Building Systems of Care for Lasting Recovery

SUBSTANCE USE ABATEMENT

We’re working towards a future where every community has the strategic infrastructure to respond to substance use with dignity, equity, and evidence. We help communities navigate complex funding landscapes, co-design data-informed abatement plans, and implement programs that reduce substance use harms and advance community healing over the long term.

The BME Approach

We center people and lived/living experience in everything from needs assessment to program evaluation.

We use data to drive action, translating epidemiology and community voice into funded, evidence-informed programs.

We navigate structural complexity with precision , helping you confidently manage compliance (e.g., opioid settlement funds, tobacco) and overlapping funding streams.

We build sustainable solutions designed for long-term impact. Drawing on our diverse team of subject-matter experts, we provide the comprehensive, multidisciplinary support needed to build resilient community infrastructure.

Core Services

Partnering with communities to plan, develop, and implement opioid settlement fund strategies by centering lived experience in decision-making, translating settlement requirements into actionable spending plans, and building the reporting and accountability infrastructure to demonstrate impact.

Advancing evidence-based policy and programmatic strategies to reduce commercial tobacco and nicotine use, partnering with communities to implement effective, culturally responsive prevention initiatives.

Empowering local partners by providing the targeted technical assistance and capacity-building required to seamlessly implement prevention, treatment, and harm-reduction programs in real-world settings.

Translating complex data into actionable insights through community-centered monitoring and evaluation, ensuring that evidence is built collaboratively with the people most impacted.

Building resilient, long-term funding strategies by helping partners braid and blend substance use abatement funds with other revenue streams, ensuring the long-term sustainability of critical community programs.

TEAM LEAD

Caroline Hamilton
MPH - MANAGING CONSULTANT, SUBSTANCE USE ABATEMENT

Caroline is a strategic public health consultant with 10 years of experience in public health program management, substance use prevention and harm reduction, and technical assistance, with an emphasis on technology-enabled solutions. Her career has focused on advancing health equity, leveraging data to inform action, strengthening cross‑sector partnerships, and supporting systems‑level strategies to address substance use and its root causes across local, state, and national settings. She cares deeply about meaningful engagement of people with lived and living experience. Caroline holds an MPH from the University of Pittsburgh and a BA in Biology from Oberlin College.