Policymakers and community leaders play an important role in addressing opioids in our communities. This page highlights the most recently added resources specifically targeting elected and appointed government officials and staff members, members of the law enforcement community and first responders, and employees and volunteers of organizations. These resources, identified with orange tiles, include policy roadmaps, implementation guides, toolkits, education materials, sample legislation and other materials that can help you design and implement effective programs to prevent and address the consequences of opioid crisis.
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This 3 -page overview of the New Hampshire Recovery Friendly Workplace (RFW) initiative, created by the office of Governor Chris Sununu, provides background on the initiative’s creation, benefits of participation, and a check-list for businesses participating in the initiative.
This document provides a 1-page summary of the New Hampshire Recovery Friendly Workplace initiative led by Governor Chris Sununu’s office.
Nevada’s Recovery Friendly Workplace program offers business owners free resources to create recovery supportive workplaces. Resources on their website include training, draft policies, and technical assistance.
The New Hampshire’s Recovery Friendly Workplace (RFW) initiative’s website provides information about the initiative including information about accessing training and support for employers.
The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce’s Recovery Program for Business website provides free assistance to business to update policies and implement best practices for maintaining a drug-free workplace while supporting a recovery friendly culture.
This report from the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce describes the impact of the opioid crisis in Kentucky from the business community’s perspective.
Because of the far-reaching impacts of addiction, businesses have increasingly become engaged in addressing addiction prevention, treatment, and recovery for their employees. In this collection, CLOUD highlights initiatives on creating Recovery Friendly Workplaces where businesses create policies and procedures that offer support for employees working on substance use disorder treatment and recovery.
This toolkit contains extensive resources for providers who are interested in implementing peer support services, and for organizations that are in the process of implementing peer support services.
This web page from the Council of State Governments contains suggestions for successfully opening a crisis stabilization unit. The tips include understanding system gaps, harnessing collaboration and leadership buy-in, articulating goals for the center, and considering a phased funding approach.
This reports provides a summary of key findings from the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health which measures national indicators of substance use and mental health among noninstitutionalized individuals 12 and older. The national indicators focus on tobacco use, alcohol use, kratom use, illicit drug use, initiation of substance use, perceived risk from substance use, substance use disorders, major depressive episodes, any mental illness, serious mental illness, co-occurring major depressive episode and substance use disorder, and perceived recovery. Funding Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration