For those suffering from opioid use disorder, a major barrier to accessing treatment is difficulty locating programs with immediately availability, whether residential, inpatient, or outpatient. In response, the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC) and the state’s Department for Public Health and Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities (DBHDID) created FindHelpNowKentucky.org, a website listing nearly all the treatment programs in the state, as well as many recovery and harm reduction resources. Each treatment program listing describes the type of care provided, the program's policies relating to payment and insurance, and its current availability status. Potential clients using the website can quickly determine which programs fit their needs, their location, and whether new patients are being accepted. 

Besides its primary focus on treatment availability, FindHelpNowKentucky provides search tools for finding recovery housing, community resources, and obtaining naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal drug, as well as a library of essential information on substance use disorders. A presentation describing the program is here, a press release here, and phone contact information here. An extensive evaluation of the program suggests it has served Kentucky well, and a sister program has been started in Tennessee.