Together Arkansas
Working together for a drug-free workforce.
Together Arkansas is a statewide initiative designed to help Arkansas employers understand, prevent, and respond to opioid use and substance use in the workplace.
We recognize that substance use does not only affect individuals—it can affect families, coworkers, businesses, and communities. Employers play an important role in creating workplaces where employees can be safe, supported, and connected to the resources they need.
Together Arkansas provides employers with free, practical resources and education to help them take action.
Our Goal is Simple
To equip Arkansas employers with the knowledge, tools, and resources they need to prevent substance-related harm, support their employees, and build healthier, safer, and more recovery-friendly workplaces.
Everything on Together Arkansas is designed to help employers move from awareness to action.
Explore. Learn. Prepare. Respond. Support.
Together, we can create a healthier Arkansas workforce.
What You’ll Find on Together Arkansas
Learn
Our Online Course provides short, easy-to-understand training modules covering topics such as opioid use and its impact on the workplace, drug-free workplace policies, drug testing, legal considerations, and how employers can respond when an employee may be experiencing substance use.
Prepare
Our Business Toolkit provides ready-to-use materials that employers can share with employees and incorporate into workplace education and training. Resources include fact sheets, posters, infographics, presentations, and other educational materials.
Support Recovery
Recovery is possible, and the workplace can be an important part of that journey. Together Arkansas provides information and resources to help employers better understand recovery, reduce stigma, support employees, and build recovery-friendly workplace environments.
Connect to Help
Together Arkansas also connects employers, employees, families, and communities with resources related to treatment, recovery, overdose prevention, and naloxone.
Who is Together Arkansas For?
Together Arkansas is designed primarily for Arkansas employers and business leaders, but the information and resources available through the website can benefit anyone interested in addressing substance use and supporting healthier workplaces.
Whether you are:
- An employer developing or updating a drug-free workplace policy;
- A human resources professional supporting employees;
- A supervisor who needs guidance on how to respond to a workplace concern;
- A business leader looking for employee education and prevention resources;
- An employee seeking information or support;
- Or an organization working to strengthen recovery and prevention efforts—
Together Arkansas is here to help.
Our Collaborative Approach
Together Arkansas brings together business, healthcare, government, and community partners to address opioid use and substance use across Arkansas.
The initiative was originally established by the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/Associated Industries of Arkansas and Arkansas BlueCross BlueShield and is now also an initiative of the Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership (ARORP).
Together, these partners recognize that addressing the opioid crisis requires more than one organization or sector. It requires businesses, communities, healthcare providers, government agencies, treatment and recovery organizations, and individuals working together.
Who’s talking about Together Arkansas.
Together Arkansas is a collaborative approach to opioid-use disorder education involving private business, the government sector, healthcare, treatment providers, law enforcement, and other organizations interested in curbing the prevalence of substance use in Arkansas.
Together, we can create a healthier, drug-free workforce.
Need help?
If you or someone that you care about is dealing with opioid-use or substance-use disorder, please reach out and seek treatment. Find help by contacting the national drug addiction helpline (24/7/365) at 1-800-644-HELP (4357) or the Arkansas Mental Health & Addiction Support Line at 1-844-763-0198.