In this video, Co-Director of the Center for Health Leadership and Impact, Karya Lustig presents sustainability tools and tips for coalitions to implement into their work to strengthen their internal and external efforts to maximize their impact.

Strong partnerships are essential to the success of any coalition. Use this addendum tool in addition to the Partnership Mapping Tool to assess your coalition infrastructure, identify critical community collaborators and power brokers, and further how these partners can support coalitions’ overdose prevention strategies.

This directory has the county, program name, city of operation, and phone info for the more than sixty programs in California that provide syringe services. Many have fixed locations, but other operate at various locations and times throughout the week. For more information you can contact the SSPs using their available info.

This video discusses valuable partnerships that have been formed between law enforcement and overdose prevention services in Las Vegas to promote overdose prevention.

Preventing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), suicide, and overdose involves cross-sector collaboration focused on impacting risk and protective factors at the individual, relationship, community, and societal levels. The Suicide, Overdose, and Adverse Childhood Experiences Prevention Capacity Assessment Tool (SPACECAT) was created to help state, territorial, and local health agency staff identify opportunities to work at the intersection of these public health issues to maximize resources and impact.

Dr. Judy Moore offers advice on how we should proceed as public health leaders in the fight against COVID-19 and other health crises.

Utilize this tool to develop a persuasive narrative of your coalition’s work and community impact.

Utilize this tool to create an impactful narrative for crafting an impact message of your coalition’s work.

Throughout history, the AMA has always followed its mission: to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health. As the physicians’ powerful ally in patient care, the AMA delivers on this mission by representing physicians with a unified voice in courts and legislative bodies across the nation, removing obstacles that interfere with patient care, leading the charge to prevent chronic disease and confront public health crises, and driving the future of medicine to tackle the biggest challenges in health care and training the leaders of tomorrow.

This website provides detailed information regarding the current status of the Colorado opioid settlement funds, including the participating partners and current funding allocations.

This website provides detailed information regarding the current status of the various opioid settlement funds by state, as well as other resources for how to look at your local opioid settlement status.

This video explains the importance of forming alliances on both a local and national level, and how this can contribute to better services and outcomes long-term.

CCP creates a welcoming, safe space for community members and organizational leaders to hold meaningful conversations, learn together, and take collective action to improve health and equity in California and beyond. We facilitate community change through convening, coalition building, training, and leadership development. By engaging people and communities who often are left out of decision-making, we catalyze innovative solutions and elevate what works.

Mental Health First Aid is a skills-based training course that teaches participants about mental health and substance-use issues. Learn more about it here.

In 2020, the nation took a significant step forward with the enactment of the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act, a bill NAMI advocated for that created a nationwide three-digit number (988) to assist people experiencing a mental health or suicidal crisis. This fact sheet delves deeper into the purpose of the 988 line, and what it hopes to achieve.

The new 988 mental health hotline is a way of providing 24/7, free and confidential support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. This fact sheet from SAMHSA answers some FAQs relating to the implementation and sustainability of the 988 line.

Trauma expert Brooke Briggance describes the strong relationship between behavioral health and overdose prevention, encouraging us to integrate services to combat substance use disorder.

The purpose of this project is to support the inherent resilience of individuals and communities who are managing trauma, experiencing grief and navigating mental health challenges. This webpage offers resources and trainings on how to achieve this goal and implement these strategies into your own organization.

The resources and information on this page are designed to help states, territories, tribes, mental health and substance use disorder professionals, and others looking for information on understanding the background, history, funding opportunities, and implementation resources for strengthening suicide prevention and mental health crisis services.

Vanessa Jacobsohn describes the success of her clinic, where they have integrated primary care with addiction treatment, leading to better outcomes and reduced stigma for those with substance use disorder.