Collected Resources

The Opioid Resource Connector assists communities in mounting a comprehensive response to the opioid crisis. The Connector provides a curated collection of community-focused programs, tools, and resources to help stakeholders choose, design, and implement essential interventions.

Weekly, the Cambridge Health Alliance offers the BASIS which summarizes a current addiction science article in plain language, with commentary written by recovering people, clinicians, researchers, policy makers, and others.

Have COVID-19 and social distancing thrown you into the unfamiliar world of virtual meetings as the only way to connect? While there are plenty of tips and tricks circulating about how to make your virtual meetings more effective, this webinar will teach you how to make them more equitable by leading with love, nurturing networks and relationships, and managing power dynamics.

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Publisher: Interaction Institute for Social Change

Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) advances effective recovery supports and services for people with mental or substance use disorders and their families.

Aimed at supporting everyone who addresses substance use and addiction as part of their work, Careers of Substance provides information and resources designed to support a competent, dedicated and enthusiastic workforce:

• Individuals – advance or get started in the field, earn appropriate education, licensure and certification, stay current on recent research, and search for jobs
• Organizations – recruit, retain and support highly skilled staff, engage in results-oriented quality improvement, and respond to external changes
• Networking – check out a calendar of events specifically for the field, and find out about cross-system initiatives and advocacy efforts.

Author: Careers of Substance

Publisher: Bureau of Substance Addiction Services

Guidance related to COVID-19 from the Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health's Bureau of Substance Addiction Services developed these guiding principles that the Massachusetts Collaborative for Action, Leadership, and Learning 3 (MassCALL3) Substance Misuse Prevention grantees are expected to incorporate into their operations and programming. A brief definition and examples of what successful implementation of each principle is provided.

Author: Massachusetts Bureau of Addiction Services Publisher: Massachusetts Bureau of Addiction Services

In efforts to advance health equity, aligning with groups working toward racial justice can yield power and improve effectiveness; however, alignment is no simple task. It takes effort and intentionality. This brief concept paper outlines a rationale and five strategic opportunities for building bridges between the fields.

Author: Manal J. Aboelata, Roxan Rivas, La’Quana Williams, & Elva Yañez

Publisher: Prevention Institute

This resource list was developed by the PTTC Culturally & Linguistically Appropriate Practices Work Group, and represents a compilation of resources produced by the PTTC Network to help individuals understand the impact of culture and identity in prevention efforts. All resources are free to access. This list is by no means exhaustive, and will be updated periodically to ensure it has the most relevant resources.

Author: PTTC Culturally & Linguistically Appropriate Practices Work Group

Publisher: Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network (PTTC)

This toolkit helps in developing a plan for enhancing leadership and its core tasks.

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Publisher: Community Toolbox