ABOUT US
The Northwest Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Collaborative (NW ROTAC) provides training and technical assistance (TTA) to rural communities across Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington for opioid-related prevention, treatment, and recovery efforts. Building on the expertise within academic and community settings, our leadership team includes faculty and staff from Washington State University and Oregon State University with experience in community-based prevention and treatment approaches.
See our annual impact reports summarizing accomplishments and impacts of NW ROTAC.
OUR APPROACH
NW ROTAC is grounded in a) serving diverse and rural communities, b) providing TTA spanning the health continuum from health promotion through recovery, and c) leveraging relationships with state Cooperative Extension Systems and other Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration supported efforts. Using this foundation, we provide multiple levels of TTA to meet rural-serving providers where they are on topics important in their communities.
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Our TTA falls within three levels, each with greater intensity and tailoring. At the broadest level, universal approaches include information provided for all audiences and across the health continuum. This includes our newsletter and online repositories. Targeted approaches are the next focused level where information is tailored for specialized groups. This includes things like multi-session trainings on delivery of evidence-based programs. Finally, intensive approaches are the most focused, often where individualized coaching is offered. Here, we include program-specific communities of practice.
OUR SUPPORT
This work is supported by funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (H79TI082557). The contents of this website are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of SAMHSA.​
