Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts

NASHP is deeply honored to have been selected as a grant recipient by the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts. We are grateful for our continued partnership at this critical time to help state leaders optimize the use of opioid settlement funds and other resources and sustain access to critical substance use disorder services.

Thank you Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts for your ongoing support!

We're incredibly grateful to the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts for supporting this work and for investing in independent, evidence-based health policy journalism. The opioid crisis continues to evolve, and policymakers need clear, nuanced reporting on what's working, what's not, and the tradeoffs behind the decisions. This partnership will help us continue providing that reporting at a critical moment. Thank you to FORE for your support of this reporting and for recognizing the important role independent journalism plays in informing better health policy. In the meantime, you can explore our previous reporting on opioids here: https://lnkd.in/ggdnT6kY

FORE today announced three grants totaling nearly $1.55 million to organizations that are working to strengthen state policies for addressing #opioidusedisorder and #overdose, protect access to treatment, and expand public understanding of evidence-based solutions to the #opioidcrisis. The two-year grants will support the NASHP | National Academy for State Health Policy, the Legal Action Center, and Tradeoffs, a nonprofit health policy news organization. Together, the projects reflect FORE’s continued commitment to informing critical policy issues, particularly at the state level and at a time when state leaders are navigating changes to federal policies, tighter budgets, and responsibilities for administering opioid settlement funds. The grants will also support efforts to preserve #Medicaid coverage for people with #opioid and other substance use disorders and provide policymakers, health care professionals, and the public with clear, independent reporting on promising approaches to prevention, treatment, and recovery. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g6Dd3kNk

Thank you so much to the Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy and the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts for hosting such a great meeting on mid-level behavioral health workers. Tier McCullough, MPH, MS and I loved being a part of the discussions, hearing from states, providers, workers, researchers, and other experts, and bringing all of that back to our team at NASHP | National Academy for State Health Policy. We're looking forward to hearing more!

Rural jails can play a central role in expanding access to substance use disorder (SUD) services, but face challenges like small staffs and limited availability of community behavioral health services. Medicaid 1115 reentry waivers offer a vehicle for expanding treatment access at release. With the support of Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts, Health and Reentry Project (HARP) profiled three rural counties  – Kittitas and Kitsap Counties, Washington and Aroostook County, Maine –  that are expanding access to SUD services under reentry waivers.  Read the case studies to see the approaches, resources, and partnerships these three county jails are building. https://lnkd.in/eBTrmxa4

"The Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts has invested in Mountain Area Health Education Center - MAHEC’s role in the NC STAR Network. Karen A. Scott, the foundation’s president, said her organization found the network to be a sound investment not only because of its potential reach but the diversity of access points – MAHEC, the academic medical centers, local health departments, federally qualified health centers – allowing primary care practitioners throughout the state to tap into specialist expertise." Thank you, Taylor Sisk and The Daily Yonder, for covering the lifesaving work of our #FOREgrantees! Read more: https://lnkd.in/gvDaCyTM

Expanding the availability of opioid use disorder (OUD) services in correctional facilities and community settings is crucial to support individuals with OUD during and after incarceration. In Washington state, the Washington Telebuprenorphine Hotline – or WA Telebupe–is a leading example of how states can leverage new and existing substance use disorder programs to maximize connection OUD services for people as they return to communities after incarceration. The hotline serves anyone in Washington state with OUD who is over age 13, including individuals recently released from correctional facilities. Since launching statewide this year, the hotline has received approximately 1,200 calls per quarter. A fifth–20%–of telehealth visits scheduled through the hotline are by individuals who have been recently incarcerated. Take a look at Health and Reentry Project (HARP)’s latest blog, written with the support of the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts, about WA Telebupe to learn more about this impactful program. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g5v2StKd