Vermont Substance Use Conference 2025

The session will provide an overview of contingency management for StimUD, a review of Contingency Management (CM), research to support CM, and key ingredients in CM implementation. Presenters will offer a perspective from the Vermont Department of Substance Use on the expected benefits of CM and discuss Vermont’s implementation process and data to date. Finally, three treatment providers in Vermont currently using CM for StimUD will describe their experiences

Considerable progress has been made at the federal, state, and local levels in deploying evidence-based strategies to address the opioid epidemic. Provisional CDC data showed a decline in opioid-overdose deaths in 2023. This session will highlight the importance of addressing co-occurring drivers of health and how a closed-loop referral system can drive meaningful change. It will also emphasize timely, equitable approaches to needs and how community-driven referrals can aid recovery.