The Wolf Administration is increasing access to treatment for people suffering with opioid use disorder. This tells the story of treatment within the state of Pennsylvania.

The Wolf Administration is helping to rescue opioid use disorder patients and children born suffering from withdrawal symptoms by enhancing the state's response to the opioid epidemic.

Story page with maps, charts explaining the Vaccine Rates by PA State Senate, PA State House and U.S. Congressional Districts.

The Wolf Administration is working to reduce over-prescribing of opioids through use of the the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program and prescribing guidelines.

This page highlights the community impact of opioids on families and children, the economy, the, criminal justice system, and other opioid-related diseases (e.g., neonatal abstinence syndrome, hepatitis C, HIV).

Medicaid provides health coverage to millions of Americans, including children, pregnant women, parents, seniors and individuals with disabilities. In some states the program covers all low-income adults below a certain income level.

The Department of Human Services is focused on improving access to health care in Pennsylvania while reducing Medicaid spending. DHS has begun to reward health care providers for the quality of their care, focus on preventive screenings, and work to limit costly and sometimes unnecessary services, such as an overuse of emergency rooms.

When Governor Tom Wolf expanded Medicaid in 2015, more Pennsylvanians than ever were able to access quality health care coverage. The expansion opened up Medicaid to even more people living on low incomes, people who had been diagnosed with substance use disorder, and others.

In Pennsylvania, as in many other places, job-seekers and employers face the shared challenge of a worker shortage. There are currently more job openings than there are available workers to fill them. Both job-seekers and employers must overcome significant barriers for Pennsylvania to close that gap. Five key barriers have been identified through the Command Center's work: child care, transportation, training, reentry, and professional licensure.

This page describes information on the impacts of opioids on families and children.