Focus & Focus+ 36(2), May 2020
Human services programs and the opioid crisis, Part 2

• May 2020
• Focus-36-2
• Link to Focus-36-2 (PDF)
• Link to Focus-Plus-36-2 (PDF)

This issue contains six articles, three that explore how the opioid crisis is hindering human services programs in meeting their objectives, and three that address how human services programs can support successful treatment and recovery for individuals with opioid use disorder.

Introduction to the issue

How the opioid crisis is hindering human services programs in meeting their objectives

Rural communities’ challenges in accessing treatment services, by Patricia Strach, Elizabeth Pérez-Chiqués, and Katie Zuber
Barriers to addressing the opioid crisis, by Pamela Petersen-Baston
Maryland’s approach to the opioid crisis, by Randi Walters and Brandi Stocksdale

How human services programs can support successful treatment and recovery for individuals with opioid use disorder

The response of state courts to the opioid crisis, by Deborah Taylor Tate
Ohio’s actions to address the opioid crisis, by Kimberly Hall
Supporting treatment and recovery in human services programs, by Barbara Ramlow and Carl Leukefeld

Categories

Court System, Health, Justice System, Mental Health & Substance Abuse, Place, Spatial Mismatch

Tags

Cross-County Comparison, Qualitative Research, Rural, Substance Abuse (or Alcohol/Drug Abuse), TANF/AFDC/W-2