What they call their work
What they do
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Substance Use Policy Advocacy & Public Education 2 activities
- Advocacy for expanded methadone accessAdvocates for expanded access to methadone treatment for individuals diagnosed with opioid use disorder, focusing on policy and practice changes to increase availability and reduce barriers to care.
- National coalition building and membership engagementOperates as a national coalition with over a hundred members across multiple U.S. states, including individuals with lived experience on methadone, advocates, clinicians, researchers, and clinical leaders in opioid treatment programs. Members actively participate in advocacy, service provision, evaluation, and leadership roles within OTP clinics nationwide.
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Who runs it
- Catherine Simon — Trustee
- David Frank — Trustee
- Hiawatha Collins — Trustee
- Zoe Weinstein — Trustee
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Lived-Experience Leadership in Advocacy 597 orgsmethodology: lived-experience leadershipBy centering leadership and membership of individuals with lived/living experience on methadone, we produce more authentic and effective advocacy, because community-led movements generate deeper policy relevance and public resonance.shared approach: Community-Led Systems Change →
- Evidence-Based Advocacy for Policy Change 51 orgsmethodology: evidence-based advocacyBy grounding advocacy in long-standing clinical evidence, we produce durable policy change, because scientific legitimacy increases credibility with policymakers and health institutions.shared approach: Evidence-Integrated Advocacy →