The Resource Library

Publications

  • Olmstead at 20: Using the Vision of Olmstead to Decriminalize Mental Illness

    Mental Health & Substance Use | Olmstead & Community Integration | Report | Publication | February 2020

    Thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court's historic Olmstead decision 20 years ago, many more people with mental illness now live in integrated, community-based settings rather than in psychiatric hospitals, nursing homes, or large board and care facilities. Yet for far too many people with mental illness who end up…

  • Review of State Strategies to Expand Medication-Assisted Treatment

    Medicaid | Mental Health & Substance Use | Report | Publication | July 2019

    This report is intended to support state Medicaid agencies and payers in improving access to substance use disorder treatment, with a special focus on medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder. With support from Arnold Ventures, TAC and partners conducted a review of state activities that have significantly increased…

  • Leveraging Medicaid to Combat the Opioid Epidemic: How Leader States and Health Plans Deliver Evidence-Based Treatment

    Medicaid | Mental Health & Substance Use | Media | Publication | June 2019

    Leveraging Medicaid To Combat The Opioid Epidemic: How Leader States And Health Plans Deliver Evidence-Based Treatment (Health Affairs, June 24, 2019. Copyright © 2019 Health Affairs by Project HOPE – The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.) In this Health Affairs blog post, the authors of TAC's State Strategies to Expand Medication-Assisted…

  • State Approaches to Developing the Residential Treatment Continuum for Substance Use Disorders

    Medicaid | Mental Health & Substance Use | Report | Publication | March 2019

    Learn how state Medicaid agencies are taking action to expand the continuum of care available to Medicaid recipients with substance use disorders - and how they are meeting the challenges that come with this newly expanded coverage. With the support of Arnold Ventures, TAC conducted interviews in five states…

  • Southern Nevada Plan to End Youth Homelessness

    Homelessness | Report | Publication | December 2018

    In 2017, Southern Nevada experienced the third highest rate of unaccompanied youth homelessness in the nation. The community recognized the urgent need for a dedicated response to this crisis, and TAC was hired to facilitate the planning process and ultimately draft the first ever Southern Nevada Plan to End…

  • Ending Youth Homelessness Guidebook Series

    Homelessness | Manual | Publication | November 2018

    TAC co-wrote this three-part guidebook series with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. It is designed for Continuum of Care (CoC) leadership and other stakeholders to use as a direct, hands-on action plan in efforts to prevent and end youth homelessness. System Planning Mainstream System Collaboration Promising…