PDMP Training and Technical Assistance Program

Signed into law on July 22, 2016, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) is the first major federal substance use disorder treatment and recovery legislation in 40 years and the most comprehensive effort to address the opioid epidemic. CARA establishes a comprehensive, coordinated, and balanced strategy through enhanced grant programs that expand prevention and education efforts while also promoting treatment and recovery. The purpose of this program is to deliver training and technical assistance (TTA) to state and local criminal justice and substance abuse treatment agencies, prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs), and their partner agencies in sites selected through the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-based solicitation. This TTA program is designed to complement the site-based competitive solicitation and to provide targeted customized TTA to existing and future COAP sites. In category 5, the awardee will provide PDMP practitioners with access to a myriad of PDMP resources, including recent evidence-based findings, TTA, publications, webinars, and the PDMP Resource Center, and to support the RxCheck hub. The Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) will support the Harold Rogers PDMP TTA Program through its PDMP TTA Center (TTAC) team. The TTAC team has supported BJA and the PDMP community for a decade, facilitating the sharing of new initiatives and innovations among PDMPs and disseminating proven, effective practices. In its unifying role, the TTAC team coordinates information sharing among PDMPs and other stakeholders. Building on that work, the TTAC team will continue to collaborate with national organizations, federal and state agencies, and other experts to provide the highest-quality TTA service to BJA grantees, PDMP administrators, and other stakeholders in carrying out COAP Program requirements and deliverables. IIR and its TTAC team will conduct an annual assessment of PDMP practices nationwide, review state legislation and produce a quarterly and annual PDMP legislative update, host PDMP trainings, produce podcast and webinars, provide subject expertise for meetings, develop articles, webinars, and podcasts, facilitate communication and peer-to-peer information sharing, support national and federal partners, and support the RxCheck Hub. CA/NCF

Signed into law on July 22, 2016, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) is the first major federal substance use disorder treatment and recovery legislation in 40 years and the most comprehensive effort to address the opioid epidemic. CARA establishes a comprehensive, coordinated, and balanced strategy through enhanced grant programs that expand prevention and education efforts while also promoting treatment and recovery. The purpose of this program is to deliver training and technical assistance (TTA) to state and local criminal justice and substance abuse treatment agencies, prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs), and their partner agencies in sites selected through the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-based solicitation. This TTA program is designed to complement the site-based competitive solicitation and to provide targeted customized TTA to existing and future COAP sites. In category 5, the awardee will provide PDMP practitioners with access to a myriad of PDMP resources, including recent evidence-based findings, TTA, publications, webinars, and the PDMP Resource Center, and to support the RxCheck hub.

NCA/NCF

Signed into law on July 22, 2016, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) is the first major federal substance use disorder treatment and recovery legislation in 40 years and the most comprehensive effort to address the opioid epidemic. CARA establishes a comprehensive, coordinated, and balanced strategy through enhanced grant programs that expand prevention and education efforts while also promoting treatment and recovery. The purpose of this program is to deliver training and technical assistance (TTA) to state and local criminal justice and substance abuse treatment agencies, prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs), and their partner agencies in sites selected through the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-based solicitation. This TTA program is designed to complement the site-based competitive solicitation and to provide targeted customized TTA to existing and future COAP sites. In category 5, the awardee will provide PDMP practitioners with access to a myriad of PDMP resources, including recent evidence-based findings, TTA, publications, webinars, and the PDMP Resource Center, and to support the RxCheck hub.

The Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) will support the Harold Rogers PDMP TTA Program through its PDMP TTA Center (TTAC) team. The TTAC team has supported BJA and the PDMP community for a decade, facilitating the sharing of new initiatives and innovations among PDMPs and disseminating proven, effective practices. In its unifying role, the TTAC team coordinates information sharing among PDMPs and other stakeholders. Building on that work, the TTAC team will continue to collaborate with national organizations, federal and state agencies, and other experts to provide the highest-quality TTA service to BJA grantees, PDMP administrators, and other stakeholders in carrying out COAP Program requirements and deliverables. IIR and its TTAC team will conduct an annual assessment of PDMP practices nationwide, review state legislation and produce a quarterly and annual PDMP legislative update, host PDMP trainings, produce podcast and webinars, provide subject expertise for meetings, develop articles, webinars, and podcasts, facilitate communication and peer-to-peer information sharing, support national and federal partners, and support the RxCheck Hub.

CA/NCF

On behalf of BJA, the Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) supports the critical work of the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program through its PDMP TTA Center (TTAC) team. The TTAC team has supported BJA and the PDMP community for more than a decade, facilitating the sharing of new initiatives and innovations among PDMPs and disseminating proven, effective and evidence-based practices. In its unifying role, the TTAC team coordinates information sharing among PDMPs and other stakeholders, providing a wealth of resources. Building on its work over the past 11 years, the TTAC team will continue to collaborate with national organizations, federal and state agencies, and other experts to provide the highest-quality TTA service to BJA grantees, PDMP administrators, and other stakeholders in carrying out the program requirements and deliverables.

IIR has more than 40 years of experience and a proven history of successful service delivery to BJA and DOJ implementation projects of a national scope. In addition to the Harold Rogers PDMP TTA Program, IIR supports other national, high-profile efforts, including COSSAP; DOJ’s National Public Safety Partnership (PSP); BJA’s VALOR Officer Safety and Wellness Program; BJA’s Regional Information Sharing Systems Program; and OJJDP’s Opioid Affected Youth Initiative.

Unique IIR expertise, capabilities, and competencies that are particularly relevant to the
Harold Rogers PDMP TTA Program are exemplified in the roles that IIR continues to play in the PDMP arena, as well as in COSSAP, PSP, and the VALOR Program. As principal providers of TTA, evidence-based training, and online resources to these programs, IIR has demonstrated a long-standing, successful collaboration with BJA leaders and partners to develop and improve the associated infrastructures, services, and support plans.

The Harold Rogers PDMP TTA Program plays a key role in combating the prescription drug problem in the United States; the TTAC’s mechanisms for PDMPs to communicate, share promising practices, and access valuable tools and resources are fundamental underpinnings of that program’s success. IIR, its TTAC team, and the IJIS team look forward to continuing to serve as a national resource for PDMP grantees and other stakeholders; facilitating communication and peer-to-peer information sharing; supporting the RxCheck Hub; and increasing the benefits of the RxCheck Hub to the field by expanding integration of the Hub to support tribally operated entities and to facilitate PDMP-Health Information Technology integration.