Resources

Language matters when it comes to advocating with and for individuals with substance use disorders. Many of the common terms used to describe people with problematic use of drugs and…

This resource explains how Project Amp can advance the goals of state behavioral health agencies and offers an example from Massachusetts.

This brief summarizes how COVID-19 is increasing youth mental illness and substance use and explains how Project Amp can help.

In addition to improving student health and wellness, Project Amp also helps schools improve student academic achievement and meet key performance indicators.  

Project Amp can help school-based health centers enhance existing substance use prevention and early intervention services, close service gaps, and reduce substance use among adolescents. 

This brief describes funding streams that schools and states can use to invest in Project Amp. 

With Project Amp, Recovery Community Organizations can develop new partnerships with schools and community-based organizations, and work to prevent addiction before it starts. 

In this first national examination of treatment and recovery services outcomes prioritized by people with substance use disorders, nearly 900 people from across the country shared what matters most to…

This resource outlines a pathway for the statewide expansion of universal substance use prevention in schools, and is designed to support organizations with varying levels of advocacy capacity and experience….

This state spotlight provides information on the 2016 Massachusetts legislation that expanded youth SBIRT to all public middle and high schools across the state.