This brief provides a condensed version of the guide created with Youth Opioid Response California and California AfterSchool Network, to provide information on various strategies co-designed across sectors to support substance use prevention and creating hubs at schools and other community sites to promote whole child, whole family, and whole community health and wellbeing.

In this blog post by Jeff Davis, the Executive Director of California AfterSchool Network, speaks on the opportunities to partner with expanded learning programs in California to support the whole child, whole family, and community wellness.

This flyer created by Prescribe Safe Monterey County is translated into Spanish providing advice around fentanyl, its potency, and harm reduction safety tips.

This flyer is an example of a resource created by Sacramento County Opioid Coalition and is available in both English and Spanish. This resource is made available for use in clinics and offices.

Michael Miller of Brown Miller Communications explains how to use the coalition membership survey as a tool to better understand your coalition and how it can improve.

Michael Miller of Brown Miller Communications explains how to map out an effective and coherent communications strategy.

Michael Miller of Brown Miller Communications explains how to create a thoughtful web architecture that will carry your coalition into the future.

This video provides information about how to effectively reach people that are not a part of your immediate community or organization.

This video provides information about how to effectively tell a story with your data.

This video provides information about how to use media to reach those in your community and it provides examples who have successfully done this.

This video provides information about how to plan outreach and engagement.

This video provides information on how to effectively frame your message and what kinds of tools you can use to do this effectively.

Spoken words cannot be un-said, and they have the power to build up person, or to destroy a person. When we choose to be compassionate, we become a part of the solution, giving an opportunity for others to be successful. This guide offers insight into how we can change the way we talk about addiction to create positive change.

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.

This page offers background information and tips for providers to keep in mind while using person-first language, as well as terms to avoid to reduce stigma and negative bias when discussing addiction. Although some language that may be considered stigmatizing is commonly used within social communities of people who struggle with substance use disorder (SUD), clinicians can show leadership in how language can destigmatize the disease of addiction.

Jennifer Aaker studies happiness, and how stories can affect our happiness; she believes that stories are more meaningful–more memorable, more impactful, and more personal–than statistics alone. When used with statistical data, stories are an incredible persuasive tool that can help us as humans decide what to believe in a world that is otherwise incredibly over-saturated with information.

This year, to address the nation’s mental health and overdose crisis, SAMHSA is launching initiatives that increase access to prevention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery services and supports, celebrate the strong and proud recovery community, and applaud the dedication of service providers and community members across the nation who make recovery possible.

This video, narrated by Jay-Z, looks at the disparities in incarceration rates and health equity between different communities affected by the drug epidemic.

Shasta Substance Use Coalition developed a story map to provide their community with a resource to understand the scope of fentanyl’s impact on their community utilizing local data, Arc GIS mapping, and story telling. Visit their website to learn more.