Strategies

Provide information and increase motivation to change or prevent problematic alcohol consumption in a short session; also called alcohol screening & brief intervention

Expand broadband availability and adoption in unserved and underserved areas through initiatives that address infrastructure and cost barriers

Use specialized courts to offer criminal offenders with drug dependency problems an alternative to adjudication or incarceration

Provide confidential worksite-based counseling and referrals to employees to address personal and workplace challenges

Use specialized courts to work with parents involved in the child welfare system who may lose custody of their children due to substance abuse

Offer employees control over an aspect of their schedule through arrangements such as flex time, flex hours, compressed work weeks, or self-scheduled shift work

Offer flexible working arrangements, allowing the duties of a single full-time position to be covered by two part-time employees

Organize workers to bargain collectively for improved wages, benefits, and working conditions

Provide medications such as methadone to individuals diagnosed with opioid use disorder in outpatient, residential, and hospital settings, usually with counseling and behavioral therapies; often called MAT

Provide employees with child care options at work; care may be provided free of charge, partially subsidized as part of an employee benefit package, or offered at market rates