Substance Use Policy Guide & Template for AIDS Service Organization

While this approach reflects our growing understanding and commitment towards respecting the lived experience of substance use amongst staff, Peer s and other volunteers, it can also be a cause of significant tensions with in our organizations and sector…
The Policy Guide & Template is intended to support ASO leaders to develop individual organization-wide and/or program specific substance use policies to respond to these tensions. It can also help to identify successful practices that can be shared with ASOs to help build the capacity of our sector to manage these areas of tension, to effectively and accountably provide services that align with their mission and mandate.