National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Funding and Resources

Provides guidance and resources to help communities, healthcare providers, and volunteers providing opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment and harm reduction and recovery services address opioid use in their communities. Includes rural mentions throughout.

Provides guidance to policymakers, communities, and key stakeholders to develop and implement system- and practice-level changes to reduce opioid overdose deaths. Presents results from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative's HEALing Communities Study. Outlines priority populations and 19 evidence-based interventions to prevent and reduce opioid related overdose deaths. Offers resources on various topics related to opioid overdose and highlights model programs, including those serving rural areas.

Offers an online decision-making tool for community leaders, decision-makers, and community members seeking to reduce overdose deaths. Users complete a questionnaire and are then presented with a custom report that includes recommended evidence-based strategies, examples of how the strategies have been successfully implemented, and links to additional resources to determine next steps, estimate costs, and access technical assistance support. Utilizes evidence-based strategies identified in the NIH 2020-2023 HEALing Communities Study (HCS), which included multiple rural communities.