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Community Health Centers Find New Ways to Bring Lifesaving Care to Patients with Substance Use Disorder

The result is care that meets patients where they are by blending trust, follow-through, and a strong dose of compassion.

October 10, 2025

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In Their Own Words: How Fragmented Care Harms People with Both Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder

CHCF commissioned interviews with 54 people enrolled in Medi-Cal who are dually diagnosed with mental illness and substance use disorder. The paper and accompanying videos highlight what is working — and not working — for them in the health care…

August 23, 2021

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Promotor Training Seeks to Improve Outcomes for Latinos/x With Substance Use Disorder

Building on many years helping Latinos/x manage and prevent diabetes, heart disease, and other chronic conditions, 20 promotores in San Francisco completed a new type of specialized training.

August 26, 2024

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Substance Use Disorder in California — a Focused Landscape Analysis

This landscape identifies barriers that people with substance use disorder face in accessing care and points to opportunities to improve the system to help them receive the care they need.

August 27, 2024

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California’s Progress Toward Parity in Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services

While California law has been strengthened to provide parity protections for all mental health and substance abuse disorders, big opportunities for improvement remain.

October 6, 2020

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Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Under the ACA

The ACA mandated mental health and addiction coverage parity to beneficiaries in the individual and small-group markets and to Medicaid expansion beneficiaries. This brief, prepared by SHADAC with CHCF support, details how the ACA applied these mandates and presents estimates…

July 18, 2019

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CIN Toolkit: Three Strategies to Help Primary Care Teams Treat Substance Use Disorders

This toolkit offers proven strategies, best practices, and tools for primary care teams to treat substance use disorders.

January 31, 2019

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Early Data Show Overdose Deaths and Substance Use Rose During Pandemic

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Recent data on overdose deaths and substance use paint a grim picture of what the COVID-19 pandemic year has been like for people who are predisposed to substance use.

May 10, 2021

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Substance Use in California Almanac — 2025 Edition

Substance Use in California: Prevalence and Treatment uses the most recent data available to provide an overview of substance use and addiction in California. Topics include prevalence of substance use, emergency department visits, deaths, and treatment.

September 30, 2025

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Mental Health and Substance Use Almanac — 2018 Edition

For adolescents, mental illnesses and substance use disorders often occur together. This report paints a picture of California youth and the behavioral health conditions they face.

December 3, 2018

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How Medi-Cal Expanded Substance Use Treatment and Access to Care

Five years after the pilot program was implemented, 96% of Californians insured through Medi-Cal live in a county with a program. More people who need substance use disorder treatment are accessing it, and patient surveys of treatment are very positive.

August 20, 2020

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Expanding Substance Use Care: Health Plan Teams Up with Seven California Counties

In this regional Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System program, the counties provide financial resources, and Partnership HealthPlan of California administers the program.

March 16, 2022

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Infographic: Substance Use and Mental Illness Among California’s Youth

Adolescence is when mental illness and often first presents and when drug and alcohol use typically start. Risk of developing a substance use disorder is greater for people who start using during adolescence. For adolescents, mental illness and substance use…

December 3, 2018

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MAT for Opioid Use Disorder: Overcoming Objections

Despite data showing the success of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) in treating drug addiction, objections are still common. This issue brief includes frequent objections and evidence-based responses.

July 23, 2019

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Treating Stimulant Use Disorder: CalAIM’s Contingency Management Pilot

Contingency management is an effective treatment for people trying to reduce or stop their use of methamphetamine, cocaine, and other stimulants. California’s Department of Health Care Services will soon launch a pilot program offering contingency management to Medi-Cal enrollees in…

May 24, 2022

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Community Health Centers Find New Ways to Bring Lifesaving Care to Patients with Substance Use Disorder

In Their Own Words: How Fragmented Care Harms People with Both Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder

Promotor Training Seeks to Improve Outcomes for Latinos/x With Substance Use Disorder

Substance Use Disorder in California — a Focused Landscape Analysis

California’s Progress Toward Parity in Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services

Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Under the ACA

CIN Toolkit: Three Strategies to Help Primary Care Teams Treat Substance Use Disorders

Early Data Show Overdose Deaths and Substance Use Rose During Pandemic

Substance Use in California Almanac — 2025 Edition

Mental Health and Substance Use Almanac — 2018 Edition

How Medi-Cal Expanded Substance Use Treatment and Access to Care

Expanding Substance Use Care: Health Plan Teams Up with Seven California Counties

Infographic: Substance Use and Mental Illness Among California’s Youth

MAT for Opioid Use Disorder: Overcoming Objections

Treating Stimulant Use Disorder: CalAIM’s Contingency Management Pilot

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