NASHP Details State Strategies to Align SUD Spending with Community Input
In a NASHP blog post, the organization shares lessons from AIR's MAAPPS Project, a multi-year effort that worked with Maryland and Oregon to help states incorporate community input into substance use disorder policy and funding decisions. The post outlines five strategies: inventorying existing data sources like Medicaid claims and SAMHSA's TEDS, meaningfully engaging people with lived experience, embedding community feedback into policy development, disseminating findings transparently, and building accountability mechanisms. It cites Maryland's Office of Overdose Response as an example, which used the MAAPPS framework to shape priorities for its 2027 Opioid Restitution Fund Grant Program. The piece targets state Medicaid and behavioral health agencies seeking to better align opioid settlement and SUD investments with community needs.