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Community Needs Assessment Survey

1.Do you feel that the public programs responding to the fentanyl crisis have had a beneficial impact on the crisis?(Required.)
2.. We should increase government funding on treatment options for mental health and substance use disorders.(Required.)
3.I feel that current prevention education programs in schools are effective at reducing rates of substance abuse.(Required.)
4.People who use drugs deserve respect.(Required.)
5.People with a mental illness deserve respect.(Required.)
6.I feel that the stigmas surrounding substance abuse in DuPage County are as strong as they were three years ago.(Required.)
7.I feel that most of the unhoused people in DuPage County have a substance abuse challenge.(Required.)
8.Medication Assisted Recovery-MAR (which is the use of medications to treat substance use disorders e.g., methadone or buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder) is an effective treatment for substance use disorders.(Required.)
9.Do you think methadone is a helpful medication for those living with opioid use challenges?(Required.)
10.It is difficult to find healthcare providers who offer Medication Assisted Recovery-MAR (which is the use of medications to treat substance use disorders e.g., methadone or buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder) in my community.(Required.)
11.I know where to go for substance use treatment services if I do not have health insurance.(Required.)
12.Harm reduction services like Narcan and syringe service programs reduce the risks of drug use.(Required.)
13.Needle exchanges, or syringe distribution programs, are an effective form of harm reduction.(Required.)
14.It is difficult to find harm reduction services like Narcan and syringe service programs in my community.(Required.)
15.It is difficult to find mental health and substance use treatment services in my community.(Required.)
16.I feel that DuPage County offers enough culturally-competent substance abuse treatment services.(Required.)
17.Everyone in my community can get help for mental health regardless of income level, insurance status, race, ethnicity, primary language, disabilities, gender identity, sexual orientation, or citizenship status.(Required.)
18.Everyone in my community can get help for substance use regardless of income level, insurance status, race, ethnicity, primary language, disabilities, gender identity, sexual orientation, or citizenship status.(Required.)
19.If you currently are, or formerly were, involved in the criminal court system (probation, parole, court supervision, incarceration, etc.), do you feel you were offered enough treatment options to address your substance abuse challenges?(Required.)
20.In your own words, what are the major challenges facing people seeking recovery in DuPage County?(Required.)
Demographic Information
21.Age:(Required.)
22.Income Level:(Required.)
23.Gender:(Required.)
24.Location:(Required.)
25.Ethnicity(Required.)
26.Race:(Required.)
27.Primary Language:(Required.)