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Tools & Calculators

The Tools and Calculators section is designed to help you effectively manage and utilize settlement funds.

Here, you’ll find practical resources to make informed decisions and optimize funding allocations. Explore these tools to enhance your strategies and achieve the best outcomes for your community.

Name Owner Description

Naloxone Distribution Calculator

Center for the Business of Health

Our Naloxone Distribution Calculator is designed to help evaluate the cost-effectiveness of distributing injectable naloxone kits over a ten-year period compared to not distributing extra kits.

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Overdose Mapping Tool

NORC at the University of Chicago (NORC)

This tool allows researchers, policymakers, journalists, and the general public to create county-level maps illustrating the relationship between community and population demographics and fatal drug overdoses—including opioids—in the United States. Insights derived from this tool can be used to target resources and interventions, and inform media coverage related to overdose deaths in the U.S.

Recovery Ecosystem Index Map

NORC at the University of Chicago (NORC)

The term “Recovery Ecosystem” is used to describe the community-level factors that are in place to support individuals in recovery from substance use disorder (SUD). This tool allows community organizations, policymakers, researchers, and the general public to create county-level maps to understand these factors in their communities and where additional resources are most needed to provide support to individuals in recovery. Insights derived from this tool can be used to target resources and interventions to enhance recovery ecosystems.

Rural Community Toolbox

University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health

Find technical assistance, training, treatment options, reports, websites, and more focused on issues related to SUD.