2025-11-15T13:37:58-07:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 811689167 CENTER FOR US POLICY CENT 1455 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 400 Washington DC 20004 Michael Barnes Chairman 2023551370 2025-11-15 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X www.centerforuspolicy.org X X 43008 X 0 43000 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43008 0 0 0 66392 7980 13 4259 78644 -35636 42422 0 6786 42422 6786 0 0 0 0 42422 6786 0 0 42422 6786 The Center for U.S. Policy (CUSP) is a non-partisan research and education organization dedicated to enhancing the health, safety, and economic opportunity of all Americans. In 2024, the organization focused heavily on supporting lawful patient access to controlled medications and substance use disorder prevention, interventions, treatment, harm reduction, and recovery support. For more information, read our Program Service Accomplishments in this 990 and view our work products at www.centerforuspolicy.org and warmhandoff.org. Research and analysis: CUSP's 2024 research and analysis advanced the public interest by 1) providing support to the not-for-profit National Recovery Friendly Workplace (RFW) Institute's inaugural national RFW employer certification program 2) helping shape the Institute's consensus on RFW definitions and certification standards, and 3) and collaborating in the development of several substance use disorder prevention resources, such as fact sheets on psilocybin, ketamine, and MDMA. 0 62466 Education and outreach: CUSP's 2024 educational initiatives delivered public benefit by 1) convening accomplished drug policy professionals from across the nation to foster networking, creativity, and collaboration; 2) contributing subject matter knowledge and experience to curriculum development for the Rx & Illicit Drug Summit; 3) moderating a congressional briefing on the use of AI in health care; and 4) educating professionals and raising public awareness about the national RFW certification program. CUSP's representation on the advisory board of the Rx & Illicit Drug Summit, the board of directors of the Legislative Analysis and Public Policy Association, and the editorial board of the Journal of Opioid Management enabled the organization to 5) share educational insights with legislatures, attorneys, other policy professionals, health care practitioners, academics, students, and service providers in the substance use disorder prevention, intervention, treatment, harm reduction, and recovery support fields. 0 9046 Awareness: CUSP's 2024 awareness activities included 1) publishing educational content and public awareness resources on centerforuspolicy.org and warmhandoff.org; 2) tracking and reporting on state warm handoff legislation and executive actions; and 3) participating in a RealPharma podcast to discuss the substance use disorder (SUD) crisis and related topics, such as the lack of parity in health insurance plans, the role of prescribers, the need for treatment and recovery support, the potential for decriminalization, the economic impact of SUDs, and the US-centric nature of the problem. 0 2779 74291 Michael C Barnes Esq Chairman 8 0 0 0 Meredith L Shelton Director 1 0 0 0 Marsha Stanton PhD RN Director 1 0 0 0 Ronne Ostby MA Director 2 0 0 0 LaTonya Pinkard M Ed Director 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Michael C Barnes 1455 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 400 Washington DC 20004 2023551370 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 6600 40000 50000 96600 135250 120000 72500 37000 43000 407750 141850 120000 112500 87000 43000 504350 504350 17 34 8 59 0 0 17 34 8 59 141850 120000 112517 87034 43008 504409 0.99988 0.99991 0.00012 0.00009 X Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Insurance: $987; Programmatic Travel: $3272. The organization's tax return was filed after the original due date because the volunteer firm that typically prepares the return had limited staff availability during the initial filing period. This constraint created a waitlist for pro bono assistance, which included our organization.