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C. CONNECT PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP TO THE HELP THEY NEED (CONNECTIONS TO CARE) <br />1. Ensure that healthcare providers are screening for OUD and other risk factors <br />and know how to appropriately counsel and treat (or refer if necessary) a patient <br />for OUD treatment. <br />2. Fund Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) programs <br />and appropriate training for all health care providers to identify those with <br />potential problems in order to reduce the transition from use to disorders. <br />Provide training and long-term implementation of SBIRT in key systems (health, <br />schools, colleges, criminal justice, and probation), with a focus on youth and <br />young adults when transition from misuse to opioid disorder is common. <br />4. Purchase automated versions of SBIRT and support ongoing costs of the <br />technology. <br />Training for emergency room personnel treating opioid overdose patients on <br />post -discharge planning, including community referrals for MAT, recovery case <br />management or support services. <br />6. Support hospital programs that transition persons with OUD and any co- <br />occurring SUD/MH issues, or persons who have experienced an opioid overdose, <br />into community treatment or recovery services through a bridge clinic or similar <br />approach. <br />7. Support crisis stabilization centers that serve as an alternative to hospital <br />emergency departments for persons with OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH <br />issues or persons that have experienced an opioid overdose. <br />8. Support the work of Emergency Medical Systems, including peer support <br />specialists, to connect individuals to treatment or other appropriate services <br />following an opioid overdose or other opioid -related adverse event. <br />9. Provide funding for peer support specialists or recovery coaches in emergency <br />departments, detox facilities, recovery centers, recovery housing, or similar <br />settings; offer services, supports, or connections to care to persons with OUD <br />and any co-occurring SUD/MH issues or to persons who have experienced an <br />opioid overdose. <br />10. Provide funding for peer navigators, recovery coaches, care coordinators, or care <br />managers that offer assistance to persons with OUD and any co-occurring <br />SUD/MH issues or to persons who have experienced on opioid overdose. <br />0 <br />