Sustaining Grassroots Community-Based Programs: A Tool Kit for Community-and Faith-Based Service Providers ToolKit designed to help grassroot community and faith based organizations develop program services. Contains 6 separate books: Introduction, Organizational Assessment and Readiness, Effective Marketing Strategies, Financial Management, Sustainability Strategies, and Results-Oriented Evaluation.

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Date Added: 12/15/08
Inventory #: SMA08-4340

This TIP, Treatment Drug Courts: Integrating Substance Abuse Treatment with Legal Case Processing, helps policymakers and practitioners plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate programs that effectively integrate treatment in the pretrial processing of criminal cases.

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Date Added: 12/01/08
Inventory #: SMA08-3917

This TIP, Screening and Assessing Adolescents for Substance Use Disorders, presents information on identifying, screening, and assessing adolescents who use substances. The TIP focuses on the most current procedures and instruments for detecting substance abuse among adolescents, conducting comprehensive assessments, and beginning treatment planning.

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Date Added: 12/01/08
Inventory #: SMA08-4079

This manual contains al the materials needed for conducting the Individual/Conjoint, Early Recovery Skills, Relapse Prevention, and Social Support sessions in the Matrix Intensive Outpatient (IOP) package, which follows a structured approach for treating adults who abuse or are dependant on stimulants. The manual provides talking points and client handouts for each session.

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Date Added: 12/01/08
Inventory #: SMA08-4152

Volunteers are critical to a health community. Volunteers can enhance an organization's general profile - attracting more volunteers, clients, and funds. Chapters examine planning and recruiting, training, managing, and evaluating volunteers. The booklet also covers background checks for volunteers. Also included: sample mission statements, volunteer applications forms and agreements.

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Date Added: 12/01/08
Inventory #: SMA08-4005

This manual provides lessons for teaching adolescents problem-solving techniques, ways to manage anger and depression, communication skills, tips for coping with cravings and urges, ways to plan for high-risk situations, and methods for coping with relapses. The document includes reproducible posters and handouts, a glossary of terms, and therapist rating forms.

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Date Added: 12/01/08
Inventory #: SMA08-3954

2009 Science and Service Awards Will Honor Implementation of Evidence-Based Mental Health and Substance Abuse Interventions (12/22/08)

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has issued a call for applications for its 2009 Science and Service Awards, a national program that recognizes community-based organizations and coalitions that have shown exemplary implementation of evidence-based mental health and substance abuse interventions.

Date Added: 12/24/08

The holidays are a time for family and friends, dinners and parties, and relaxing. But, this time of year can also bring added anxiety and stress. So, whether it's the worry of buying gifts or the loneliness of not being around those you love, just remember that help is available. With that in mind, SAMHSA would like to offer useful resources for a healthy and safe holiday season.

Date Added: 12/19/08

The National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day helps bring attention to the tragedy of homelessness and remembers our friends who were homeless and who have paid the ultimate price. In 2007, more than 90 cities conducted Memorial Day events on or around December 21.

Date Added: 12/18/08

The Road to Recovery Update keeps you informed about activities leading up to National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month (Recovery Month) in September.

Date Added: 12/17/08

Adolescents who use drugs at an earlier age are more likely to develop substance dependence or abuse. Preventing or delaying substance use among this population is of utmost importance and has been an ongoing goal of the Federal Government’s Healthy People initiative (http://www.healthypeople.gov/). This issue of The NSDUH Report examines trends in substance use, dependence or abuse, and treatment among adolescents (i.e., youths aged 12 to 17). Data from the 2002 through 2007 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs) are utilized.

Date Added: 12/10/08

The latest Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) report - drawn from a sample of hospital emergency departments across the Nation - indicates that more than 1.7 million visits for treatment were associated with some form of substance misuse or abuse. The 2006 DAWN report, developed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), provides the latest estimates on how substance use affects this critical part of the Nation’s healthcare system.

Date Added: 12/05/08

There are no observances in January.

There are no upcoming observances in February.

World AIDS Day (December 1)

• TIP 37: Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons With HIV/AIDS
• Drugs, Alcohol and HIV/AIDS: A Consumer Guide for African Americans
• Drogas, alcohol y el VIH/SIDA: Una Guia para Su Salud (Spanish adaptation of Consumer Brochures based on TIP 37, Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons with HIV/AIDS)
• HIV/AIDS: Is Your Adult Client at Risk? A Pocket Tool for Substance Abuse Treatment Providers (Based on TIP 37, Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons With HIV/AIDS)