Integrating behavioral health and community systems to enhance the access, provision, and quality of substance use disorder, opioid use disorder, and mental health services.

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Responding To Addiction – A Two-Part Series

07 Apr 2026

Part 1 This training was developed by the Addiction Policy Forum and includes an overview of addiction, understanding treatment and recovery processes, and tips for communicating with someone who is struggling with addiction.  This will be a two-part series,...

Introducing the Brain Injury Peer Support Curriculum: An Interactive Training

15 Apr 2026

Join us for an engaging and interactive webinar introducing the new Brain Injury Peer Support Curriculum, developed specifically for peer support professionals who work in behavioral health. This session will provide an overview of the curriculum’s development, a guided...

Responding To Addiction – A Two-Part Series

21 Apr 2026

Part 2 This training was developed by the Addiction Policy Forum and includes an overview of addiction, understanding treatment and recovery processes, and tips for communicating with someone who is struggling with addiction.  This will be a two-part series,...

The Power of Community: Reducing Stigma Around Addiction (Session 1)

30 Apr 2026

Stigma surrounding substance use disorder (SUD) remains one of the most significant barriers to treatment and recovery support in rural communities. This in-depth training series will bring together individuals with lived experience and professionals working across the recovery continuum...

Mindfulness Monday: Minfulness for Uncertainty: Emotional First Aid

11 May 2026

Join us for our ongoing interactive mindfulness series. Throughout this series, participants will explore practices designed to cultivate a sense of personal calm by nurturing both mind and body, while learning how to allow external stressors to pass without...

Disaster Preparedness 101 for Behavioral Health

14 May 2026

Disaster Preparedness 101 is an introductory training designed to help participants build the knowledge, confidence, and practical skills needed to navigate emergencies of all kinds. From natural hazards like wildfires, floods, and severe storms to unexpected human‑made disruptions, this...

Mindfulness Monday: Soothing Color and Light Journey

18 May 2026

Join us for our ongoing interactive mindfulness series. Throughout this series, participants will explore practices designed to cultivate a sense of personal calm by nurturing both mind and body, while learning how to allow external stressors to pass without...

The Power of Community: Reducing Stigma Around Addiction (Session 2)

28 May 2026

Stigma surrounding substance use disorder (SUD) remains one of the most significant barriers to treatment and recovery support in rural communities. This in-depth training series will bring together individuals with lived experience and professionals working across the recovery continuum...

Mindfulness Monday: Mindfulness for Moving Forward: Release What You’re Carrying Practice

01 Jun 2026

Join us for our ongoing interactive mindfulness series. Throughout this series, participants will explore practices designed to cultivate a sense of personal calm by nurturing both mind and body, while learning how to allow external stressors to pass without...

Mindfulness Monday: Grounded Earth & Sky Breathing Exercise

22 Jun 2026

Join us for our ongoing interactive mindfulness series. Throughout this series, participants will explore practices designed to cultivate a sense of personal calm by nurturing both mind and body, while learning how to allow external stressors to pass without...

The Power of Community: Reducing Stigma Around Addiction (Session 3)

25 Jun 2026

Stigma surrounding substance use disorder (SUD) remains one of the most significant barriers to treatment and recovery support in rural communities. This in-depth training series will bring together individuals with lived experience and professionals working across the recovery continuum...

Mindfulness Monday: Mindfulness for Burnout

13 Jul 2026

Join us for our ongoing interactive mindfulness series. Throughout this series, participants will explore practices designed to cultivate a sense of personal calm by nurturing both mind and body, while learning how to allow external stressors to pass without...

The Power of Community: Reducing Stigma Around Addiction (Session 4)

23 Jul 2026

Stigma surrounding substance use disorder (SUD) remains one of the most significant barriers to treatment and recovery support in rural communities. This in-depth training series will bring together individuals with lived experience and professionals working across the recovery continuum...

Mindfulness Monday: Calming Visualization using the Five Senses

27 Jul 2026

Join us for our ongoing interactive mindfulness series. Throughout this series, participants will explore practices designed to cultivate a sense of personal calm by nurturing both mind and body, while learning how to allow external stressors to pass without...

The Power of Community: Reducing Stigma Around Addiction (Session 5)

20 Aug 2026

Stigma surrounding substance use disorder (SUD) remains one of the most significant barriers to treatment and recovery support in rural communities. This in-depth training series will bring together individuals with lived experience and professionals working across the recovery continuum...

The Power of Community: Reducing Stigma Around Addiction (Session 6)

17 Sep 2026

Stigma surrounding substance use disorder (SUD) remains one of the most significant barriers to treatment and recovery support in rural communities. This in-depth training series will bring together individuals with lived experience and professionals working across the recovery continuum...

Prevention

“The National Mental Health and Substance Use Policy Laboratory (Policy Lab) leads the equitable coordination, analysis, development, and implementation of national policy to promote mental health, prevent substance misuse and addiction, provide treatment and support recovery.”

https://www.samhsa.gov/about-us/who-we-are/offices-centers/nmhsupl

Risk Reduction

“Risk reduction is critical to keeping people who use drugs alive and as healthy as possible, and is a key pillar in the multi-faceted Health and Human Services’ Overdose Prevention Strategy.”

https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/harm-reduction

Treatment

“The use of medications, in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies, to provide a “whole-patient” approach to the treatment of substance use disorders.”

https://www.samhsa.gov/medications-substance-use-disorders

 

Recovery

“Recovery signals a dramatic shift in the expectation for positive outcomes for individuals who experience mental and substance use conditions or the co-occurring of the two.”

https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/recovery