Expanding Substance Abuse Treatment: Reaching The 95% (R95) Initiative

This OPEN MINDS Executive Roundtable was delivered on September 19, 2024, by Gary Tsai, MD, Director of the Substance Abuse Prevention and Control Division, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. He discussed Los Angeles County’s Reaching the 95% (R95) Initiative. R95 is a comprehensive set of interventions focused on culture change within the SUD system to ensure specialty SUD systems are designed not just for the 5% of consumers assessing SUD treatment but also for the 95% of people with SUDs who are not receiving treatment.

Dr. Tsai described how Los Angeles County is broadening the reach of . . .