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Toolkits, guides, and other resources vetted by experts in overdose prevention.
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National Survey Trends in Telehealth Use in 2021: Disparities in Utilization and Audio vs. Video Services
HHS has released a report detailing trends of telehealth use in 2021, and how to make telehealth more accessible and equitable in the future.
Congressional Hearings Focused on Mental Health and Substance Use Crises
In these videos, Congress was engaged in discussions on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and substance use and the need for Mental Health First Aid, among other important topics.
Sample Creative Brief Website
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.
Sample Creative Brief
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.
Life's Too Good' Style Sheet
This sample style sheet shows how to lay out an ad campaign in a visually effective manner.
Sample Communications Plan Primer
This sample communications plan primer shows how to effectively utilize the template to create a viable plan for your coalition.
Sample Website Site Map Draft
This guide offers examples on how to lay out your website's information and resources effectively.
Sample Website Style Guide
This guide provides an example of how to create a visually effective website that will draw in more users to your coalition's messaging.
Sample Criteria for Selecting an Initiative
This worksheet provides important questions to reflect on when deciding which initiatives your coalition should focus on in terms of feasibility and success.
Sample Moderator's Guide
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.
Sample Website Map
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.
Membership Survey Template
This membership survey helps identify the strengths and weaknesses of your coalition. It draws attention to areas for improvement and provides important data for future changes to your coalition
Sample Social Media Messages
These are sample Facebook posts and media campaigns related to fentanyl-related deaths, MAT, and overdose prevention strategies.
Speaking the Same Language: A Toolkit for Strengthening Patient-Centered Addiction Care in the United States
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.
Bridging the Divide Between Mental Health Care and Addiction Treatment
CHCF released a new report that shows that people with a dual diagnosis of mental illness and substance use disorder have a difficult time to receive fully coordinated and effective care. This story is just one of many depicting this reality.
Supporting Telehealth and Technology-assisted Services for People Who Use Drugs: A Resource Guide
This resource guide offers recommendations, tools and examples from the field to better implement telehealth and technology-assisted services to increase access to care and improve outcomes for people with SUD.
Guide: Helping a Loved One
This infographic is a guide on how to communicate effectively with family members with SUD and support them throughout their crisis.
New Medicaid Guidance for Community-based Mobile Crisis Services
This brief outlines the benefits of a mobile health care system to improve outreach and overdose prevention efforts.
Today, Explained: The new meth
This podcast with Sam Quiñones discusses the creation of a new synthetic substance that has become prevalent in recent years.
New Training Webpage and Messaging Products for ACEs, Overdose, and Suicide Prevention
This website provides resources for addressing the relationship between trauma, substance use disorder, and mental health.