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4 <br />10.Engage non-profits, faith-based communities, and community coalitions to <br />support people in treatment and recovery and to support family members in their <br />efforts to support the person with OUD in the family. <br />11.Provide training and development of procedures for government staff to <br />appropriately interact and provide social and other services to individuals with or <br />in recovery from OUD, including reducing stigma. <br />12.Support stigma reduction efforts regarding treatment and support for persons with <br />OUD, including reducing the stigma on effective treatment. <br />13.Create or support culturally appropriate services and programs for persons with <br />OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions, including but not limited to new <br />Americans, African Americans, and American Indians. <br />14.Create and/or support recovery high schools. <br />15.Hire or train behavioral health workers to provide or expand any of the services or <br />supports listed above. <br />C.CONNECT PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP TO THE HELP THEY NEED <br />(CONNECTIONS TO CARE) <br />Provide connections to care for people who have—or are at risk of developing—OUD <br />and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions through evidence-based or evidence-informed <br />programs or strategies that may include, but are not limited to, those that: <br />1.Ensure that health care providers are screening for OUD and other risk factors and <br />know how to appropriately counsel and treat (or refer if necessary) a patient for <br />OUD treatment. <br />2.Fund Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (“SBIRT”) <br />programs to reduce the transition from use to disorders, including SBIRT <br />services to pregnant women who are uninsured or not eligible for Medicaid. <br />3.Provide training and long-term implementation of SBIRT in key systems (health, <br />schools, colleges, criminal justice, and probation), with a focus on youth and <br />young adults when transition from misuse to opioid disorder is common. <br />4.Purchase automated versions of SBIRT and support ongoing costs of the <br />technology. <br />5.Expand services such as navigators and on-call teams to begin MOUD in hospital <br />emergency departments. <br />6.Provide training for emergency room personnel treating opioid overdose patients <br />on post-discharge planning, including community referrals for MOUD, recovery <br />case management or support services. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 040056EC-0D41-4D98-9C65-E01AE876A6AB