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24 <br /> 3. Provide training and long-term implementation of SBIRT in key systems (health, schools, <br /> colleges, criminal justice, and probation), with a focus on youth and young adults when transition <br /> from misuse to opioid disorder is common. <br /> 4. Purchase automated versions of SBIRT and support ongoing costs of the technology. <br /> 5. Expand services such as navigators and on-call teams to begin MAT in hospital emergency <br /> departments. <br /> 6. Training for emergency room personnel treating opioid overdose patients on post-discharge <br /> planning,including community referrals for MAT,recovery case management or support services. <br /> 7. Support hospital programs that transition persons with OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH <br /> conditions, or persons who have experienced an opioid overdose, into clinically-appropriate <br /> follow-up care through a bridge clinic or similar approach. <br /> 8. Support crisis stabilization centers that serve as an alternative to hospital emergency <br /> departments for persons with OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions or persons that have <br /> experienced an opioid overdose. <br /> 9. Support the work of Emergency Medical Systems, including peer support specialists,to connect <br /> individuals to treatment or other appropriate services following an opioid overdose or other opioid- <br /> related adverse event. <br /> 10. Provide funding for peer support specialists or recovery coaches in emergency departments, <br /> detox facilities,recovery centers,recovery housing, or similar settings; offer services, supports, or <br /> connections to care to persons with OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions or to persons <br /> who have experienced an opioid overdose. <br /> 11. Expand warm hand-off services to transition to recovery services. <br /> 12. Create or support school-based contacts that parents can engage with to seek immediate <br /> treatment services for their child; and support prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery <br /> programs focused on young people. <br /> 13. Develop and support best practices on addressing OUD in the workplace. <br /> 14. Support assistance programs for health care providers with OUD. <br /> 15. Engage non-profits and the faith community as a system to support outreach for treatment. <br /> 16. Support centralized call centers that provide information and connections to appropriate <br /> services and supports for persons with OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions. <br /> D. ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF CRIMINAL-JUSTICE-INVOLVED PERSONS <br /> Address the needs of persons with OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions who are <br /> involved in, are at risk of becoming involved in, or are transitioning out of the criminal justice <br /> Exhibits,page 6 <br />