The Recovery Research Institute is a leading nonprofit research institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, dedicated to the advancement of addiction treatment and recovery through conducting and disseminating research and providing education and outreach. They feature a 'research' section that provides easy-to-read summaries of the latest research. 

This is an issue brief from MACPAC that describes how recovery support services (RSS), such as recovery coaching or assistance with housing and employment, are reimbursed for Medicaid beneficiaries. What types of RSS each state covers is also provided. Some states reimburse for RSS through Medicaid waivers, some use block grants, and others use state plan services. 

This resource guide from SAMHSA explains that the central focus of a recovery-oriented systems of care (ROSC) is to create an infrastructure or system of care with the resources to effectively address the full range of substance use problems within communities. Recovery-oriented activities include providing a menu of traditional treatment services and alternative therapies, including peer recovery coaching, acupuncture, meditation, and music and art therapy.

According to this document, recovery support services, including employment assistance, child care, care management, and housing support, may enhance the engagement of individuals and their families in achieving and sustaining recovery.

This is an academic paper in which the authors evaluate the new model of recovery oriented systems of care. The article offers the perspective of this concept's origins in order to predict where this model can go in the future. This recovery oriented system of care has the aim of moving behavioral health systems of care beyond an acute care model to better meet the needs of persons with prolonged mental illness or substance use disorder. 

A website from the U.S. Department of Labor that informs employers on policies that can be adopted to support employees in recovery or struggling with substance use problems. 

This is a toolkit from the federal government that helps employers address substance use in the workforce and successfully hire, onboard, and retain people who are in or seeking recovery from substance use disorder. 

This brief summarizes Second Chance Act (SCA) programs and highlights areas vital to successful reentry and offers examples of how SCA grantees have addressed these issues among the people they serve. Tailoring interventions to high-risk populations is discussed in this document. 

This report from USDA and ONDCP is a compilation of qualitative data collected from numerous community organizations, which provides an overview of the key challenges rural communities face when addressing the consequences of prescription opioid misuse and the use of illicit substances, divided into sections on unique rural challenges, prevention, treatment, and recovery. There is also a supplement that showcases localized efforts implemented to help mitigate the impact of substance use disorder.

This is a toolkit from the ONDCP and USDA that serves as a guide to resources that can help make a difference in rural communities in addressing the opioid crisis and substance use in general. It features a comprehensive funding clearinghouse, interactive tools to assess the opioid problem at the county level, a treatment and services locator, a links to technical assistance and trainings. 

This is a working paper from the Maine Rural Health Research Center (authors Gale, Hansen, and Williamson) and is a qualitative study based on interviews with key stakeholders in Indiana, North Carolina, Vermont, and Washington State that explores promising state and community strategies to tackle the opioid crisis in rural communities and identifies rural challenges to the provision of opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery services. Specific promising program models are highlighted in this document. 

A toolkit from Rural Health Information Hub to help organizations implement, evaluate, and sustain prevention and treatment solutions to address substance use disorders. This resource also highlights existing promising programs and models to replicate. 

This is a manual entitled “RxStat” that is targeted to municipal and country leaders on how to best address drug use problems in their jurisdictions. It focuses on combining a public health and public safety approach and is derived from experience by the New York City's Department of Health and Human Hygiene.