Implementing Risk and Protective Factors for Individuals, Families, and Communities

• Improve Protective Factors to Reduce SUDs
• Expand Positive Recreation Opportunities
• Become a Trauma-Informed Community
• Improve Job Opportunities for At-Risk individuals
• Improve Detection and Treatment of Mental Health Conditions

Focus on Youth and Families

• Prevent First-Time Use through Education
• Empower Parents
• Educate Parents on the Risks of Prescription and Non-Prescription Drugs
• Expand School-Based Prevention Programs
• Expand and Improve Support for Youth Outreach and Leadership

Focus on Medical/Pharmaceutical Systems

• Educate Patients on the Risks of Prescription and Non-Prescription Drugs
• Improve and Expand Screening and Testing for Misuse and Dependency
• Improve Professional Training on Opioid Risk and Alternative Pain Management Approaches
• Expand and Enhance Chronic Pain Prevention and Management
• Increase Access to Non-Pharma Therapies
• Reduce Over-Prescription of Prescription Drugs
• Improve Prescribing Practices
• Expand and Enhance Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)

Focus on Disrupting the Supply

• Disrupt the Supply of Illegal Drugs
• Reduce Non-Medical Access to Prescription Drugs
• Reduce Criminal Diversion of Prescription Drugs
• Expand Prescription Drug Take-Back and Disposal Programs

Expand Early Intervention Strategies

• Expand Early Intervention Strategies
• Expand SBIRT Program
• Improve and Expand Screening and Testing for Misuse and Dependency

Focus on Strategies

• Expand Harm Reduction Practices
• Increase Access to Syringe Exchange Programs
• Expand Number of Safe Injection Sites
• Expand Access to Medicated Assisted Treatment/Recovery (MAT/MAR)
• Adopt Harm Reduction Practices in Jails and Prisons
• Improve Screening for Infectious Disease
• Increase Access to Overdose Reversal Medications
• Expand Drug Testing Options

Focus on Perinatal Period

• Minimize Substance Use During Pregnancy
• Increase Awareness of the Risks of Substance Use and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)
• Increase Awareness of Treatment, Recovery, and Support Services
• Improve Identification of Pregnant People at Risk
• Improve Identification and Data Collection for NAS
• Adopt Universal Screening for Pregnant People
• Expand Perinatal Treatment and Support for People with SUDs
• Increase Access to Contraception
• Reduce Stigma for Pregnant People with SUDs
• Expand Motivational Interviewing for Pregnant People
• Expand Access to MAT/MAR for Pregnant People
• Expand SBIRT in Maternity Care Clinics
• Improve Access to Recovery Coaches for Parents
• Improve Care for Babies Born Drug Dependent
• Enhance Collaboration Among Medical, Behavioral Health, and Social Services Providers

Focus on Criminal Justice Involvement

• Shift from Punishment to Treatment Approach
• Expand Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion and Deflection Programs
• Expand First Response and Crisis Intervention Teams
• Expand and Enhance Speciality Courts
• Expand Community Service Alternatives to Incarceration
• Enhance Treatment and Recovery Support During Incarceration
• Expand the Use of MAT/MAR in Correctional Facilities
• Improve Recovery Support for People in the Criminal Justice System
• Improve Reentry After Incarceration

Focus on Medicated Assisted Treatment/Recovery (MAT/MAR)

• Expand Access to Medicated Assisted Treatment/Recovery (MAT/MAR)
• Accelerate the Development of New MAT/MAR Approaches
• Expand DNA Testing to Improve Precision MAT/MAR Therapies
• Expand the Use of MAT/MAR in Correctional Facilities

Focus on Effective Treatment

• Support and Advance Effective Treatment
• Improve Access to Quality Treatment Programs
• Improve and Expand Screening and Testing for Misuse and Dependency
• Strengthen Peer Recovery Support Services and Programs
• Improve Links to Treatment for People who Experience Non-Lethal Overdoses or Naloxone Revivals

Focus on Recovery Supports

• Improve Community Recovery Supports
• Improve Tracking of Recovery Progress
• Create Recovery-Ready Communities
• Expand Community Support for Impacted Families

Focus on Recurrence/Relapse Prevention

• Improve Education, Job Training, and Employment for People in Recovery
• Strengthen Peer Recovery Support Services and Programs
• Improve Recovery Support for People in the Criminal Justice System
• Improve Recovery Housing
• Expand and Strengthen Recovery Schools and Collegiate Recovery Programs

• Strengthen Your Community Coalition
• Activate Your Community
• Improve Data Sharing, Analysis, and Monitoring
• Support Key Legislative and Policy Changes
• Effective Action Planning and Implementation
• Build Education and Raise Awareness
• Reduce Stigma