This is a website from the National Institute for Health Care Management that provides data on the fourth wave of the opioid crisis, polysubstance use involving opioids and stimulants, such as cocaine and methamphetamine. 

This is a peer-reviewed article that describes how to do a community needs assessment in the context of creating a “recovery-ready” community.

The Recovery Ready Ecosystem Model (RREM) and Recovery Ready Community Framework build upon the early work of the recovery-oriented systems of care (ROSC). This is a theoretical model.

This is a report from the Police Executive Research Forum that documents a forum put together for public safety and public health experts to discuss a comprehensive response to the opioid crisis. Information on building successful partnerships is discussed and successful joint public safety-public health interventions are highlighted within this document. 

This is an academic paper that provides a framing for understanding addiction that can mitigate blame and stigma while also acknowledging the moral dimension of addictive behavior. 

This is a report from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) that describes the housing models available for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) who experience housing instability or homelessness. Several implemented models are highlighted within this document.

This is a report from the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts that highlights several programs that strengthen the continuum of care for pregnant and parenting women so they have uninterrupted access to opioid use disorder treatment as well as the support they need to sustain their recovery and build healthy families.

This is a report from several collaborating organizations in Colorado that puts forth the strategic plan for the state to increase capacity for recovery through three objectives: 1) Create a recovery-oriented system of care 2) Provide recovery-oriented clinical care 3) Equip communities with recovery supports. 

This report from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) presents the study results of interviews and focus groups to explore how the opioid crisis is uniquely affecting diverse Appalachian communities, and to identify effective content and messaging strategies that Appalachian community-based organizations can use to support opioid misuse prevention, treatment, and recovery

After describing the key findings of the impact of the opioid crisis on Appalachian communities and attitudes towards people with opioid use disorder (OUD), the report provides specific communication strategies that communities can use to educate the general public, reduce stigma, and prevent opioid misuse and OUD. 

This paper summarizes community forums that were held at nine locations throughout rural northeast Minnesota from October 2015 through March 2018. Each forum was planned by a university researcher and a planning team composed of community leaders and local public health officials and included a variety of professional speakers from health care, public health, law enforcement, and treatment and recovery, as well as individuals from the community who shared their own personal stories of addiction and recovery.

The different ingredients of a successful forum that increased community collaboration are discussed within this document. 

This is a presentation from the South East Area Health Education Center (SEAHEC) in Wilmington, NC that describes the collaborative nature of the community opioid response in this area. There is specific focus on the different types of stakeholders involved. 

This toolkit from Faces and Voices of Recovery guides a community in holding a listening forum to better understand how to help people struggling with substance use issues and in recovery. The forums can help identify information about negative attitudes and discriminatory policy barriers facing people seeking or in addiction recovery, other barriers to long-term recovery, and recovery-supportive policies and programs

This is a research report from the Urban Institute that provides a scope of the opioid crisis and its far-reaching impacts. Next, criminal justice responses are discussed and specific programs are highlighted.