SAMHSA recognizes the need for governments, states, territories, tribes, crisis centers, and partners to speak with one voice to ensure there is a clear understanding about what 988 is and how it will work. These communication outreach materials allow your community coalitions to meet the needs of your specific audiences.

Let’s Talk began as a collaborative effort between Marin County Office of Education, Marin Health and Human Services and Marin Healthy Youth Partnerships, and has been adapted for the Tri-County Region by the Central Coast Tri-County Coalition. Let’s Talk is a parent toolkit for navigating teen substance use and this booklet has been adapted to include specific data and information for the Central Coast Tri-County Region.

Visit this website to learn how the Cloud Innovation Centers (CIC) Program provides an opportunity for nonprofits, education institutions, and government agencies to collaborate with other public sector organizations on their most pressing challenges, test new ideas with Amazon’s innovation process, and access the technology expertise of Amazon Web Services (AWS).

The University of Massachusetts Amherst provides a free guide on motivational interviewing principles. Understanding the principles of motivational interviewing can be helpful in framing proper communication strategies towards and with youth.

This video promotes positive change and patience when addressing addiction treatment, and the importance of prioritizing mental health throughout the process.

This fact sheet addresses the stigmas that exist regarding addiction, and learn how to reduce these stigmas in your community.

Please use this resource sheet to gather more knowledge and resources regarding pushback within your communities.

This is a sample of a communications plan created by Contra Costa MEDS Coalition.

This template explains how to begin building your Communications Plan.

This toolkit provides a guideline to address the opioid epidemic on a community-based level.

This creative brief for the Santa Barbara Fighting Back Opioid Safety Network is an example of how to map out your website's content and design in an effective manner.

This sample creative brief from Safe Rx Mendocino is an example of how to effectively map out a media campaign aimed to reduce overdose-related deaths.

This sample style sheet shows how to lay out an ad campaign in a visually effective manner.

This sample communications plan primer shows how to effectively utilize the template to create a viable plan for your coalition.

This guide offers examples on how to lay out your website's information and resources effectively.

This guide provides an example of how to create a visually effective website that will draw in more users to your coalition's messaging.

This moderator's guide for Contra Costa MEDs Coalition Youth provides sample questions and talking points to guide you in speaking with community members regarding their understanding of substance use disorder and treatments.

This website map for the Santa Barbara Fighting Back Opioid Safety Network is an example of how you might structure your coalition's website to create optimal impact and viewing preferences.

These are sample Facebook posts and media campaigns related to fentanyl-related deaths, MAT, and overdose prevention strategies.

The toolkit offers high-level strategies for integrating The ASAM Criteria into a state’s approach to SUD services, as well as potential pathways that states can pursue, implementation vehicles, state examples, and model legislative, regulatory, and contractual language from which states can draw.