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101. Examining Social Support in a Rural Homeless Population - Resources
Date: 2014

Discusses how social support from family, friends, colleagues, or healthcare personnel can help rural homeless individuals with the resources needed to secure housing. Addresses health-related variables, such as substance abuse. Reports that increasing financial support in rural communities such as economic development and subsidized housing may ease homelessness.

...substance abuse. Reports that increasing financial support in rural communities such as economic development and subsidized...

102. Wisconsin PDO Grant Final Report: Prescription Drug/Opioid Overdose-Related Deaths Prevention Project - Resources
Date: Sep 2021

Reports on the outcomes of the Wisconsin Prescription Drug/Opioid Overdose-Related Death Prevention (PDO) project grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Includes statistics on the rural and urban counties selected to receive the project services such as estimated population with opioid use disorder (OUD), poverty, and more. Describes project activities and strategies focused on reducing the number of opioid-related deaths and adverse events, developing and implementing secondary prevention programs, and providing overdose survivors and their families with services and support within 72 hours of overdose.

...Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Includes statistics on the rural and urban...

103. Rural Healthy People 2020: A Companion Document to Healthy People 2020, Volume 1 - Resources
Date: 2015

Provides a rural focus for the Healthy People 2020 priorities. Includes overviews of the top 10 rural health priority areas identified by rural stakeholders. (Volume 2 discusses priorities 11-20.) Topics addressed include: health insurance, primary care, emergency services, nutrition and weight status, diabetes, mental health, substance abuse, heart disease and stroke, physical activity, older adults, maternal and child health, and tobacco use. Each overview includes reviews of the relevant literature and models that rural communities can use to address the issues. Document is available for free download, after providing brief information about intended use.

...substance abuse, heart disease and stroke, physical activity, older adults, maternal and child health, and tobacco...

104. Oversight Hearing on Opioids in Indian Country: Beyond the Crisis to Healing the Community - Resources
Date: Mar 2018

Presents the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing on the opioid crisis in Indian Country. Features testimony from representatives of the U.S. Department of Justice, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, the Indian Health Service, the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, and the National Indian Health Board.

...Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, the Indian Health Service, the Port Gamble S'Klallam...

105. Practicing Medicine in Rural America: Listening to Primary Care Physicians - Resources
Date: Feb 2019

Reports on focus group research and interviews with primary care physicians regarding the challenges of serving rural, low-income patients. Highlights issues related to poverty, healthy food access, mental health, substance abuse, specialty care access, and transportation. Third post in the series "Listening to Primary Care Physicians for Low-Income Patients."

...substance abuse, specialty care access, and transportation. Third post in the series "Listening to Primary...

106. COVID-19: Federal Efforts to Support Behavioral Health Programs During the Pandemic - Resources
Date: Feb 2026

Describes how selected Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awardees provided behavioral health services during the COVID-19 pandemic and how SAMHSA supported awardees' response to the pandemic. Discusses how SAMHSA's advisory councils and Policy Lab supported the agency's COVID-19 response. Includes rural references throughout.

...Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awardees provided behavioral health services during the COVID...

107. 2016-2020 South Dakota Primary Care Needs Assessment - Resources
Date: 2021

Findings of a comprehensive analysis and needs assessment of South Dakota counties and their potential areas of need in primary healthcare. Includes sections on tribal populations, Medicaid, telehealth, Health Professional Shortage Areas, Rural Health Clinics, Critical Access Hospitals, behavioral health, substance abuse, and educational opportunities for the primary care workforce. Features county-by-county statistics for various health indicators.

...substance abuse, and educational opportunities for the primary care workforce. Features county-by-county statistics...

108. Alcohol-Induced Deaths Among American Indian and Alaska Native Individuals - "Drinking Was What I and Others Just Did" - Resources
Date: Feb 2020

Commentary on an article describing excessive alcohol consumption and related deaths as a growing public health crisis in American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) populations. Discusses the need for detoxification programs and substance abuse treatment programs, and efforts to change the perception that alcoholism is an inevitable part of life for AIAN people.

...substance abuse treatment programs, and efforts to change the perception that alcoholism is an inevitable...

109. Scratching the Surface of Psychiatric Services Distribution and Public Health: An Indiana Assessment - Resources
Date: Jun 2018

Discusses the shortage of psychiatric providers in rural Indiana using data from the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency. Compares 2015 workforce data to population demographics and county-by-county data on behavioral and public health, including rates of hypertension, smoking, and substance abuse. Tables compare population characteristics to provider licensing data to illustrate psychiatry workforce challenges in rural counties.

...substance abuse. Tables compare population characteristics to provider licensing data to illustrate psychiatry workforce challenges...

110. SAMHSA: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request - News
Date: Aug 10, 2026

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is seeking comments on an information collection titled "Extension to the Currently Approved 0930-0395 0930-0395 Generic Clearance for Grant Program Monitoring Activities." The proposed reports in this information collection are used to provide oversight across SAMHSA grant programs. Comments are due within 30 days of this notice. Source: Federal Register.

...Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is seeking comments on an information collection...