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3 <br />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.