Resources for Families and Friends
The Affected Families and Friends Work Group provides opportunities for friends and family to share hope, raise awareness, and reduce the stigma associated with substance use disorders.
This webpage was created to provide information to friends and families coping with a loved one’s substance use disorder. Driven by the loss of loved ones to overdose, we include resources that were unknown to us during our struggles. Links in this list include resources for treatment, recovery, insurance concerns, legal issues, family support services and organizations assisting in the grieving process. We hope you find this helpful; we ask you to share it and to offer suggestions on how we can improve and/or add to it.
If you have questions, please email Sarah or Tracey, who are the co-chairs of the Affected Families and Friends Work Group. Clicking their names will create a message for them.
Work group meetings are held virtually on the third Friday of each month, from noon to 1 p.m., and feature a guest speaker bringing us up to date on the many issues families face in dealing with substance use disorder. Please see the links for meeting schedules, meeting minutes, podcasts, and our video series “Beyond the Numbers: Echoes of the Opioid Epidemic”.
Resources
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Links will be tested and updated regularly.
This webpage was created to provide general information to friends and families coping with a loved one’s substance use disorder. The Consortium is not responsible for the content or accuracy posted, and shall not be responsible for any decisions made based on such information. Listings on this page are not an endorsement by the Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention, the Center for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention, the University of Colorado, or its affiliates.
Advocacy Opportunities
- CO organizations
- Legislative updates
- Good Samaritan Law
- Family organizations
Support Organizations
- Family support
- Peer support and groups
- Grief-specific support groups
Treatment Options, Assistance, and Locators
- SAFE Project Treatment locator
- Medications for Substance Use Disorders | SAMHSA
- Minority Treatment Scholarships
- Addiction Research and Treatment Services (ARTS)
- ARTS is a clinical program within the Division of Addiction Science, Prevention, and Treatment in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
How to Navigate Insurance
Harm Reduction Locator and Resources
- Where to get naloxone
- Syringe Access Programs
- Good Samaritan law info
Mental Health and SUD Providers
Law Enforcement and Justice Reform
- Drug courts
- Juvenile drug court
- Adult drug court
- Child Welfare resources
Recovery Support
- Advocates for Recovery Colorado
- Recovery Residence What to Know
- Recovery Residence Locator
- SAFE Project Recovery Resources
- Tough as a Mother
- Hard Beauty
- Sober Outdoors
- Lift the Label
- Young People in Recovery
- Foster Care for Animals while in Treatment — Pawsitive Recovery