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23 <br /> 5. Provide community support services, including social and legal services, to assist in <br /> deinstitutionalizing persons with OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions. <br /> 6. Support or expand peer-recovery centers, which may include support groups, social events, <br /> computer access, or other services for persons with OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH <br /> conditions. <br /> 7. Provide or support transportation to treatment or recovery programs or services for persons with <br /> OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions. <br /> 8. Provide employment training or educational services for persons in treatment for or recovery <br /> from OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions. <br /> 9. Identify successful recovery programs such as physician,pilot, and college recovery programs, <br /> and provide support and technical assistance to increase the number and capacity of high-quality <br /> programs to help those in recovery. <br /> 10. Engage non-profits, faith-based communities, and community coalitions to support people in <br /> treatment and recovery and to support family members in their efforts to support the person with <br /> OUD in the family. <br /> 11. Training and development of procedures for government staff to appropriately interact and <br /> provide social and other services to individuals with or in recovery from OUD,including reducing <br /> stigma. <br /> 12. Support stigma reduction efforts regarding treatment and support for persons with OUD, <br /> including reducing the stigma on effective treatment. <br /> 13. Create or support culturally appropriate services and programs for persons with OUD and any <br /> co-occurring SUD/MH conditions, including new Americans. <br /> 14. Create and/or support recovery high schools. <br /> 15. Hire or train behavioral health workers to provide or expand any of the services or supports <br /> listed above. <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 at risk of developing — OUD and any co- <br /> occurring SUD/MH conditions through evidence-based or evidence-informed programs or <br /> strategies that may include, but are not limited to, the following: <br /> 1. Ensure that health care providers are screening for OUD and other risk factors and know how <br /> to appropriately counsel and treat(or refer if necessary) a patient for OUD treatment. <br /> 2. Fund Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)programs to reduce the <br /> transition from use to disorders, including SBIRT services to pregnant women who are uninsured <br /> or not eligible for Medicaid. <br /> Exhibits,page 5 <br />