The Tools and Calculators section is designed to help you effectively manage and utilize settlement funds.
Here, you’ll find practical resources to make informed decisions and optimize funding allocations. Explore these tools to enhance your strategies and achieve the best outcomes for your community
| Name | Owner | Description | Link | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naloxone Distribution Calculator | Center for the Business of Health | Our Naloxone Distribution Calculator is designed to help evaluate the cost-effectiveness of distributing injectable naloxone kits over a ten-year period compared to not distributing extra kits | User Manual | |
| Overdose Mapping Tool | NORC at the University of Chicago (NORC) | This tool allows researchers, policymakers, journalists, and the general public to create county-level maps illustrating the relationship between community and population demographics and fatal drug overdoses—including opioids—in the United States. Insights derived from this tool can be used to target resources and interventions, and inform media coverage related to overdose deaths in the U.S. |  | |
| Recovery Ecosystem Index Map | NORC at the University of Chicago (NORC) | The term “Recovery Ecosystem” is used to describe the community-level factors that are in place to support individuals in recovery from substance use disorder (SUD). This tool allows community organizations, policymakers, researchers, and the general public to create county-level maps to understand these factors in their communities and where additional resources are most needed to provide support to individuals in recovery. Insights derived from this tool can be used to target resources and interventions to enhance recovery ecosystems. |  | |
| Rural Community Toolbox | University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health | Find technical assistance, training, treatment options, reports, websites, and more focused on issues related to SUD |  | |
| Community Health Assessment Toolkit | American Hospital Association (AHA) | Explore this curated set of action resources from leading organizations to support and assist you during your community needs assessment process. The resources are classified into content-based categories and will be updated periodically as additional tools are identified. |  | |
| Opioid Abatement Needs and Investment Tool | Duke Margolis Institute for Health Policy & Third Horizon Strategies | This toolset is geared toward stakeholders, particularly local and state policymakers, with influence over and interest in the settlement fund distribution or, more generally, opioid response in their community. In particular, this toolset attempts to answer the questions (1) what is the community’s current status in the opioid epidemic, and (2) what is the community’s capacity to respond to the opioid epidemic currently, providing insights into potential strategic pathways for settlement fund investment opportunities. While data and guidance are as comprehensive as possible, every community has unique circumstances outside this toolset that it will need to consider. |  | |
| Opioid Settlement Principles Resource and Indicators (OSPRI) | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health & Vital Strategies | Opioid Settlement Principles Resource and Indicators (OSPRI) is an interactive online tool. Its aim is to guide counties and states in investing in effective overdose prevention strategies and monitoring how those investments are expanding the capacity in the jurisdiction to reduce overdose risks. |  | |
| Tools for Overdose Prevention | National Council for Mental Wellbeing | To help public health practitioners prevent overdose, the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, developed the following resources and tools. |  | |
| Peer Support Services in Justice and Public Safety Settings – a Planning and Implementation Toolkit | Legislative Analysis and Public Policy Assocation (LAPPA) | This toolkit, compiled in collaboration with Rulo Strategies, is for justice and public safety practitioners planning to implement peer support services in law enforcement agencies, court-based programs, community supervision agencies, and correctional settings. Each section of the toolkit offers critical questions to address during the planning and implementation phase, case studies, tools, and resources drawn from the latest research, subject matter experts, and experiences from diverse settings across the United States. |  | |
| SAMHSA's Strategic Prevention Framework | SAMHSA | To facilitate this understanding, SAMHSA developed the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) . The five steps and two guiding principles of the SPF offer prevention planners a comprehensive approach to understanding and addressing the substance misuse and related behavioral health problems facing their states and communities. |  | |
| Human Rights Toolkit: How to Engage People with Lived Experience | PAN | A human rights-based approach to harm reduction (see Overdose Emergency Response Centre Terms of Reference), and this toolkit focuses on human rights issues associated with discrimination against people use drugs. It draws information collected from people who use drugs compiled and reported in Project Inclusion report, national and international sources. |  | |
| Rural Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Toolkit | Rural Health Information Hub | This toolkit compiles evidence-based and promising models and resources to support organizations implementing rural MOUD programs across the United States. |  |