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Review of Specific Programs in the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act

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As the opioid epidemic continues to cause suffering for millions of Americans, the United States government is responding in many different ways. In 2016, lawmakers passed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, which included several grant programs to help reduce opioid-related harm and promote recovery from substance use disorder. As part of this law, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine was asked to issue a series of studies evaluating the success of these grant programs, which are funded and administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

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An ad hoc committee will conduct a review of outcomes achieved by four specific programs funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) authorized in the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA; P.L. 114-198). The specific CARA programs are Building Communities of Recovery, State Pilot Grant Program for Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women; First Responders; and Improving Access to Overdose Treatment. The review will result in three reports over five years.
The first report will recommend outcomes and metrics for each of the four programs that grantees should collect and report to SAMHSA. The second report will review reported outcomes and metrics to assess progress towards achieving program goals. The third and final report will review the specified programs for their effectiveness in achieving their respective goals as measured by the metrics identified and provide recommendations to Congress concerning the appropriate allocation of resources to such programs to ensure cost-effectiveness in the Federal government's response to the opioid addiction epidemic.

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Kathleen Stratton

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