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3. Provide access to housing for people with OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH <br /> conditions, co-usage, and/or co-addiction, including supportive housing, recovery <br /> housing, housing assistance programs, or training for housing providers. <br /> 4. Provide community support services, including social and legal services, to assist in <br /> deinstitutionalizing persons with OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions, co- <br /> usage, and/or co-addiction. <br /> 5. Support or expand peer-recovery centers, which may include support groups, social <br /> events, computer access, or other services for persons with OUD and any co-occurring <br /> SUD/MH conditions, co-usage, and/or co-addiction. <br /> 6. Provide employment training or educational services for persons in treatment for or <br /> recovery from OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions, co-usage, and/or co- <br /> addiction. <br /> 7. Identify successful recovery programs such as physician, pilot, and college recovery <br /> programs, and provide support and technical assistance to increase the number and <br /> capacity of high-quality programs to help those in recovery. <br /> 8. Engage non-profits, faith-based communities, and community coalitions to support <br /> people in treatment and recovery and to support family members in their efforts to <br /> manage the opioid user in the family. <br /> 9. Provide training and development of procedures for government staff to appropriately <br /> interact and provide social and other services to current and recovering opioid users, <br /> including reducing stigma. <br /> 10. Support stigma reduction efforts regarding treatment and support for persons with <br /> OUD, including reducing the stigma on effective treatment. <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 and <br /> any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions, co-usage, and/or co-addiction through evidence- <br /> based, evidence-informed, or promising programs or strategies that may include, but are not <br /> limited to, the following: <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 OUD <br /> treatment. <br /> 2. Support Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment(SBIRT) programs to <br /> reduce the transition from use to disorders. <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 young <br /> adults when transition from misuse to opioid disorder is common. <br /> 3 <br />