"Access To Recovery" - SAMHSA/CADCA/MCTFT

Program Summaries And Objectives: Thousands of Americans with substance use disorders will have the opportunity to choose their treatment options for recovery under Access to Recovery, a new $100 million discretionary grant program for states recently announced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

The competitive grant program will give recipient states, territories, the District of Columbia and tribal organizations broad discretion to design and implement federally supported voucher programs to pay for a range of effective, community-based, substance abuse clinical treatment and recovery support services. By providing vouchers to people in need of treatment, the grant program promotes individual choice for substance abuse treatment and recovery services. It also expands access to care, including access to faith- and community-based programs, and increases substance abuse treatment capacity.

This informative broadcast will:

• Present an overview of addiction, treatment and recovery.
• Explain the efficacy of treatment and the recovery support services.
• Provide background on SAMHSA’s "Access to Recovery" initiative.
• Identify and discuss the components of this new grant program.
• Answer questions about treatment and recovery support services
• Provide referral information to help those in need of treatment.

Panelists:

Moderator: Jane Callahan

H. Westley Clark, M.D., J.D., M.P.H.; CAS, FASAM Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA
Stephenie Colston; Senior Advisor to the Administrator for Substance Abuse Issues, SAMHSA

Additional panelists to be named.

Target Audience Statement: Primary target audiences for this program will include law enforcement officials, drug prevention specialists, Drug-Free Communities Act grantees, Safe and Drug-Free Schools coordinators, educators, administrators, counselors, treatment providers, drug court members, policy makers, business leaders, coalition volunteers, drug demand reduction coordinators, concerned parents, criminal justice professionals, youth coalition members, members of the religious community and other community partners who may be interested. This program is also suitable for Public Access television distribution.

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