Webinar shares lessons from county officials in the Reaching Rural Initiative on leadership and innovation to improve rural substance use outcomes.

Provides an outline for starting a regional or local judicial opioid task force.

Discusses how judges can bring otherwise disconnected stakeholders together to form partnerships, through multidisciplinary teams (MDTs), that work to achieve successful outcomes.

Communities nationwide are grappling with a growing opioid crisis, particularly in the Appalachian region, where overdose death rates were 72% higher in 2017 than in non-Appalachian areas. Local leaders have struggled to address rising addiction and overdoses, prompting this report to analyze the epidemic's impact and offer targeted recommendations in five areas: leadership, prevention, recovery, rehabilitation for justice-involved individuals, and economic development, each supported by case studies from Appalachian counties.