Featured Work
Promoting Effective Use of Opioid Settlement Funds
We have used our research on effective, public health-based approaches to addressing substance use and addiction to provide recommendations for decisionmakers on spending the opioid settlement funds, specifically focused on effective prevention.
SUD
Prevention
Research
Policy
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Promoting Access to Quality, Affordable Addiction Treatment
We promote access to quality addiction care by improving insurance coverage to make treatment affordable, including through research identifying insurance barriers and recommendations and efforts to promote parity compliance and enforcement.
SUD
School-based
Treatment
Trainings
Research
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Protecting Youth from the Harms of Legal Addictive Substances
We are working to help federal and state governments keep legal addictive substances out of the hands of young people by identifying effective youth protection provisions.
SUD
School-based
Prevention
Trainings
Research
Policy
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BabySTEPs: Supporting Transitions for Expectant and Postpartum Parents – Helpline
We are expanding our digital helpline to serve pregnant and postpartum people in New York State who use substances. Starting in January 2025, pregnant and postpartum people will be able to text “BABY” to 55753 to connect directly with a trained helpline specialist to receive support.
Family members/Community
Prevention
Text Messaging Programs
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Our Clients and Partners
Drawing on more than 30 years of experience, we help schools, families, communities, nonprofits and government organizations, and health care providers to deliver effective, research-based initiatives that prevent and treat youth substance use and promote healthy youth development.
