North Carolina Opioid Settlements

Welcome to CORE-NC: Community Opioid Resources Engine for North Carolina

MAT in Jails Webinar Series

During this three-part series, participants will hear from USDOJ Attorneys based in NC and Medical and Facility experts as they describe the legal, medical, and operational basics of providing MAT in NC facilities. This webinar series is intended for jail administrators, facility medical administrators, county leadership officials, county attorneys, local health directors, and other professionals who are interested in learning more about providing care for individuals with opioid use disorder who are incarcerated in North Carolina.

Module 3 – Operational Basics: Facility Implementation

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This module addresses operational questions and provides examples of treatment and programming structure. Multiple NC detention facilities provide operational examples of how to facilitate treatment that is responsive to your community’s needs and interests. Join to learn structural basics and operational details which undergird treatment implementation in NC secure facilities.

Module 2 – Medical Basics: Working with Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs)

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In this module, the NC State Opioid Treatment Authority (NC SOTA) explains the usefulness of methadone, as well as the function of OTPs in the continuum of care for opioid use disorder. This webinar highlights experiences of an OTP medical director and will discuss both the benefits and the practical steps of partnering with a local OTP to provide this lifesaving form of treatment to incarcerated patients.

Module 1 – Risk Aversion: Facility-Based MAT

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Representatives from the United States Attorneys’ Offices for each of the three North Carolina districts discuss the U.S. Department of Justice’s (USDOJ) recent guidance on protections for people with opioid use disorder under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), including access to medication-assisted treatment, along with information about USDOJ settlements in other jurisdictions specific to the criminal justice and corrections context. Also, MAHEC Board Certified Addiction Medicine Specialist provides an overview of opioid use disorder and evidence-based treatment.