Connecting the Dots
How technology can bridge the gaps in opioid response during the pandemicCovid-19 may dominate the headlines, but the opioid epidemic is also taking lives, and help is needed. Anxiety caused by…
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Creative Solutions For Substance Use Management
How the National Conference on State Legislatures helps states with behavioral health issuesOur behavioral health, which encompasses the emotions, behaviors, and biology of mental well-being, is the foundation of who we are.…
Digital Transformation Series: How To Improve Transparency
Transparency is fundamental to organizational changeTransparency is becoming increasingly important for government agencies in response to internal and external pressure to measure effectiveness and efficiency.…
Digital Transformation Series: Making Sense of Digital Transformation
What does it mean? And how does it work for the public sector?The term “digital transformation” is one that is used, and misused, a lot these days as a response to dynamic…
Modernizing Portals and Data with AI
How artificial intelligence can "humanize" government resource portals and dataAs we adjust to life after the recent Covid-19 outbreak, we're taking stock of what has changed. How we interact…
From Covid to Coordination
How states can reform operations for a better post-Covid worldAs most of us are aware, the Covid-19 pandemic is having a huge social, economical, political, and psychological impact. The…
Achieving Child Support System Modernization
Strategies from the National Child Support Enforcement Association conferenceWe're at the National Child Support Enforcement Association (NCSEA) National Leadership Symposium this week to examine key issues and innovations…
Opioids Crisis Solutions Series Part 3
How states find funding to stem the crisisNew Hampshire, like many other states, has struggled with the effects of the opioids crisis. Currently burdened with the third…
Opioids Crisis Solutions Series Part 2
Three opioid treatment models that states are using to save livesIn her work as a peer support specialist for Project Lazarus, Brooke Stanley has helped hundreds of people with addiction…
Opioids Crisis Solutions Series Part 1
How opioids took America by surprise, and what states can do about itThe opioids crisis has been all over the news for a reason. The effects are far reaching and often devastating…