This Practical Guide provides key considerations for guiding people in the appropriate use of 988 and 911. It offers practical steps for integrating crisis care into daily practice, real world scenarios, sample scripts, and de-escalation techniques.
This toolkit is designed to help health care providers, first responders, public health agencies, nonprofits, and other rural champions raise awareness and spotlight rural health.
Access SAMHSA’s 2025 Toolkit
SAMHSA’s Recovery Month Toolkit is designed to be shared with your audiences and across your media channels; they are downloadable and shareable, and some of the material is customizable.
Are you using SAMHSA funds to support your contingency management program? If so, learn about the latest CM incentive limits.
We encourage all visitors to the Rural SUD Info website to also explore additional resources and services available through the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), or Rural Health Information Hub (RHIHub).
Materials are updated on a quarterly basis.
Visit the request assistance page. https://ruralsudinfo.org/request-assistance/
There is not an equivalent Urban SUD Resource Center. However, all of the information and tools on this website are available to the public, regardless of location or grant status.
The RCOEs were established in 2019 by the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP), an initiative of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) that aims to reduce morbidity and mortality related to SUD in rural areas.
Please call or text 988, or visit: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-support/in-crisis
The Rural SUD Info Center is a collection of best practices, tools, and research for rural communities building and strengthening a comprehensive approach to substance use disorder (SUD). These resources offer support to rural providers/partners, recovery specialists, rural community members, and more.
Resources available for providers and patients include the Clearinghouse Resource Page. We also encourage visitors to fill out a technical assistance (TA) request for implementation support.
We encourage our visitors to use resources found throughout the Rural SUD Info
Center, along with Health
Resources & Services Administration, Rural
Health Information Hub, and the three RCOEs
to locate rural providers in your area.
All old versions of toolkits and resources are archived and can be retrieved through a request via the request assistance form.
The Rural SUD Info Center is operated by the three RCORP-Rural Centers of Excellence on Substance Use Disorders, which are funded by HRSA’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.