ACP awarded grant to help combat nation's opioid crisis
ACP received part of $24 million in federal government funding to focus on the specific needs of states and local jurisdictions to address the opioid crisis in their areas.
ACP has received a $50,000 sub-award from the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) to help combat the nation's opioid crisis.
The grant is part of $24 million in funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for a new Technical Assistance effort to focus on the specific needs of states and local jurisdictions to address the opioid crisis in their areas.
ACP's role will be to support recruitment of ACP members to work with AAAP's coalition and to identify local medical champions. These medical champions will offer expertise on using a quality improvement framework to tackle the challenge of reducing opioid use, to support local and regional participation in the program, and to serve in an advisory capacity for the broader program.
In March 2017, ACP released a position paper, “Health and Public Policy to Facilitate Effective Prevention and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders Involving Illicit and Prescription Drugs,” that recommended treating substance use disorders as chronic medical conditions through public and individual health interventions.