| Resource | Description | Link | Downloadable Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opioid Solutions Center from the National Association of Counties (NACo) | A comprehensive resource hub for opioid-related information provided by the National Association of Counties. Including strategy briefs, quick guides, and a leadership network to connect with other decision-makers | Open | |
| Best practices for state and local governments to collaborate on opioid settlement spending | Open | Executive Summary | |
| 'The Principles' from Johns Hopkins | Key principles for effective opioid settlement spending. | Open | |
| Principle 1: Spending the Money to Save Lives | Open | ||
| Principle 2: Use Evidence to Guide Spending | Open | ||
| Principle 3: Invest in Youth Prevention | Open | ||
| Principle 4: Focus on Racial Equality | Open | ||
| Principle 5: Develop a Fair and Transparent Process for Deciding Where to Spend the Funding | Open | ||
| Conducting a Community Needs Assessment | Resources for assessing community needs regarding the opioid crisis. | Open | |
| Measuring Settlement Fund Investments | A guide on what to measure when investing settlement funds | Opioid Measurement Toolkit: Duke Margolis | |
| How to Create a Settlement Council | Guide to creating an effective settlement council | Open | Creating a Settlement Council |
| Strategies for Allocating Funds | Strategies for effective allocation of opioid settlement funds | Open | |
| Opioid Resource Library | A curated library of evidence-based resources on opioids for policymakers & community leaders | Open | |
| National League of Cities (NLC) Opioid Settlement Dashabord | NLC members can log-in to access resources regarding settlement funds | Open | |
| Maximizing the Impact of Opioid Litigation Settlements | Identifying strategies to optimize the design and impact of settlements and judgments related to the opioid crisis | Open | |
| Potential Conflicts of Interest within Decision-Making and Advisory Councils | Identifies best practices from states with extensive protocols for conflicts of interest, and provides recommendations | Open | COI Among Decision-Making Groups |
| Resource | Description | Link | Downloadable Files/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| List of Practitioner Training Programs | A comprehensive list of training programs for practitioners in the fields of mental health and substance use disorders, provided by SAMHSA. | Open | |
| Certifications and Clinical Training | NAADAC promotes excellence in care by advocating for the highest quality and most up-to-date, science-based services for clients, families and communities. NAADAC does this by providing education, clinical training and certification. Among the organization's national certification programs are the National Certified Addiction Counselor, National Certified Peer Recovery Support Specialist, and the Masters Addiction Counselor designations. | Open | |
| Resources for Payors | Payers and providers play an important role in addressing the opioid crisis in our communities. This page highlights the most recently added resources specifically targeting healthcare providers, healthcare system employees, and individuals who manage private and public insurance plans. | Open | |
| MD, PA, and NP Student Training | A team of experts on opioid use disorder at Duke, led by Dr. Lawrence Greenblatt, and Duke PA program educational technology specialist, Rachel Porter, PhD, have designed an online curriculum to train Duke students (PA, MD, NP) and community health care providers. The online curriculum consists of three interactive learning modules (including post-test assessment) which assist learners in recognizing opioid use disorder, understanding its epidemiology and risk factors, knowing how to take steps to reduce the risk of individuals developing opioid use disorder, and once diagnosed, referring for treatment to include MAT or abstinence-based therapy. The material is consistent with national standards developed and published by SAMHSA4. Community providers may access the curriculum through the AHEC portal and will be eligible for continuing medical education (CME) credit upon completion. | Open | If no courses are available, email the support team via the link found on the page. |
| MOUD Training | MOUD training for providers | Open | |
| Opioid Education Resources | Various opioid addiction skills trainings | Open | |
| Continuing Education | MAHEC provides a variety of continuing professional development programs throughout the year to ensure healthcare professionals are up-to-date on best practices for supporting individuals with opioid and substance use disorders. | Open | An NC MAHEC resource. |
| Lived-Experience Training | Tips for working with people who use drugs - In the pandemic era and beyond. | Open | Center for Innovation and Engagement |
| Training Resource Hub, CDC | CDC information hub with resources and training about overdose prevention | Open | |
Bibliographies
Datasets
| Resource | Description | Link | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Education | "To address what we saw as an essential information gap, the Vital Strategies Overdose Prevention Program and Christine Minhee of OpioidSettlementTracker.com partnered in 2023 to produce comprehensive guides on opioid settlement funds for all 50 states and the District of Columbia." Intended for a community audience, these guides demystify how each state will receive and allocate opioid settlement funds. The goal is to empower community advocates on the ground to effectively understand and engage with the settlement planning and spending process. | Open | ||
| Strategy Briefs and Guides | NACo's Opioid Solutions Center empowers local leaders to invest resources in effective treatment, recovery, prevention and harm reduction practices that save lives and address the underlying causes of substance use disorder. | Open | ||
| This guide will help you learn about activities underway to address the opioid crisis in rural communities at the national, state, and local levels across the country. It identifies: - Initiatives and funding opportunities - Rural program examples - Tools and resources focused on prevention, harm reduction, and treatment | Open | |||
| Community Engagement | Resources for community engagement | Open |