This snapshot summarizes federal efforts on the issue and documents the growing momentum to expand access to MOUD in corrections nationwide. Report authors document growth in MOUD in rural, suburban, and urban areas, driven by a variety of factors.

Brief recommends expanding MOUD access for pregnant/parenting people in rural areas, using telehealth, mobile clinics, and family-centered approaches to keep families together.

This document provides jail and prison administrators, program managers, medical staff in correctional settings, and reentry staff with a performance management framework to monitor medication-assisted treatment (MAT) in correctional settings.

To combat the rising numbers of individuals with SUD, jails across the country have begun implementing jail-based programming to help incarcerated individuals as they seek recovery, reduce recidivism, and reduce the chances of overdose upon release. This brief is one in a series highlighting projects that are part of the Rural Responses to the Opioid Epidemic (RROE) project.

The goal of this series is to inform jurisdictions considering whether a mobile treatment program would work in their communities and to determine what type of model would fit best by spotlighting six agencies with successful mobile treatment programs.

Highlights the important evidence-based practices recommended in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) latest and most comprehensive guidance regarding pregnant women with opioid use disorders.

Informative video explanation of the physiology of addiction.

Key issues surrounding medication assisted treatment (MAT), the evidence that underlies treatment types for opioid use disorder, best practices, and legal implications.

The basics of addiction including contributing factors, treatment, and innovative court programs being used to combat the opioid crisis.