This guidebook from the Urban Institute has been developed to provide community-based organizations with an overview of jail reentry work and to help them develop and sustain a partnership with their local jail. It discusses how to build a partnership with the local jail and includes concrete steps to develop and sustain this partnership. In addition, there are examples of existing strong partnerships and links to reentry resources. 

This is a report from the Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care that summarizes the Patient and Family Advisor (PFA) Summit on the opioid crisis, held in 2018. Characteristics of meaningful partnerships with patients and families are discussed and several promising partnerships are highlighted. Recommendations are made to strengthen these partnerships. 

Recovery coaches, trained peers with a history of substance use disorder (SUD) who are formally embedded in the health care team, may be a cost-effective approach to support outpatient management of SUD treatment. This study evaluated the integration of peer recovery coaches in general medical settings, finding reductions in acute care utilization and increases in outpatient treatment utilization among patients connected to a recovery coach. 

This is an academic paper that provides a systematic review of a wide array of peer recovery support services that have been evaluated in academic literature up to 2014. 

This online tool provides a state-by-state guide of state policies that influence peer support services, such as accreditation, the certification process, training requirements, continuing education, and insurance reimbursement. It also includes links to state-specific resources. 

Emergency departments (EDs) are increasingly hiring peers—people with lived experiences of addiction and recovery—to work with patients in the ED who have opioid use disorders (OUDs). This narrative review synthesizes the existing evidence on how to develop and implement peer programs for OUD in the ED setting, describing the key activities peers can undertake in the ED, requirements of the peer role, and best practices for peer supervision and hiring.

This is a report from Optum that describes how peer support services can be employed across the continuum of care for behavioral health, with a special focus on programs already implemented and their results. 

This report discusses the role of peer support workers and models of care that are available to assist individuals who are experiencing a crisis. This document highlights specific models of peer support services and features key resources.

This is an interactive toolkit from the city of Philadelphia that supports behavioral health agencies in the process of integrating peer providers into their services settings. Tools in this kit will help agencies to recruit, retain, and effectively deploy people in recovery in a variety of new peer support roles.

This is a report from the National Council for Behavioral Health that highlights how recovery community organizations and programs are employing peer support workers in the emergency department after opioid overdoses. Several program models are discussed in this document. 

This is a report from the Center for Public Safety Initiatives that provides a catalog and summaries of programs, approaches, and interventions to respond to the opioid crisis. These entries include responses that are local, national, and international. 

This is a toolkit designed to hep tribal justice system practitioners create or enhance reentry programs for American Indians and Alaska Natives returning from jail or prison. It also offers guidance for practitioners who are currently working in a reentry program.