In support of continuing care approaches the United States Office of National Drug Control Policy recently published the 2010 National Drug Control Strategy in the United States [141], which includes strategies to integrate treatment for substance use disorders into the mainstream health care system and to expand support for continuing care efforts. One critical goal will be to integrate empirically supported substance use interventions in the context of continuing care models of treatment delivery, which in many cases requires adapting existing treatments to facilitate sustained delivery [140]. Given its focus on long-term maintenance of treatment gains, RP is a behavioral intervention that is particularly well suited for implementation in continuing care contexts. Many treatment centers already provide RP as a routine component of aftercare programs. However, it is imperative that insurance providers and funding entities support these efforts by providing financial support for aftercare services. It is also important that policy makers and funding entities support initiatives to evaluate RP and other established interventions in the context of continuing care models. In general, more research on the acquisition and long-term
