New Monograph from the Southeast ATTC: How do We Pave the Way Home?

On June 17, 2009, 150 civilian and military service providers, community stakeholders, service members, veterans, and family members gathered in Forsyth, Georgia. This Georgia Collaborative Meeting was the first step in a year-long process designed to find a definitive answer to the question: How do we pave the way home? The meeting was sponsored by the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, and organized by the Division of Addictive Diseases, in partnership with the Southeast Addiction Technology Transfer Center.

The process begun at this meeting has one overarching goal, the creation of a seamless system of care and support for service members, veterans, and their families. To that end, this monograph is designed to A) build a statewide interagency coalition of military and civilian stakeholders dedicated to finding collaborative ways of addressing the challenges facing Georgia’s returning and transitioning service members and veterans and their families and B) draft a State Action Plan to support the mental health and addictive disease-related needs of veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF, the war in Afghanistan). Download the new monograph at the Southeast ATTC website!

September is National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month

The Georgia Addiction Counselors Association & the Dept. of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities Alcohol & Drug Abuse Certification Board of Southeast Addiction Technology Transfer Center Georgia Association of Recovery Residences Invite You to Join the Voices for Recovery:

WHAT: Declaration Proclaiming September as Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month in Georgia - Signing by Governor Perdue!

WHERE: The Georgia State Capitol (Meet in the Rotunda)

WHEN: Tuesday, August 17, 2010; 10:30 A.M.

WHO: Addiction Prevention, Treatment & Recovery Advocates, Supporters & Allies

Please RSVP If You Will Be In Attendance via email to Neil Kaltenecker, Executive Director neil@gasubstanceabuse.org or call the Georgia Council on Substance Abuse at 404.523.3440

Thank You for your continued support of Addiction Prevention, Treatment and Recovery!

New Web Resource: National Center for Primary Care

The National Center for Primary Care is a national resource for encouraging doctors to pursue primary care careers, for making primary care practice more effective, and for supporting primary care professionals serving in underserved areas.

The mission of the National Center for Primary Care (NCPC) at Morehouse School of Medicine is to promote excellence in community-oriented primary health care and optimal health outcomes for all Americans, with a special focus on underserved populations and on the elimination of health disparities.

The NCPC team provides training for primary care practitioners, conducts practice-based research to improve health outcomes, creates protocols and tools for improving primary care effectiveness, and undertakes policy analyses focused on how to make primary care more accessible and more effective.