Table of Contents

Treatment for Child Welfare Families Continues Amid Lawsuit Over Jail Terms Governor Restores $3 Million to Florida's Treatment Programs Toll‐Free Lines Help Connect Callers to Local Treatment Programs Stimulus Package: Still no $100 Million for Block Grant Case Management Helps Substance Abusing Women on Welfare Briefly Noted State News Resources Business Names in the News Coming up     

Table of Contents

Once‐a‐Week Buprenorphine in Physician's Office Found Effective Drug Court Audit Finds Lack of Data on Outcomes Buprenorphine in a Therapeutic Community Senate Committee Votes to Add $30 Million to Block Grant Senate Appropriations for Block Grant and Other Substance Abuse Funding Letter to the Editor Illegal Activity at Maine Clinic Puts Methadone in Spotlight NAADAC 2006 Award Recipients Announced Briefly Noted Resources Names in the News Business Obituaries Coming Up     

Table of Contents

RWJF Departure from Addiction Grants Means $50 Million a Year Less for the Field Addiction Clinicians Tread Carefully Amid Medication Options Recovery Inside San Quentin Prison, Training Inmate Counselors What's Happening on Capitol Hill: Block Grant Appropriations Child Welfare Bill Includes $40 Million for FY 2007 for Treatment Advocacy Alert: Bring Parity to a Vote Briefly Noted Business To the Editor Coming Up     

Table of Contents

NAATP Cites $500,000 in Credit Card Charges in Hunsicker Firing Research Findings Assist Prescribers in Spotting Risk Factors for Rx Abuse To Integrate Addiction Treatment, Physicians Call for Collaboration JAMA on Integration Models of Integrated Care Calif. Budget Proposal Would Eviscerate Methadone Treatment WHO Calls for Restrictions on Alcohol Marketing Binge‐Drink Risk Drops Dramatically After Age 25 $210 Million Increase Requested for SAPT Block Grant Briefly Noted State News Coming up     

Sign‐on letter for SAPT increase due March 20

Representatives Paul Tonko (D‐New York) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R‐Pennsylvania) need signatures for their letter to the House Appropriations Committee urging a $500 million increase for the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) block grant in fiscal year 2020. “This funding stream serves as the cornerstone of States' substance abuse treatment, prevention, and recovery systems,” states the letter. “SAPT Block Grant funds, which are distributed by formula to all States and Territories, provide lifesaving treatment services to approximately 1.5 million individuals per year. In some States, the SAPT investment accounts for 100 percent of substance use prevention dollars. Unfortunately, SAPT Block Grant funding has not kept up with inflation, resulting in a 24 percent—or $444 million—decrease in actual funding since 2009.” The block grant has been just over $2 billion for decades. The letter requests that legislators fund just over $2.358 million for the SAPT block grant, which is equal to what the House of Representatives approved in the FY2019 Labor‐Health and Human Services Appropriations legislation and a $500 million increase over current funding levels. To sign on to the letter, contact Jeff Morgan in Rep. Tonko's office at jeff.morgan@mail.house.gov or Joseph Knowles in Rep. Fitzpatrick's office at joseph.knowles@mail.house.gov .     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
A Social-Contract Theory of Organizations . Michael Keeley. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1988, 245 pp. plus references and index.
Disturbing the Nest: Family Change and Decline in Modern Societies . David Popenoe. New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1988, 390 pages, $49.95, hardback, $24.95, cloth.
Advancing Communication Science: Merging Mass and Interpersonal Processes . Edited by Robert P. Hawkins, John M. Wieman, and Suzanne Pingree. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 1988, 312 pp., paperback.
On the Take: From Petty Crooks to Presidents , 2nd ed. William Chambliss. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1988, 301 pages.
Methodology and Epistemology for Social Science . Donald T. Campbell. Selected papers edited by E. Samuel Overman. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1988, 609 pages, $62.50, cloth.
Technology and Justice . George Grant. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1986, 133 pages, paperback.
Emile Durkheim and the Reformation of Sociology . Stjepan G. Mestrovic. Totawa, NJ: Rowan and Littlefield, 1988, 156 pp.
Certainties and Doubts: Collected Papers, 1962–1985 . George Caspar Homans. New Brunswick: Transaction Books, 1987, 420 pages, $34.95, hardback.
Strong Mothers, Weak Wives . Miriam Johnson. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1988, 347 pp.
Jürgen Habermas . Michael Pusey. London: Tavistock Publications, 1987, 128 pages, paperback; and New York: Routledge, 1988, $22.50, cloth, Can. $31.50; $8.95, paperback, Can. $13.00.
The World We Created at Hamilton High . Gerald Grant. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1988, 2825 pages, $24.95, hardback     

Table of Contents

Local Communities Bristle Over High Concentrations of Centers Block Grant up for $35 Million Increase, Depending on Senate and White House Schools Need Help with Prevention Education, Says Report Recommendations by Join Together Researchers Federal Auditors to Scrutinize ATR in 2008 Briefly Noted Names in the News Coming up     

Table of Contents

IC&RC, NAADAC and NCC AP to Collaborate Program Founded by Musician Balances Traditional, Creative Sebelius Letter Raises Questions about Parity and Medicaid ASAM Launches Pro‐Medication Initiative; Maine Stance Cited Fighting the Battle in Maine Harkin Amendment Would Add $18 Million to Block Grant Briefly Noted Names in the News Coming up     

Table of Contents

Future of Private Residential Treatment Called Into Question by CMS Official Combined Effort of OTP Neighbors Will Provide Primary and MH Care SAMHSA Answers Questions on Need for Residential Treatment Study Shows AA Meetings Increase Abstinence in Young Women CSAT Answers Questions about Physician Caseload for Suboxone NASADAD Receives $1.1 Million Grant from SAMHSA Briefly Noted Coming up     

Table of Contents

Co‐Occurring Disorders Can Be Treated Within SAPT Block Grant Advocates Optimistic as Second Chance Act Clears House Committee Doctor's Sentence Highlights Challenges of Methadone Treatment Recovery Month Slated for Elimination by President's Proposed Budget SAMHSA Announces $96 Million in Access to Recovery Grants Briefly Noted Names in the News Coming up     

Table of Contents

States and Providers Face Increased Accountability on How Block Grant is Spent Agencies Progress in Veterans' Care by Embracing Military Culture NOMs Measures Alabama to Investigate 112 Uncertified Programs SAMHSA Gives ASAM $1.5 Million to Train M.D.s in Prescribing Methadone DASIS Report Looks at Differences Between First‐Time, Repeat Admissions Briefly Noted State Watch Names in the News Resources Business Coming up     

Table of Contents

Block Grant Still Essential Under Health Reform, Report on Three States Shows Flexibility, Timely Response Crucial to Kaiser's Integrated Care Approach Hanley to Start Giving All Patients $600 SPECT Scans Parity Still Required in Grandfathered Plans SAMHSA/ONC: No Changes in 42 CFR Part 2 In New York, Providers Eye Cuts to Inpatient Detox Briefly Noted State News Resources Coming up     

Table of Contents

NESARC Finds Time Lag of 10 Years Between Alcohol use Disorder and Treatment Dually Diagnosed Prove Challenging to State Service Systems Utah Rolls Out $8 Million in New Funds for Treating Drug Offenders House Committee says ‘Yes’ to Block Grant, ‘No’ to Penalty Chantix may Work for Alcoholism, Too: Animal Study Briefly Noted State Watch Grants and Funding Resources Business Coming up     

BOOK REVIEW

ABSTRACT

ADOPTION, edited by J. L. Johnson and G. Grant (2005). Boston: Pearson Allyn & Bacon, ISBN: 0-205-38954-6, 144 pp., $16.00. Reviewed by Laura Boisen.     

Table of Contents

Reckitt Strikes Out with FDA on Bupe; Now Faces FTC Inquiry More Diversified Revenue Picture Prepares Missouri Provider for ACA Parity Linked to More SUD Treatment in Hospital Study A Confidentiality Manual for the Digital Age Final Rule on Health Insurance Exchanges: Parity is Key Odyssey House Grant Focuses on Teens and Their Families Changes in New York Sequestration to Cut HHS by $15.5 Billion March 1 Briefly Noted Coming up     

Table of Contents

Knowledge of Mental Disorders Required for Client Service, Counselor Careers Peer‐Led Services Begin to Emerge as Adjunct to Treatment NAADAC Workforce Development Conference Focus on Attracting and Retaining Counselors Peer Session Encourages Abstinence N.J. Treatmentproviders Group Seeks Restoration of Terminated Grant New Endorsement for Adolescent Services Coming from NAADAC Open Meeting on Medicare Drug Rule Effect's on Substance Abuse Substance Abuse Treatment Included in $7.2 Million for Jail Diversion Programs for Mentally Ill Briefly Noted Resources Coming Up