PARTNER PORTAL
We aim to be a bridge between our local communities and our regional partners in order to ensure that people in need of prevention and support services throughout their substance use and mental health journey can feel supported in receiving the best interventions and care. We do this by ensuring a commitment to evidence based and culturally inclusive resources and information from our funder as well as key partners across the Great Lakes region.
SAMHSA
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation.
TTC
The TTC program is comprised of three networks: the Addiction Technology Transfer Centers (ATTC), the Mental Health Technology Transfer Centers (MHTTC), and the Prevention Technology Transfer Centers (PTTC).
ORN
The Opioid Response Network is a coalition of 46 national organizations, representing over 2 million constituents, providing education and training opportunities across the prevention, treatment, recovery and harm reduction of opioid, stimulant and other substance use disorders.
National Centers of Excellence
The Centers of Excellence develop and disseminate training and technical assistance for healthcare practitioners on issues related to addressing behavioral health disparities.
SAMHSA Highlight
Substance Use Prevention Month 2024
November is National Homelessness Awareness Month and National Homeless Youth Awareness Month. SAMHSA works in partnership with federal, state and local partners and national experts to provide training on housing, treatment and recovery models focused on adults, children, and families who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness and have serious mental illness and/or serious emotional disturbance, and substance use.
TTC Highlights
Podcast Series: Checking In Podcast: PTSD Treatment Providers Podcast Series
The work of the MTTC’s concluded on September 29, 2024. However, you can still find their great work housed HERE.
Delivering Medications for Opioid Use Disorder to the Underserved: Can Pharmacies Help?
What’s the Question?
Access to treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) is a challenge in rural settings and for communities of color, partly because it can be hard to find providers who are able and willing to prescribe medications for OUD (MOUD).
Pharmacists have been suggested as one way to enhance access to MOUD, as they’re often more available in rural and other underserved communities than primary care physicians or other prescribers.
A key question, however, is whether pharmacies are adequately prepared to distribute medications and other resources to people with OUD. This study, CTN-0124, Assessment and Design of a Cost-Effective Collaborative MOUD Delivery System, aimed to answer that question by examining the potential role of pharmacies in MOUD delivery, looking at what barriers exist, and proposing strategies for improvement.
Follow the links in this section to to answer your questions, learn more about the study, and connect with the resources of the ATTC.
ORN Highlight
Read Case Studies
In rural communities and urban centers, opioid and stimulant use disorders happen to people of all racial, ethnic, socioeconomic and educational backgrounds. The Opioid Response Network is designed to confront this public health crisis. Through our vast national network, we’re promoting the use of evidence-based practices to meet locally identified needs. Explore below and learn about our work.
National Centers of Excellence
Featured Center
National Training and Technical Assistance Center for Child, Youth, and Family Mental Health (NTTAC)
We aim to enhance the accessibility and dissemination of evidence-based and community-driven mental health services for children, youth, and their families. Our mission is to provide training and technical assistance (TTA) to mental health providers and to uplift the coordination of these vital services in the communities they serve. We focus on educating and training providers in evidence-based practices and community-driven solutions that promote children’s mental health.
