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NASADAD Releases Fact Sheet on Stats, Funding, History and Future of SAMHSA PPW Programs
NASADAD has released a new fact sheet, Comprehensive Substance Use Disorder Services for Pregnant and Postpartum Women: A Closer Look at...
Bloomberg School of Public Health Releases Principles for the Use of Opioid Settlement Funds
States, cities, and counties will soon be receiving funds from opioid manufacturers, pharmaceutical distributors and pharmacies as a...
CDC Study Examines Pandemic Mental Health, Substance Use Among Adults With Disabilities
A recently published CDC study examined mental health and substance use among adults with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
SAMHSA Awards $17.8 Million in Funding for Mental Health Awareness Training
SAMHSA has released 145 grant awards totaling $17.8 million to help communities increase mental health awareness among individuals who...
HHS Awards $85.5 Million for Rural Communities Opioid Response Programs
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), recently announced...
SAMHSA Director Will Be Guest Speaker at TCA Fall Reception
Treatment Communities of America (TCA) is excited to announce that Dr. Miriam Delphin-Rittman, Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and...
SAMHSA Awards $5.6 Million for EMS Training in Rural Communities
SAMHSA has awarded $5.6 million to strengthen the role of emergency medical services (EMS) personnel in rural America. Thirty-two...
White House Provides Recommendations to Congress on Combatting Illicit Fentanyl
Recently, ONDCP Acting Director Regina LaBelle presented to Congress the Biden-Harris Administration’s recommendations for a long-term,...
LAPPA Awarded $2.5 Million by ONDCP to Research Evidence-Based State Drug Policies
The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) recently announced that it has awarded $2.5 million to the Legislative Analysis and...
Senate Passes Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment (RSAT) Act
Recently, the Senate passed the Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment Act, which reauthorizes and expands on the Residential...
TCA, WFTC Training Event Highlighted Evolution of Therapeutic Communities
Comprehensive virtual training on TCs conducted by renowned experts, available to view In late July, Treatment Communities of America...
State AGs Announce $26 Billion Settlement with Johnson & Johnson
A bipartisan coalition of State attorneys general recently announced a $26 billion settlement with Johnson & Johnson and three of the...
JAMA Report Finds Use of MAT for OUD Increased Among Medicaid Recipients
A recent study reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) revealed that the use of medication for the treatment...
NIH Leaders: Appropriate Language Can Reduce Mental Health, Addiction Stigma
NIH leaders recently published an article that addresses how using appropriate language to describe mental illness and addiction can help...