This event is the Office of Research and Evaluation’s webinar to share findings from an Evaluation of AmeriCorps-Supported Recovery Coach Programs: Fiscal Years 2020-2022 celebrating National Recovery Month and AmeriCorps’ efforts to fund programs targeting opioid and other substance use disorders.
Date and Time: Thursday, September 26, 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. EDT
Abstract
The United States is facing an unprecedented substance use overdose epidemic that has only accelerated since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The mitigation of substance use disorders (SUD) prevalence and related mortality rates are public health emergencies that demand thoughtful and creative interventions. The work undertaken by federal agencies such as AmeriCorps is critical to successfully respond to this national crisis. Since 2017, AmeriCorps has increased its efforts to fund programs specifically targeting opioid addiction and other SUDs, including programs that use a promising treatment method: recovery coaching. AmeriCorps conducted an evaluation and evaluation capacity building project with a “bundle” of AmeriCorps-supported organizations that use recovery coaching services. This webinar, hosted by ICF, will discuss the evaluation, its findings, and implications for the broader use of evidence-based treatment methods to combat addiction and overdose in the United States. It will also share lessons learned that can be applied to future research.
This webinar was commissioned by AmeriCorps’ Office of Research and Evaluation. Information in this webinar is in the public domain. Produced and published at US taxpayer expense.
Webinar Objective
Our audience will learn about:
- The evidence-building approaches of the Office of Research and Evaluation to increase AmeriCorps funding of promising strategies in substance use treatment and national priority areas.
- The methodology, findings, and implications of a recently conducted bundled evaluation and evaluation capacity building among AmeriCorps-supported organizations
Presenters
- Mary M. Hyde, PhD
- Lily Zandniapour, PhD
- Ashley Lederman, DC, MS, MPH
- John F. Kelly, Ph.D., ABPP
- Sara Perrins
- Kathleen Wang
- Andrew MacDonald