Program Models
A statewide community drug checking program in Massachusetts that gathers timely information on the illicit drug supply to inform an effective response to the opioid crisis
- Harm Reduction
- Peer-reviewed
- Overdose prevention
A community-based organization engaged in naloxone training and distribution as part of a larger harm reduction initiative
- Harm Reduction
- Peer-reviewed
- Educational
- Overdose prevention
- Syringe service program / Needle exchange
A statewide network of 16 local coalitions in 23 counties focused on safe opioid prescribing, expanding use of medications for opioid use disorder, and wider access to naloxone
- Prevention
- Treatment
- Peer-reviewed
- Report with evaluation
- Cautious Opioid Prescribing
- Educational
- Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
- Overdose prevention
This program trains rural primary care doctors to provide medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorder
- Treatment
- Peer-reviewed
- Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
Low-threshold access to buprenorphine that is co-located in a syringe service program for a predominantly urban, unstably housed population in Seattle, Washington
- Treatment
- Harm Reduction
- Peer-reviewed
- Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
- Syringe service program / Needle exchange
Based in Rhode Island, this non-profit company ships overdose rescue kits and naloxone throughout the United States
- Harm Reduction
- Peer-reviewed
- Overdose prevention
A program, implemented in Massachusetts, that addresses trauma and parenting challenges for mothers in treatment and recovery services for substance use disorders and includes their young children
- Prevention
- Peer-reviewed
- Early Intervention
- Educational
- Family Support
An in-class, one-hour prevention program for grades 6-12 on the risks of using prescription and illicit opioids
- Prevention
- Harm Reduction
- Peer-reviewed
- Report with evaluation
- Replicated
- Early Intervention
- Educational
- Overdose prevention
An opioid urgent care center located in Boston Medical Center to quickly initiate medications for opioid use disorder
- Treatment
- Harm Reduction
- Peer-reviewed
- Report with evaluation
- Comprehensive services
- Early Intervention
- Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
- Recovery coaching
An innovative program model in New Hampshire that uses fire departments as an access point to treatment and other services
- Treatment
- Harm Reduction
- Peer-reviewed
- Report with evaluation
- Replicated
- Crisis intervention
- Early Intervention
A program in rural Ithaca, NY offering low threshold access to opioid use disorder treatment and harm reduction services
- Treatment
- Recovery
- Harm Reduction
- Peer-reviewed
- Report with evaluation
- Replicated
- Comprehensive services
- COVID / Coronavirus related
- Early Intervention
- Family Support
- Housing, Education, and Employment
- Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
- Post-overdose response
Mobile crisis intervention program integrated into the public safety system in two communities in Oregon
- Treatment
- Harm Reduction
- Report with evaluation
- Replicated
- Crisis intervention
- Diversion
- Early Intervention
A county sheriff's department program in rural Illinois offering assistance in finding treatment without fear of arrest for those struggling with opioid addiction
- Treatment
- Report with evaluation
- Replicated
- Diversion
A warm handoff from the emergency department to treatment and recovery services by a peer recovery specialist for an opioid overdose survivor in Pennsylvania
- Treatment
- Recovery
- Report with evaluation
- Family Support
- Post-overdose response
- Recovery coaching
A six-month program in Massachusetts for individuals in early recovery from an opioid use disorder, many of whom were previously incarcerated, that targets the social determinants of health, such as employment, housing, transportation, and education
- Recovery
- Report with evaluation
- Housing, Education, and Employment
- Recovery coaching
A reentry program for parolees transitioning from incarceration back into Brooklyn, NY who need substance use disorder treatment services
- Treatment
- Recovery
- Report with evaluation
- Comprehensive services
- Housing, Education, and Employment
A large, industrial company in Richmond, Indiana that offers treatment for those who have a positive pre-employment drug screen with a pathway for eventual employment
- Treatment
- Recovery
- Report with evaluation
- Housing, Education, and Employment
A youth prevention model implemented in rural Massachusetts that has substantially reduced substance use, including prescription drug misuse
- Prevention
- Report with evaluation
- Early Intervention
- Educational
- Family Support
Comprehensive opioid use disorder treatment and integrated medical care in a Massachusetts community health center serving a predominantly low-income and Hispanic population
- Prevention
- Treatment
- Harm Reduction
- Report with evaluation
- Cautious Opioid Prescribing
- Comprehensive services
- Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
- Overdose prevention
- Syringe service program / Needle exchange
A comprehensive public health response to the opioid crisis in Montgomery County (Dayton, OH)
- Full continuum of care
- Prevention
- Treatment
- Recovery
- Harm Reduction
- Report with evaluation
- Comprehensive services
- Crisis intervention
- Diversion
- Educational
- Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
- Overdose prevention
- Syringe service program / Needle exchange