State Opioid Response (SOR) grant

The SOR grant addresses reducing unmet treatment need and opioid overdose-related deaths through primary prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and recovery activities for opioid use disorder (OUD).

The grant aims to increase access to medications for opioid use disorder using three FDA-approved medications for the treatment of OUD. 

24-hours assistance for substance use disorder or mental health challenges.

What are the goals?

  • Prevent opioid, stimulant, and other drug misuse and associated harms.
  • Identify and treat opioid use disorder.
  • Reduce morbidity and mortality from opioid use disorder.
  • Use data and information to detect community populations at the greatest risk for opioid use disorder, rates of opioid misuse, monitor morbidity and mortality, and evaluate programs and interventions.

What are we working on?

Our teams work on a variety of projects supporting prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and recovery activities for opioid use disorder.

Prevention

Keeping children and teens healthy and safe while reducing the costs of substance use to communities are our highest priorities. Our prevention work supports a number of statewide programs and initiatives to help prevent substance use and promote health and wellness in communities across Washington State. Programs are delivered in collaboration with community prevention coalitions, counties, tribes, statewide organizations, and state and federal agencies.

Supported projects

Local prevention services:

Prescriber and provider education:

Environmental and public education:

Prevention workforce enhancements

Strategic initiatives:

  • Opioid Prevention Workgroup
Treatment

Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) is an effective treatment for individuals with opioid use disorder. It involves use of medication along with counseling and behavioral therapies. Treatment plans are unique to each individual. Our treatment programs strive to provide, develop, and implement programs to assist each unique journey.

Supported projects

  • Grants to tribal communities
  • OUD treatment decision reentry services and COORP
  • OTN Hub and Spoke networks
  • Opioid treatment networks and TA training
  • Tribal treatment American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) workgroup
Recovery services

Recovery is defined as "a process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential." People can and do recover from behavioral health disorders.

Supported projects

  • Provide opioid use disorder (OUD) and medications for OUD training to community recovery support services
  • Offer client-directed recovery support services
  • Peer recovery support
  • PathFinder peer project
Reports