2010 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services Available

Produced by SAMHSA's Drug and Alcohol Services Information System, the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS) is conducted annually and is designed to collect data on the location, characteristics, services offered, and number of clients in treatment at alcohol and drug abuse facilities (both public and private) throughout the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and other U.S. jurisdictions. The geographic data included in N-SSATS are state, county, Federal Information Processing Standards state and county codes, metropolitan statistical area, core-based statistical area, census region, and census division. The 2010 N-SSATS data and documentation files have been released for and download and online analysis through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA) website. SAMHSA has also released a report titled, National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS): 2010 Data on Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities (8.43 MB). The report summarizes national and state-level data on programs and services provided in substance abuse treatment facilities in 2010 and presents trends in client and facility characteristics.

Access the 2010 N-SSATS Study

Learn More about N-SSATS

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA) provides easy access to current and comprehensive data on substance abuse and mental health. All datasets are available for download directly from the SAMHDA website in multiple file formats. In addition, SAMHDA offers online data analysis, tools to customize graphs and charts, interactive maps, bibliographies, and user support.

Faces & Voices of Recovery: Making Recovery Voices Count in 2012!

Addiction recovery is more than "just not using." As active citizens, we connect or reconnect with our communities. In our active addiction, many of us neglected our responsibilities, including participating in community life. At Faces & Voices of Recovery we are working to organize and mobilize the recovery community because by our silence we let others define us. We must hold elected officials and policy makers accountable, by informing them about the laws, rules and regulations that will benefit recovery and asking them to take a position on the issues that we care about.
- Steve Gumbley, Faces & Voices board chair

With the 2012 national elections approaching, recovery community organizations are getting ready to conduct voter registration and Get-Out-The-Vote activities, sponsoring candidate forums and getting candidates for political office on record about critical policies that will make recovery a reality for even more Americans. They are making RECOVERY VOICES COUNT as part of our 2012 Non-Partisan Civic Engagement campaign.

Use Faces & Voices of Recovery's new Guide and tools, including Questions for Candidates to educate candidates for public office about key issues and turn out voters in growing numbers so that we can have an even greater impact on the lives of people who still need help to recover and our communities.

Honoring Children of Alcoholics Week

The National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACoA) is sponsoring the 2012 Children of Alcoholics Week, observed from February 12 - 18th. Children of Alcoholics Week celebrates the recovery of the many thousands of children of all ages who have received the help they needed to recover from the pain and losses suffered in their childhood. To find out more about Children of Alcoholics Week and how you can participate, visit NACoA.

Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Youth: A Practitioner's Guide

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, in collaboration with the American Academy of Pediatrics, developed Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Youth: A Practitioner's Guide.

The Practitioner’s Guide and Pocket Guide can be downloaded from here.

5th National Conference on Behavioral Health for Women and Girls: Health, Empowerment, Resilience and Recovery – (HERR CONFERence)

SAVE THE DATE!

July 17–19, 2012

San Diego Marriott Marquis and Marina

Sponsors: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Mental Health Systems, Inc. (MHS)

This CONFERence is for anyone interested in learning more and participating in a dialog about mental health and substance abuse prevention, treatment and recovery for women and girls.

The CONFERence offers an array of presentations, workshops and discussion sessions. Learning clusters will be highlighted, including the topics of Prevention and Community; Interventions; Trauma and Violence; Recovery Supports; Peer Led Efforts; Primary Health Integration; Children and Families; Justice Involved Women; Adolescent Girls; Female Veterans and Military Families; Workforce/Workplace Issues and more. The presentations and opportunities are designed to stimulate ideas, energize discussions, provide practical resources and encourage growth.

Click here for more information and to sign up for email updates!

Webinar Series: Opportunities for Persons in Addiction Recovery within Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care

The Great Lakes Addiction Technology Center is presenting a webinar series highlighting the multiple volunteer and career opportunities available to Persons in Addiction Recovery (PIR) within Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC). David Whiters, PhD is the presenter. He is a person in long-term addiction recovery with a PhD in social work from the University of Georgia. He is certified as an addiction professional and has been involved in the addiction recovery advocacy movement since the 2001 meeting of recovery advocates held in St. Paul, MN.

February 8, 2012 9:00 AM - 11:00 PM Eastern Time
Debunking the Myth: Our lived experience alone is enough
Register here.

February 15, 2012 from 9:00 - 11:00 am Eastern Time
Ready, Set, Go: Expanding Employment Opportunities for PIR within the Behavioral Health Field
Register here.

New Resource: ONDCP Recovery Update

ONDCP Recovery Update is a new quarterly publication from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy's Recovery Branch.

Click here to access the publication.

Recovery Coach Training

Jan. 23-25, 2012.

Location: Atlanta, GA.

Trainer: Andre Johnson

PURPOSE: This training will begin with an overview of the historic and current contexts in which treatment and recovery have taken place in the United States. A key area of focus will be the development of Peer Recovery Support Services (PRSS). The history of treatment and recovery in the United States will be explored and provide an understanding of the diverse paths to recovery. Then, a more in-depth look at the roles coaches play will be clearly defined and explored.

The first workshop, Introduction and Context: Understanding Recovery Coaching, will cover:

* The purpose, goals, and training background
* The concepts of recovery, recovery orientation, and recovery coaching
* The link to peer recovery coaching
* The emergence and importance of recovery coaching

The second workshop, Recovery Coaching: Understanding the Tasks, will explore:

* The principles, roles, and tasks of recovery coaching
* Recommended knowledge, skills, and personal characteristics of a recovery coach
* Typical situations encountered by recovery coach

By the end of the third workshop, Peer Recovery Coaching, participants will be able to explain:

* Peer recovery coaching and its benefits
* Qualifications of the peer recovery coach
* How peer recovery coaching benefits other service systems of care

For information or to register, call (404)752-1016 or email: southeast@ATTCnetwork.org