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As the opioid epidemic continues to cause suffering for millions of Americans, the United States government is responding in many different ways. In 2016, lawmakers passed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, which included several grant programs to help reduce opioid-related harm and promote recovery from substance use disorder. As part of this law, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine was asked to issue a series of studies evaluating the success of these grant programs, which are funded and administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
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Review of Four CARA Programs and Preparing for Future Evaluations
Consensus Study Report
·2023
The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA; P.L. 114-198) was signed into law in 2016 to help address the challenges of overdose deaths and opioid use disorder, and to expand access to evidence-based treatment. Among these efforts was the authorization of four grant programs to be overseen b...
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