Resources
Substance Use Resources
The following list provides information on national and local resources:
PREVENTION
- Change the Script
- CT Prevention Network
- CT Youth Services Association
- Governor’s Prevention Partnership
- National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children
- Medication Disposal: What You Should Know
- Medication Disposal Take Back Locations
- Parent's Guide to Opioid Use Prevention
- Regional Behavioral Health Action Organizations (RBHAOs)
- Secure Storage of Medication and Other Substances
- Tobacco Prevention and Enforcement Program (TPEP)
- Vaping Prevention Initiatives (through PTTASC)
SUBSTANCE EXPOSED NEWBORNS
- Family Care Plans for Providers
- Family Care Plan Template
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) - Kids Health
- FAS Diagnostic & Prevention Network - WA
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FASD)s FAQs - Healthy Children
- Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS)
- Opioid Overdose Prevention (Nalaxone/Narcan)
- Pregnancy and Substance Use: A Harm Reduction Toolkit
- Substance Exposed Pregnancy Initiative of Connecticut (SEPI-CT)
GOVERNMENT SITES
- CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS)
- Monitoring the Future
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
INFORMATION & TRAINING
- CT Clearinghouse
- Language of Recovery
- LiveLOUD (Life with Opioid Use Disorder)
- Partnershipto End Addiction
- Prevention Training and Technical Assistance Service Center (PTTASC)
- Opioid Overdose Prevention (Nalaxone/Narcan)
- SBIRT Training Academy (Formerly SBIRT Training Institute)
- A-SBIRT Training Resources
RECOVERY & SUPPORTS
- Al-Anon
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Blood Alcohol Content (BAC)
- Cocaine Anonymous
- Connecticut Harm Reduction Alliance (CTHRA)
- CT Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR)
- CT Support Group (teens and young adults)
- Families Anonymous
- LGBTQIA+
- Nar-Anon
- Narcotics Anonymous
- National Harm Reduction Coalition
- Nicotine Anonymous
- SMART Recovery Groups through Youth Recovery CT
- Women and Children's Services
- Young Adult Services
- Youth Recovery CT
- Shatterproof
TREATMENT SERVICES
- Connecting to Care Assisted Intervention Matching (AIM) Tool
- CT Network of Care
- DCF Funded Substance Use Treatment Services
- DMHAS Addiction Services Availability and Bed Tracking
- HUSKY Health Find a Behavioral Health Provider
- HUSKY Health Provider Locator Map for Medications for Substance Use Disorder
- Medications for Substance Use Disorder (MOUD/MAUD/MAT)
- SAMHSA Find Treatment
- Shatterproof Treatment Atlas
- 2-1-1 of Connecticut
This list of resources is not all inclusive, as additional resources may be available.
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