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9. Identify successful recovery programs such as physician, pilot, and college recovery programs, and <br />provide support and technical assistance to increase the number and capacity of high-quality programs <br />to help those in recovery. <br />10. Engage non -profits, faith -based communities, and community coalitions to support people in <br />treatment and recovery and to support family members in their efforts to support the person with OUD <br />in the family. <br />11. Training and development of procedures for government staff to appropriately interact and provide <br />social and other services to individuals with or in recovery from OUD, including reducing stigma. <br />12. Support stigma reduction efforts regarding treatment and support for persons with OUD, including <br />reducing the stigma on effective treatment. <br />13. Create or support culturally appropriate services and programs for persons with OUD and any co- <br />occurring SUD/MH conditions, including new Americans. <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 supports listed <br />above. <br />C. CONNECT PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP TO THE HELP THEY NEED (CONNECTIONS <br />TO CARE) <br />Provide connections to care for people who have — or at risk of developing — OUD and any co- <br />occurring SUD/MH conditions through evidence -based or evidence -informed programs or strategies <br />that may include, but are not limited to, the following: <br />1. Ensure that health care providers are screening for OUD and other risk factors and know how to <br />appropriately counsel and treat (or refer if necessary) a patient for OUD treatment. <br />2. Fund Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) programs to reduce the <br />transition from use to disorders, including SBIRT services to pregnant women who are uninsured or not <br />eligible for Medicaid. <br />3. Provide training and long-term implementation of SBIRT in key systems (health, schools, colleges, <br />criminal justice, and probation), with a focus on youth and young adults when transition from misuse to <br />opioid disorder is common. <br />4. Purchase automated versions of SBIRT and support ongoing costs of the technology. <br />5. Expand services such as navigators and on-call teams to begin MAT in hospital emergency <br />departments. <br />6. Training for emergency room personnel treating opioid overdose patients on post -discharge planning, <br />including community referrals for MAT, recovery case management or support services. <br />7. Support hospital programs that transition persons with OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH <br />conditions, or persons who have experienced an opioid overdose, into clinically -appropriate follow-up <br />care through a bridge clinic or similar approach. <br />