013 SAMHSA report describes the core elements of screening, brief intervention, brief treatment, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) programs and provides general administrative and managerial information relevant to implementing SBIRT services, including: SBIRT effectiveness; implementation models; challenges and barriers to implementation; issues of cost and sustainability; and real-life program anecdotes and case studies.

This is a report from the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) that explores innovative approaches Louisiana, New York, and West Virginia have taken to address co-occurring HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV) infections and substance use disorder (SUD) – providing both rural and urban perspectives – and highlights their resourceful use of funding streams, leveraging of data, and advancing community readiness.