Past Projects

These projects no longer receive funding through DHCS Opioid Response.

Browse through the projects below to learn more about previous DHCS efforts to address the opioid crisis in California.

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Addiction Treatment Starts Here Equity-Centered Community Learning Collaborative and Learning Network

The Center for Care Innovation’s Addiction Treatment Starts Here program included a learning collaborative and network designed to increase access to MAT through primary care, behavioral health and community partnerships.

California Poison Control System

This project engaged the California Poison Control Center to provide support to emergency department staff treating patients with opioid use disorder.

California Substance Use Line

The University of California, San Francisco is expanded the 24/7 MAT mentorship network to cover all new emergency departments, primary care, mental health, and hospital access points.

CURES Optimization

The California Department of Justice supported the improvement and optimization of California’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program database.

Drug Take-Back

The California Product Stewardship Council supported a statewide drug take-back program in approved locations across California.

Justice System Touchpoints

This project aims to increase awareness of treatment resources, how to access MAT services, and overdose prevention and intervention tactics for various criminal justice populations.

Mentored Learning

This project supported the expansion of the mentored learning project led by the California Society of Addiction Medicine.

Mother&Baby Substance Exposure Initiative

This project aims to decrease neonatal abstinence syndrome severity and length of stay in the hospital and increase the number of mothers in long-term recovery through MAT.

NTP Treatment Capacity

This project expanded MAT capacity in California’s Narcotic Treatment Programs, with an emphasis on increasing access to buprenorphine.

Recovery Housing

These projects are providing access to recovery residence transitional housing and peer support for individuals with SUD.

Residency Program Training

This project educated and trained health care professionals about addiction medicine by incorporating addiction medicine and MAT curriculum into California residency programs.

SUD Workforce: Recovery & MAT Summits

These workforce training summits provided education and resources pertaining to MAT, tools to address and reduce stigma, and opportunities for the workforce to join California’s efforts to address SUD emerging epidemics.

Systems of Care

This project aimed to strengthen the addiction treatment eco-systems in California counties and decrease gaps in coordination of patient transitions moving between higher and lower levels of care.