Sentences with phrase «on substance abuse services»

While it is not a plank in the Better Way platform, Ryan also supported the Family First Prevention Services Act last year, which would have altered the IV - E foster care entitlement to permit some spending on substance abuse services, mental health treatment and parenting, while curtailing federal contributions to congregate care placements.

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«There's more emphasis now and there will be more emphasis because of the Affordable Care Act [on] offering mental health services in primary care settings,» suggests Curry, who is about to start a clinical trial looking at the effects of cognitive behavior therapy for adolescents with depression and substance abuse problems.

Based on the published results, Legacy is now being pilot tested in a variety of community settings, such as the Administration for Children and Families» Early Head Start, Health Resources and Services Administration's Healthy Start, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration's Project LAUNCH, the American Academy of Pediatrics» pediatric primary care, and Tulsa Educare.

In his new post as staff secretary for Cuomo, Wertheimer is drawing his $ 120,000 salary on the budget of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, an agency meant to help people recover from addiction.

Also at 11 a.m., state Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services Commissioner Arlene González - Sánchez hosts a roundtable on initiatives to address the heroin and opioid crisis, Tioga County Office Building Auditorium, 56 Main St., Owego.

In his new post as staff secretary for Cuomo, Wertheimer was hired at a $ 120,000 salary on the budget of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, an agency which helps people recover from addiction.

Additional information can be found on the County's website in the 2015 Update to the County Executive, published by the Dutchess County Health and Human Services Cabinet's Substance Abuse Workgroup.

At 1 p.m., NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray and Deputy Mayor Richard Buery will testify on ThriveNYC in front of the City Council's Committee on Mental Health, Developmental Disability, Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Disability Services, City Council Chambers, Manhattan.

Mr. de Blasio has made supportive housing — which is affordable housing for vulnerable populations with services like healthcare, substance abuse, and mental health help on site for residents — a central component of his plan to tackle the city's ongoing homeless crisis, which has seen both the shelter and the street population on the rise.

That package includes bills allowing people needing substance abuse treatment to immediately access inpatient services without waiting for insurance company authorization, and a seven - day supply limit on opioid prescriptions.

Senator Klein was joined by Councilman Rafael Salamanca, members of the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS), Forward South Bronx Coalition and the New York State Department of Health to provide the community with the life - saving medication Naloxone as well as hands - on demonstrations for proper use.

Joining us today on Medical Monday is Dr. Jennifer Michaels of The Brien Center for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services in the Berkshires.

«Substance abuse and addiction are major factors in homelessness and it critical that we invest in support services to help these individuals get their lives on track,» Cuomo said.

In addition to aiding veterans on the road to recovery via access to treatment for substance abuse, PTSD and other combat - related disorders, the new Veteran Treatment Tracks will provide a range of support services to address associated problems, such as unemployment and homelessness.

I was proud to participate in the Town of Hamburg Drug Free Communities Coalition and SAMHSA's (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) Town Hall Meeting: It Takes a Community on Oct. 19.

The data come from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, an annual survey of 12 - to 17 - year - olds from all 50 states that is sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's National Survey on Drug Use and Health, about 22.9 million people or 8.7 percent of Americans reported prior use of psilocybin.

The commentary was authored by leaders of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) within the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Because the precise age of each respondent was not known, data on the averages of substance use by month of age was obtained from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services» Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminisubstance use by month of age was obtained from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services» Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services AdminiSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Binge drinking is defined as five or more drinks on one occasion within a few hours, according to the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA).

While most would not knowingly put their life on the line, you may be doing just that if you take sleeping pills... According to a study19 by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), emergency room visits involving the sleep aid zolpidem nearly doubled between 2005 and 2010, reaching 42,274 visits in the year 2009 - 2010.

DEA and Discovery Education are grateful to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Substance and Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention for their contributions to the development of Operation Prevention.

The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse is conducted annually by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence is listed on the National Registry of Evidence - Based Programs and Practices, a service of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

Mr. Correa began his career working with the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services, where he served as the Assistant Director of a program that focused on helping young men cope with substance abuse and addiction.

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To actively cooperate with other entities, organizations, and service providers involved with or affected by drug and alcohol testing on common interests and concerns, including but not limited to, substance abuse professionals, substance abuse program administrators, employee assistance professionals, Medical Review Officers, testing laboratories and employer trade associations.

Recovery Resources The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services published in its Behavioral Health Barometer (United States, 2015) report that in 2014, an estimated 24.1 million people aged 12 or older were dependent on or abused chemical substances in the United States.

In November 2015, SterlingBackcheck acquired EmployeeScreenIQ, a global provider of employment background checks and substance abuse screening services, and in January 2016, the Company announced its merger with TalentWise, a leading cloud solution provider for the Human Capital Management industry focused on helping HR executives build and maintain compliant workforces.

A social services case manager is a person, who manages the clients» welfare related services such as elderly care, mental health, medical health, metal or substance abuse and so on.

Counselor for court - involved adolescents and their families on mental health and substance abuse issues, at a non-profit agency in, out - patient setting, short - term, emergency residential shelter (where clients were in the custody of either Youth Services, Human Services, or were «run - aways»).

Skill Highlights Criminal justice Data analysis Public service Office administration Crime trends and patterns Team collaboration and leadership Education and Training University of North Georgia 2016Associate of Science: Criminal JusticeOakwood, GACriminal Justice TrainingFundamentals of Criminal Justiceâ $ cents Gained insight into criminal justice system, including history, philosophy, constitutional limitations, and processes used to achieve overall mission and goals.â $ cents Critically evaluated police, courts and corrections divisions, including contributions to criminal justice system and interrelationship.Fundamentals of Law Enforcementâ $ cents Analyzed and discussed historical and contemporary issues and concepts underlying American policing.â $ cents Examined characteristics and operational mission of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, including their impact on culture on society.Introduction to Social Problemsâ $ cents Investigated methods and theories used by sociologists to explore and define social natures such as culture, socialization, social organization, social institutions, and social stratification.â $ cents Evaluated problems of crime and social deviance, including sexual variance, substance abuse, physical and mental illness, crime and delinquency, and violence in society.

Charted and recorded information in client files.Tracked client movement on and off the unit by documenting times and destinations of clients.Checked facility for open windows, locked doors, malfunctioning smoke detectors and other safety hazards.Quickly responded to crisis situations when severe mental health and behavioral issues arose.Efficiently gathered information from families and social services agencies to inform development of treatment plans.Documented all patient information including service plans, treatment reports and progress notes.Collaborated closely with treatment team to appropriately coordinate client care services.Developed comprehensive treatment plans that focused on accurate diagnosis and behavioral treatment of problems.Consulted with psychiatrists about client medication changes, issues with medicine compliance and efficacy of medications.Organized treatment projects that focused on problem solving skills and creative thinking.Referred clients to other programs and community agencies to enhance treatment processes.Created and reviewed master treatment and discharge plans for each client.Guided clients in understanding illnesses and treatment plans.Developed appropriate policies for the identification of medically - related social and emotional needs of clients.Assisted clients in scheduling home visits and phone calls and monitored effectiveness of these activities.Evaluated patients for psychiatric services and psychotropic medications.Monitored patients prescribed psychotropic medications to assess the medications» effectiveness and side effects.Evaluated patients to determine potential need to transfer to specialized inpatient mental health facilities.Administered medication to patients presenting serious risk of danger to themselves and others.Conducted psychiatric evaluations and executed medication management for both inpatient and outpatient facilities.Led patients in individual, family, group and marital therapy sessions.Diagnosed mental health, emotional and substance abuse disorders.Recorded comprehensive patient histories and coordinated treatment plans with multi-disciplinary team members.Consulted with and developed appropriate treatment and rehabilitation plans for dually diagnosed patients.Referenced and used various therapy techniques, including psychodynamic, family systems, cognitive behavioral and lifespan integration psychotherapy.

Social Worker — Duties & Responsibilities Successfully serve as a psychiatric social worker and practice manager for multiple institutions Perform crisis intervention, adult, geriatric, child, and adolescent case management and therapy Counsel patients facing depression, substance abuse, bipolar disorder, dementia, and schizophrenia Serve survivors of domestic violence, rape, robbery, child abuse, suicide, and other traumatic events Responsible for 24 hour on call crisis intervention for multiple hospital emergency rooms Complete psychosocial assessments to ensure appropriate patient diagnosis and care Design and implement treatment plans including medication and individual / group / family therapy sessions Attend weekly team meetings to assess patient progress and document in the DAP system Review psychometric and psychological reports and provide feedback to patients and families Provide clients and family members with guidance and referrals to community resources Maintain contact with family members and encouraged their involvement in patient treatment Performed discharge planning including nursing home placement, home health, medication needs, transportation and Passport screening, extended in - patient and out - patient mental health services Serve as public speaker, referral development committee member, and marketing / financial advisor

The intervention group received Seeking Safety (SS), a trauma - specific group treatment focusing on safety and coping skills, in the context of integrated substance abuse and mental health services, in either a residential or outpatient setting.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The goal of the present study was to assess the effectiveness of Seeking Safety (SS) in a group format with incarcerated women who were receiving typical prison programming (e.g., educational services, substance abuse relapse prevention, work related skills, and some specialized classes focused on topics such as changing thinking patterns, anger management, or parenting skills).

Effects of Coordinated Services for Drug - Abusing Women Who Are Victims of Intimate Partner Violence Bennett & O'Brien Violence Against Women, 13 (4), 2007 View Abstract Summarizes outcomes from a demonstration project on collaboration between substance abuse and domestic violence agencies.

Presents background information on the incidence of parental substance abuse in Illinois child welfare cases and the federal waiver authority that allowed Illinois to focus on providing treatment services to substance abusing families in Cook County.

Colorado DEC focuses on the continuum of prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery services in hopes of addressing the larger impacts of substance abuse, breaking the cycle of addiction, and expanding the opportunities for drug endangered children.

Dr. Ford has prepared expert white papers on trauma and mental health for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, the National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice, and the Child Health and Development Institute, and provided expert consultation on traumatic stress research and treatment to the World Health Organization, the U. S. Public Health Service Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and committees of the American Psychological Association and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (for which he serves on the Board of Directors).

The National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW) is an initiative of the Department of Health and Human Services to improve family recovery, safety and stability by advancing practices and collaboration among agencies, organizations and courts working with families affected by substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders and child abuse orSubstance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW) is an initiative of the Department of Health and Human Services to improve family recovery, safety and stability by advancing practices and collaboration among agencies, organizations and courts working with families affected by substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders and child abuse or negAbuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW) is an initiative of the Department of Health and Human Services to improve family recovery, safety and stability by advancing practices and collaboration among agencies, organizations and courts working with families affected by substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders and child abuse orsubstance use and co-occurring mental health disorders and child abuse or negabuse or neglect.

Joint efforts should focus on prevention, training workers to recognize both types of problems, improving assessment and referral procedures, providing access to appropriate treatment programs, encouraging clients to stay in substance abuse treatment, expediting permanency decisions, supporting recovery after discharge from treatment, and advocating for a more comprehensive service system.

Emphasis is placed on the complexity of the problems of parents and children in the child welfare system and the necessity of collaboration between substance abuse treatment and child welfare services to achieve permanency for children.

The Coalition on Addiction, Pregnancy, and Parenting (CAPP) provides services to substance - abusing women and their children in the Boston area.

The Thresholds Mothers» Project (TMP), developed in 1976, was the nation's first program for mothers with psychiatric illnesses that also offered services to children, who could live with their mothers in supportive housing or independent apartments.38 The program builds on a classic psychosocial rehabilitation base, which is a best practice for mentally ill adults according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminisservices to children, who could live with their mothers in supportive housing or independent apartments.38 The program builds on a classic psychosocial rehabilitation base, which is a best practice for mentally ill adults according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services AdminisServices Administration.

Funding / Support: The NCS - A is supported by grants U01 - MH60220, R01 - MH66627, U01MH060220 - 09S1, K01 - MH092526 (to Dr McLaughlin), and K01 - MH085710 (to Dr Green) from the National Institute of Mental Health, with supplemental support from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, grant 044780 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the John W. Alden Trust.

Substance Abuse Specialists in Child Welfare Agencies and Dependency Courts: Considerations for Program Designers and Evaluators (PDF - 299 KB) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2010) Focuses on the placing of substance abuse specialists in either child welfare offices or dependency courts to ensure that parents are assessed as quickly as possible, improve parent engagement and retention in treatment, streamline entry into treatment, and provide consultation to child welfare and dependency courtSubstance Abuse Specialists in Child Welfare Agencies and Dependency Courts: Considerations for Program Designers and Evaluators (PDF - 299 KB) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2010) Focuses on the placing of substance abuse specialists in either child welfare offices or dependency courts to ensure that parents are assessed as quickly as possible, improve parent engagement and retention in treatment, streamline entry into treatment, and provide consultation to child welfare and dependency court worAbuse Specialists in Child Welfare Agencies and Dependency Courts: Considerations for Program Designers and Evaluators (PDF - 299 KB) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2010) Focuses on the placing of substance abuse specialists in either child welfare offices or dependency courts to ensure that parents are assessed as quickly as possible, improve parent engagement and retention in treatment, streamline entry into treatment, and provide consultation to child welfare and dependency courtSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2010) Focuses on the placing of substance abuse specialists in either child welfare offices or dependency courts to ensure that parents are assessed as quickly as possible, improve parent engagement and retention in treatment, streamline entry into treatment, and provide consultation to child welfare and dependency court worAbuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2010) Focuses on the placing of substance abuse specialists in either child welfare offices or dependency courts to ensure that parents are assessed as quickly as possible, improve parent engagement and retention in treatment, streamline entry into treatment, and provide consultation to child welfare and dependency courtsubstance abuse specialists in either child welfare offices or dependency courts to ensure that parents are assessed as quickly as possible, improve parent engagement and retention in treatment, streamline entry into treatment, and provide consultation to child welfare and dependency court worabuse specialists in either child welfare offices or dependency courts to ensure that parents are assessed as quickly as possible, improve parent engagement and retention in treatment, streamline entry into treatment, and provide consultation to child welfare and dependency court workers.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare

Bringing Families Together: Models of Hope and Recovery Center for Children and Family Futures & Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2012) Presents a video on how communities are strengthening linkages and overcoming barriers among child welfare, behavioral / mental health services, substance use treatment, and the court systems to improve outcomes for children and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2012) Presents a video on how communities are strengthening linkages and overcoming barriers among child welfare, behavioral / mental health services, substance use treatment, and the court systems to improve outcomes for children and fServices Administration (2012) Presents a video on how communities are strengthening linkages and overcoming barriers among child welfare, behavioral / mental health services, substance use treatment, and the court systems to improve outcomes for children and fservices, substance use treatment, and the court systems to improve outcomes for children and substance use treatment, and the court systems to improve outcomes for children and families.

Tribal Training and Technical Assistance Center Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Provides broad, focused, and intensive training and technical assistance on mental and substance use disorders, suicide prevention, and the promotion of mental health to federally recognized Tribes, other American Indian / Alaska Native communities, SAMHSA Tribal grantees, and organizations serving IndianSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Provides broad, focused, and intensive training and technical assistance on mental and substance use disorders, suicide prevention, and the promotion of mental health to federally recognized Tribes, other American Indian / Alaska Native communities, SAMHSA Tribal grantees, and organizations serving Indiansubstance use disorders, suicide prevention, and the promotion of mental health to federally recognized Tribes, other American Indian / Alaska Native communities, SAMHSA Tribal grantees, and organizations serving Indian Country.