NASADAD has developed four new thematic briefs that highlight common strategies and services states have implemented for opioid and stimulant misuse and use disorders using SOR grant funding. These briefs describe state opioid overdose response programs, services for veterans, initiatives for young adults, and innovations across the justice and re-entry continuum. The documents are linked below.

Initiatives for Young Adults

Innovations Across the Justice and Re-entry Continuum

Opioid Overdose Response Programs

Services for Veterans

These briefs build upon NASADAD’s interactive map that describes the impact of the SOR grant across the country. It includes state and territorial-specific briefs that describe highlights of each state substance use agency’s use of SOR funds across the continuum of care. The interactive map is also available on NASADAD’s website: https://nasadad.org/opioid-state-targeted-response-map/

Impact of State Targeted Response & State Opioid Response Grants

NASADAD has developed an interactive map showing the impact of State Targeted Response (STR) & State Opioid Response (STR) grants.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) previously funded the State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis (STR) grant and currently funds its successor, the State Opioid Response (SOR) grant, to address the opioid crisis.  SOR funding can be used to support evidence-based prevention, treatment, and recovery support services for opioid and stimulant misuse and use disorders.

To understand how grant recipients have used these funds, NASADAD developed state and territorial -specific briefs that describe highlights of each state alcohol and drug agency’s use of STR/SOR funds across the continuum of care.  Thematic briefs were also developed to analyze common strategies and services states have implemented for opioid and stimulant misuse and use disorders using STR/SOR funding.

On September 8, 2022, NASADAD hosted a virtual event including remarks from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Opioid Response Network (ORN), and Single State Agency (SSA) Directors, who presented on SOR-funded initiatives and shared their impact.

Presentations: 

• Opioid Response Network (ORN)
• NASADAD – Interactive Map
• New Mexico Human Services Department Behavioral Health Services Division
• Massachusetts Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Addiction Services

Impact of State Targeted Response & State Opioid Response Grants