The Rural Responses to the Opioid Epidemic (RROE) project, co-funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the State Justice Institute, supported 21 rural sites across the country to develop or enhance efforts to strengthen epidemiologic surveillance and public health data infrastructure; implement effective community-level opioid overdose prevention activities; and establish or enhance public safety, public health, and behavioral health collaborations. Sites could also expand peer recovery and recovery support services that help people start and stay in recovery. This series explores how RROE sites’ efforts aligned at each point of the Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) and the public safety/public health partnerships that strengthened these efforts. Learn more about the RROE project at https://rural.cossup.org/.

Other articles in this series can be viewed at the following links:

• Article One: Intercept 0—Community Services https://www.cossup.org/Content/Documents/Articles/2024_Rural_Community_Solutions_to_Address_Substance_Use_Disorder_Intercept_0_Community_Services.pdf
• Article Two: Intercept 1—Law Enforcement https://www.cossup.org/Content/Documents/Articles/2024_Rural_Community_Solutions_to_Address_Substance_Use_Disorder_Intercept_1_Law_Enforcement.pdf
• Article Three: Intercept 2—Initial Detention/Initial Court Hearings https://www.cossup.org/Content/Documents/Articles/2024_Rural_Community_Solutions_to_Address_Substance_Use_Disorder_Intercept_2_Detention_Hearings.pdf
• Article Four: Intercept 3—Jails/Courts https://www.cossup.org/Content/Documents/Articles/2024_Rural_Community_Solutions_to_Address_Substance_Use_Disorder_Intercept_3_Jail_Courts.pdf
• Article Six: Intercept 5—Community Corrections https://www.cossup.org/Content/Documents/Articles/2024_Rural_Community_Solutions_to_Address_Substance_Use_Disorder_Intercept_5_Community_Corrections.pdf