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The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, launched in July 2022, provides a fast way for people experiencing a suicidal, mental health, or substance use disorder (SUD) crisis to urgently get help. Our resource page provides details about the Lifeline for rural communities specifically. The toolkit contains an array of posters to help communities spread the word.

The aim of this resource page is to provide rural communities—including health and human services providers, individuals with substance use disorder, their families and friends, and local leaders—with convenient, evidence-based tools to use and share to address risks related to polysubstance use.

The goal of Community Conversations on Opioid Use Disorder workshops is to shed light on substance use disorder-related stigma as a barrier to recovery and to collaborate with rural communities to develop local solutions that reduce it.

This campaign aims to promote a stigma-free care environment while connecting individuals and families with treatment resources. It includes posters featuring people in recovery and emergency department providers who care for patients with substance use disorder. QR codes on the posters link to short videos with these individuals' stories.

In the Rural Opioid and Direct Support Services program, rural communities form partnerships with opioid treatment programs located outside the immediate area and use telehealth to bring treatment and recovery support closer to home for people with opioid use disorder. This page features a video overview of the program and more.

Stigma related to substance use disorder can create barriers to treatment. Evidence-based solutions for overcoming stigma stress the importance of contact with people who have lived experience and education about effective treatments and the potential for recovery. Our center is partnering with rural communities to apply this approach through locally hosted workshops and portraits and videos that highlight recovery.