The Point of Reentry and Transition program connects adults leaving NYC's Rikers Island jail to trauma-informed, patient-centered primary care and other essential health and social services.

Explores evidence on the effectiveness of mobile crisis teams for adults experiencing behavioral health crises and recent funding opportunities that can help scale and implement these vital services.

Offers insight into the evidence base on carving-in behavioral health care into managed care and considerations for states interested in implementing this approach.

Sharon Bean and Ernest Egu, MD, discuss their corrections-health partnership that has reduced the risk of overdose among people leaving jail by offering medication for addiction treatment.

Understand the implications of a recent federal rule designed to enhance care coordination for people with substance use disorder by allowing greater information-sharing among providers.

Highlights the CCBHC model, it’s unique financing approach, and two CCBHC programs in New York City and Oklahoma.

Profiles the Program to Encourage Active, Rewarding Lives (PEARLS), an evidence-based treatment program for older adults experiencing late-life depression, and how the program is decreasing access barriers to behavioral health services for older adults.

Health care organizations and policymakers interested in understanding the evidence behind the use of telehealth in MOUD treatment can explore this Playbook Evidence Roundup.

Connecticut Community of Addiction Recovery helps people with substance use disorder achieve and sustain recovery through community-based non-clinical social support programs, volunteer opportunities, and referrals to detox, treatment, housing, employment, among other resources.

Explores how the Fountain House implemented the clubhouse model, a unique approach that empowers people with serious mental illness to form meaningful relationships, build resilience, improve self-management of their mental health, and pursue employment, education, and housing.

Michael Askew, Deputy Director of the Office of Recovery at the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration, discusses the role of recovery community centers in the lives of people with substance use disorder and across the continuum of other addiction care services.

This essay from Lawrence Lincoln, a former unhoused person in California, documents his journey of recovery and subsequent work with a care community.

Profiles Central City Concern, an FQHC in Portland, Oregon, that is providing services for people experiencing homelessness with substance use disorder — including primary care, behavioral health treatment, housing, and other supports.

Arianna Campbell, director and co-principal investigator for CA Bridge, discusses how the bridge model came about and how it works.

Explores the evidence behind harm reduction strategies and shares practical steps for adopting this approach in health care settings.

Explores how to implement quality addiction care in general health care settings -- including primary, inpatient, and emergency care.

Describes how provider organizations in Rhode Island employ multidisciplinary teams, including community health workers and behavioral health clinicians, to collaborate with primary care practices in providing whole-person care.

Reviews findings from a Playbook Collection on innovative addiction care models, including emerging evidence for these approaches and considerations for implementation.

Features commentary from Ben Miller, PsyD, past president at Well Being Trust, on the value of peer supports in mental health or addiction recovery.

Lead researchers discuss the evaluation of NavSTAR, an intervention designed to reduce hospital readmissions by combining substance use disorder consultation services with intensive case management and linkages to community resources.