TOR Resource Page

Tribal Opioid Response Resources

This is a resource page of training and technical assistance opportunities for groups that have already been awarded grants through the Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) Program. It contains resources that you will find helpful in planning and implementing your tribe's opioid response while also satisfying all SAMHSA grant requirements. We recommend reviewing each of the materials available here closely.

For an overview of the goals and objectives of the TOR program and its requirements, please view our orientation PowerPoint, "Grantee TA Orientation Meeting." A recording of this orientation meeting is also available here.

If you have questions that are not related to training or technical assistance, please contact your Government Program Officer (GPO).

If you do have questions about training or technical assistance, please send an email to jeff-ledolter@uiowa.edu or call 319-321-2555.  You can also join us every Wednesday at 3pm CDT for our weekly "Caring and Sharing through Technology" sessions to discuss TA requests by following the link below: 

https://uiowa.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYvcuivqDsqHNNhlwIzuIcD6tXpY9kLDlzD

Getting Started: Project Orientation and Implementation Materials

Grant Management Resources

  1. Grantee TA orientation meeting - 10/16/2018 handouts
  2. TOR Implementation Plan
  3. TOR Project Director Job Description
  4. TOR Outreach Director Job Description
  5. TOR Director Interview Questions
  6. 2018 TOR Work Activities Planning Template
  7. NEW 2020 TOR Work Activities Planning Template
  8. NEW Guidance on Spending Your Grant Funds

 

Set For Success

  1. Creating a Welcoming Environment for Patients
  2. Contingency Management Incentive Ideas for Native Patients
  3. Important Distinctions between Opioid Misuse and Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)

 

Topics for TOR Programs

COVID-19 Resources

  1. FAQs: Provision of methadone and buprenorphine for the treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in the COVID-19 Emergency
  2. COVID-19: Potential Implications for Individuals with Substance Use Disorders
  3. Reduce your risk of serious lung disease caused by corona virus by quitting smoking and vaping

 

Medication-Assisted Treatment

  1. MAT Policy Example
  2. Guidance for Law Enforcement and First Responders Administering Naloxone
  3. XR-Naltrexone: A Step-by-Step Guide

 

  1. Indigenous and Strengths-Based Approaches To Address Opioid Misuse
  2. A Collaborative Approach to the Treatment of Pregnant Women with Opioid Use Disorders
  3. Case Study: Supporting Pregnant Women with OUD and their Infants
  4. Prescription Drug Summit Update 2019
  5. Mystic Lake TA Proceedings Document
  6. The Opioid Crisis: Impact on Native American Communities
  7. Your Guide to Integrating HCV Services into Opioid Treatment Programs
  8. The American Society of Addiction Medicine's Sample OUD Policy and Procedure Manual

 

Specific for American Indian / Alaska Native Communities:

  1. CDC and Indian Country Working Together
  2. SAMHSA Report: Substance Use and Mental Health Issues among US-Born American Indians or Alaska Natives Residing on and off Tribal Lands
  3. TEC's Strategic Planning Toolkit
  4. Guided Imaging Visualization
  5. Native Connections: Opioid Misuse and Overdose Prevention in Native Communities
  6. National Congress of American Indians: Opioid Initiative
  7. National Congress of American Indians Policy research center: Update on the Opioid Epidemic March 2018
  8. National Congress of American Indians Policy research center: Responding to the Opioid Crisis: An Update for Tribal Leaders 2017
  9. Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board: Opioid community resources
  10. National Indian Health Board: Addressing the Opioid Epidemic in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
  11. Research: Drug, Opioid-Involved, and Heroin-Involved Overdose Deaths Among American Indians and Alaska Natives,Washington,1999 - 2015
  12. Research: Urban-rural Differences in Drug Overdose Death Rates, by Sex, Age, and Type of Drugs Involved, 2017
  13. Research: Characteristics and Current Clinical Practices of Opioid Treatment Programs in the US, Drug Alcohol Dependence, 2019
  14. National Tribal Behavioral Health Agenda
  15. National Congress of American Indians: News and Resources in Indian Country

 

Relevant Resources Non-Specific to American Indian / Alaska Native Communities

  1. Addressing Stigma
  2. OUD Treatment Overview
  3. USDA Launches Interactive Map of Opioid Epidemic Resources
  4. SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit
  5. White House Youth Opioid Prevention Toolkit
  6. Department of Health and Human Services Opioid Toolkit
  7. Suicide Prevention Resource Center: Preventing Opioid Abuse, Overdose and Suicide
  8. Dose of Reality
  9. IHS HOPE Newsletter October 2019