The Office of Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorders (OBHSUD)
In 2019, the BCC identified the opioid epidemic, substance use and behavior disorder as a high strategic priority. As a result, the Community Services Department operationalized an Opioid Response Steering Committee.
By 2021, the steering committee was officially renamed Behavioral Health, Substance Use and Co-Occurring Disorder Steering Committee in order to better align with the BCC's strategic priority that encompasses both behavioral health and substance use disorders.
Additionally, the Department operationalized an Office of Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorders (OBHSUD) to assume responsibility for all the Department's behavioral health contracts as well as to work alongside the Steering Committee to review and update the ORP.
"Recovery-oriented systems of care [ROSC] are networks of formal and informal services developed and mobilized to sustain long-term recovery for individuals and families impacted by severe substance use disorders. The system in ROSC is not a treatment agency, but a macro-level organization of a community, a state or a nation."
- William L. White, author Slaying the Dragon: The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America