Recovery organizations have increasingly been focused on engaging their communities to create recovery supportive environments. This collection features the following resources highlighting community programs:
Policymakers & Community Leaders
Payers & Providers
Approaches to Treating Serious Infection in People Who Inject Drugs: Evidence and Policies
Source: Center for Evidence-based Policy
This review looks at evidence and program models for alternatives to hospitalization to treat serious infections in people who inject drugs.
Policymakers & Community Leaders
Patients & Caregivers
16 and Recovering
Source: MTV
The 16 and Recovering documentary series profiles students attending a recovery high school in Beverly, Massachusetts over the course of a school year. The website includes information on hosting a screening of the documentary as well as links to resources for educators and community members.
Policymakers & Community Leaders
Patients & Caregivers
The Benefits and Implementation Challenges of the First State-wide Comprehensive Medication for Addictions Program in a Unified Jail and Prison Setting
Source: Recovery Research Institute
This report provides a summary of a qualitative research study on inmate attitudes toward a medication assisted treatment (MAT) program for substance use disorder in the Rhode Island corrections system. Rhode Island implemented a MAT program in its correctional facilities statewide.
Policymakers & Community Leaders
Patients & Caregivers
Community Opioid Prevention Education (COPE) Trailer
Source: Montgomery County (Maryland) Council
This 3 minute video describe the Community Opioid Prevention and Education (COPE) trailer deployed by the Montgomery County, Maryland police department. The COPE trailer uses a model bedroom and bathroom to educate citizens about the signs of opioid abuse they might see in their friends and loved ones and provides information about accessing treatment and using naloxone to reverse opioid overdose.
Policymakers & Community Leaders
Payers & Providers
Expanding Access to Community-based Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Source: Ucare Health Plan and the Hennepin County Health and Human Services Department
This case study looks at an innovative strategy to provide community based substance use disorder services for individuals dually insured by Medicare and Medicaid in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
Policymakers & Community Leaders
Patients & Caregivers
GOAL Project
Source: GOAL Project
GOAL (Global Outreach for Addiction Leadership and Learning) helps faith-based organizations build sustainable addiction prevention and recovery support programs. GOAL is based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and also works in communities around the world including Kenya and Uganda.
Policymakers & Community Leaders
Situating the Continuum of Overdose Risk in the Social Determinants of Health: A New Conceptual Framework
Source: The Milbank Quarterly
This article presents a new conceptual framework for understanding the opioid crisis by describing factors that escalate risk for drug use, addiction, and overdose and proposes six policy strategies to address the epidemic’s root causes and deescalate risk. The framework promotes a comprehensive approach that recognizes the social determinants of health and shifts public policy from punishment to a public health approach.
Policymakers & Community Leaders
Stigma-Free Communities Initiative Faith Organization Toolkit
Source: Morris County, New Jersey Stigma-Free Communities Initiative
This toolkit was designed to assist faith-based organizations in creating stigma-free communities. The toolkit includes information about stigma, a sample resolution for organizations to adopt, and information about forming a task force, creating an action plan, and communicating with the press.
Policymakers & Community Leaders
Patients & Caregivers
Morris County Proud to Be Stigma-Free
Source: Morris County, New Jersey Stigma-Free Communities Initiative
Morris County, New Jersey’s Proud to Be Stigma-Free Initiative’s website includes educational information about stigma and how it impedes individuals from seeking help for substance use disorder or mental health conditions. It also includes a community pledge and tool-kits for local municipalities, colleges and universities, and faith-based organizations.