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Survey Aims to Create Holistic Picture of IN Addiction-Recovery Needs

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The State of Indiana wants to learn more about Hoosiers’ experiences with substance-use disorder and addiction-recovery services.
Administered by the state’s Division of Mental Health and Addiction (DMHA), the “Recovery Capital Index” will take a holistic look at the addiction-recovery resources available to people across the state, to help determine whether further resources are needed to ensure patients stay on the path to recovery.
Becky Buhner, deputy director of addiction and forensic treatment for the DMHA, said the data will help policymakers craft targeted responses to addiction-recovery needs.
“We can then look at a ZIP code to determine if there is an area of high need within that ZIP code,” Buhner explained. “That’s going to allow us to make funding decision in the future as to how we can better allocate our resources to meet the needs of that area.”
People can complete the survey online or by texting “RECOVERY” to 833-638-3784. Buhner said the state wants to hear from a wide variety of people, including those currently using drugs, those in recovery, and their family and friends.
The state said it has allocated more than $45 million in grant funding over the past four years to combat the opioid epidemic. Buhner pointed out Indiana has spent years expanding its addiction-recovery infrastructure. But she noted there are people who need help who are not connected to the recovery system, and the survey will help state health officials learn about those needs.
“We released it on Friday, and as of Saturday morning, we had 234 people that signed up for the text-message series,” reported. “We had 99 individuals that actually completed the Recovery Capital Index, which is a 43% response rate.”
She added the data compiled from the survey will be made public after six months. According to provisional data from the Indiana Department of Health, the state saw more than 2,500 drug overdose deaths last year, a five-year high. About 80% of those deaths were due to opioids.

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