The transition from incarceration back into the community is a particularly vulnerable time, especially for individuals with substance use disorder (SUD). Many individuals with SUD are released without connection to services or a clear plan for continuing treatment. Linkage facilitation has shown to be an effective strategy for ensuring seamless connections to community-based treatment programs, resources, support networks, and additional care systems during reentry.
The term "linkage facilitation" (LF), also known as "linkage to care," refers to a variety of programs designed to assist people with opioid use disorder (OUD) in obtaining appropriate treatment and harm reduction interventions, continuing to take their medications as prescribed, participating in SUD/OUD recovery support services, and obtaining social and behavioral resources that support both short-term and long-term recovery objectives (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2022).
This webinar will delve into various linkage facilitation efforts that the JCOIN Clinical Research Centers (Research Hubs) are utilizing. Speakers will summarize their unique approaches, discuss challenges and outcomes, and highlight successful strategies. They will also review a conceptual framework for linkage facilitation and provide a brief overview of preliminary results from a linkage facilitation checklist used to measure activities across sites, which help identify and categorize key components of effective approaches.
Speakers:
Tisha Wiley, Ph.D., Branch Chief, Associate Director for Justice Systems, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Dorel Clayton, Community Health Worker Trainer, Transitions Clinic Network, University of California San Francisco
Christine Grella, Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Lighthouse Institute, Chestnut Health Systems
Maggie Kaufmann, Harm Reduction Services Coordinator, University of Illinois Chicago
Sandra Springer, MD, Director and Principal Investigator, InSTRIDE, Yale School of Medicine
Lynda Stein, Ph.D, Principal Investigator, The STRIDE Lab, University of Rhode Island
Martha Tillson, Ph.D., Research Scientist, University of Kentucky
Thursday, September 19, 2024 | 12:00–1:30 p.m. ET
This webinar is sponsored by the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN), an initiative funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The webinar is also in partnership with the Addiction Policy Forum.