THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, AND MEDICINE
Health and Medicine Division
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
Committee on the Review of Specific Programs in the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act
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Congressional Briefing
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Via Webex – 11:30 a.m.
and
via Conference Call – 2:30 p.m.
on
Measuring Success in Substance Use Grant Programs: Outcomes
and Metrics for Improvement
Requested by Congress in P.L. 114-198, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016, this new report, from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, is the first in a series of three which examines four of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)’s grant programs that help alleviate suffering due to opioids and improve treatment quality and access. It offers recommendations about the existing reporting tools used by these programs and proposes additional metrics and outcomes that should be considered.
These briefings were for members of Congress and congressional staff only. The report was publicly released on May 14, 2020 and can be found, in its entirety, on the Web site of the National Academies Press.