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Provide access to housing for people with OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions, co -usage, and/or co -addiction, including supportive housing, recovery housing, housing assistance programs, or training for housing providers. 4. Provide community support services, including social and legal services, to assist in deinstitutionalizing persons with OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions, co - usage, and/or co -addiction. 5. Support or expand peer -recovery centers, which may include support groups, social events, computer access, or other services for persons with OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions, co -usage, and/or co -addiction. 6. Provide employment training or educational services for persons in treatment for or recovery from OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions, co -usage, and/or co - addiction. 7. Identify successful recovery programs such as physician, pilot, and college recovery programs, and provide support and technical assistance to increase the number and capacity of high -quality programs to help those in recovery. 8. Engage non -profits, faith -based communities, and community coalitions to support people in treatment and recovery and to support family members in their efforts to manage the opioid user in the family. 9. Provide training and development of procedures for government staff to appropriately interact and provide social and other services to current and recovering opioid users, including reducing stigma. 10. Support stigma reduction efforts regarding treatment and support for persons with OUD, including reducing the stigma on effective treatment. C. CONNECT PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP TO THE HELP THEY NEED (CONNECTIONS TO CARE) Provide connections to care for people who have — or are at risk of developing — OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions, co -usage, and/or co -addiction through evidence - based, evidence -informed, or promising programs or strategies that may include, but are not limited to, the following: Ensure that health care providers are screening for OUD and other risk factors and know how to appropriately counsel and treat (or refer if necessary) a patient for OUD treatment. 2. Support Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) programs to reduce the transition from use to disorders. Provide training and long-term implementation of SBIRT in key systems (health, schools, colleges, criminal justice, and probation), with a focus on youth and young adults when transition from misuse to opioid disorder is common.