This is a trainer's guide from Washington State that provides a curriculum to train law enforcement and other non-medical public safety professionals to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose, teach these skills to their public safety peers, and serve as resources within their departments
Tools and Toolkits
This is a tool derived from an academic study that can be used to help states estimate how much pharmacy dispensing and community distribution of naloxone is needed to save lives.
A website providing a report and other resources by the Health Policy Institute of Ohio on overdose reversal and other forms of harm reduction. It provides an addiction policy inventory and scorecard focused on the state of Ohio that gauges how well harm reduction services are being delivered to a community.
This employer toolkit, developed by the Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota Business Partnership, uses a five-step approach to prevent and address opioid use disorder and other substance use disorders within the workplace. The toolkit can be customized to fit an employer's needs.
This is a website from UMass Lowell that provides free trainings and tools for construction workers, an industry disproportionately affected by the opioid crisis, in an effort to decrease prescription opioid misuse and opioid use disorder among this population. Although targeting a specific type of construction worker, these resources will likely serve as valuable to other industries.
A toolkit by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) provides local, state, and national resources for local health departments to better address the opioid crisis. The toolkit is divided into sections: monitoring and surveillance, prevention, harm reduction, linkage to care, and stakeholders/partnerships.
This is a website, operated by the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry and funded by SAMHSA, that provides education and training at a local level to provide evidence-based practices in the prevention, treatment, and recovery of opioid use disorders. Technical assistance is available at no cost to all communities.
This is a toolkit from the Opioid Response Network that is designed to assist faith-based leaders in responding to the opioid crisis. It provides current information, resources, and action steps to support faith-based leaders in meeting the needs of their members and communities related to the opioid crisis and opioid use disorder.
This interactive employer toolkit, developed by the Kentuckiana Health Collaborative (KHC), provides recommendations and tools for employers to support their employees and their dependents in prevention, treatment, and recovery from opioid misuse and opioid use disorder (OUD).
This is a toolkit from the National Safety Council to help employers to address the opioid crisis in the workplace. It includes sample policies, fact sheets, presentations, 5-minute safety talks, posters, white papers, reports, videos, and other resources.
Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program (ODMAP) is a tool that communities can use to implement a real-time overdose surveillance system that supports public safety and public health efforts to mobilize immediate responses to overdose spikes. More information can be found in this presentation on ODMAP.
This is a toolkit from SAMHSA that provides guidance on the role of opioid overdose reversal medications and how to respond to an overdose and is tailored to specific populations, like people who use drugs, people who take prescription opioids, and first responders.
This website has an interactive map that looks at deaths from alcohol, suicides, and drugs for each state. A downloadable report offers an extensive national resilience strategy.
This is a website providing tools, information, and other resources to help communities develop and implement post-overdose response teams.
This is an interactive training from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that promotes the appropriate, safe, and effective use of opioids to manage chronic pain. It is intended for healthcare professionals, public health professionals, and students in health-related fields.
This toolkit outlines different payment strategies implemented by the states of Arizona, Pennsylvania, New York, and Oregon which aimed to improve the delivery of SUD care for Medicaid beneficiaries. This data has been collected from state interviews and documentation of the payments made to providers and managed care plans.
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.
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 toolkit from the Harm Reduction Coalition provides examples of policies and practices from current peer-delivered syringe exchange (PDSE) programs. It gives an overview of points to consider in starting a PDSE program and is intended to generate new ideas for revising and improving existing PDSE programs.
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.