See how communities like yours are putting settlement funds to work
Search real programs, each with the budget, the partners, and step-by-step guidance to replicate it, so your community does not have to start from scratch.
About This Project
Local experience, made useful
If your community is receiving opioid settlement funds, you are facing hard, practical questions. Which approaches actually work? Who do you need at the table? Can you afford it? And does any of this translate to a community your size?
This project answers those questions using the experience of communities that have already done the work. Each profile documents a real local approach to prevention, treatment, recovery support, or overdose prevention, written so you can decide whether it fits your context and take concrete steps toward replication.
This work is supported by the Opioid Response Network (ORN), a SAMHSA-funded initiative that provides free training and technical assistance in evidence-based practices across all 50 states. ORN starts from the belief that substance use disorders are treatable, and that the communities closest to the crisis are best positioned to lead the response. Each profile names the people behind the model, the partners at the table, and what it took to make the program work locally. If a model here fits your context, you can request no-cost support from ORN to help you adapt it.
Covers the full continuum: prevention, treatment, recovery support, and overdose prevention
Practical guidance for small and rural counties without large agency infrastructure
Honest about what each program requires: partners, budget, timeline, and common pitfalls
Connects you directly to peers who have already solved the problem you are facing
Find a model that fits your community
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Want help bringing one of these models to your community?
The Opioid Response Network provides no-cost training and technical assistance in evidence-based practices in every state and territory. Tell them what you are trying to build, and they will match you with a consultant who has done it before.
