Rural Community Opioid Response Program

Prevention and access to treatment for opioid addiction and overdose reversal drugs are critical to fighting this epidemic. Primary care settings have increasingly become a gateway to better care for individuals with both behavioral health (including substance use) and primary care needs.

With funding as part a grant from The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), WMRHA helped to convene and organization clinics and health providers as they are:

• Expanding access through health centers and other primary care settings
• Using telehealth to treat opioid use disorder
• Connecting stakeholders to opioid-related resources
• Sharing best practices and regional approaches
• Increasing opioid use disorder training in primary care
• Informing policy and future investments
• Addressing opioid-related poisonings and overdoses