Recovery Month will take place: Faces & Voices of Recovery will run it

Last week, we reported that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is walking away from its sponsorship of Recovery Month (see “After 30 years, SAMHSA walks away from Recovery Month,” ADAW, July 8, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adaw.32770 ). This is correct. However, what needs clarification is this: Recovery Month will still take place, hosted by Faces & Voices of Recovery. Philip Rutherford, director of operations of Faces & Voices of Recovery, told ADAW in an email last week that the organization “is excited to host the Recovery Month website, previously found at recoverymonth.gov .” The new site “will contain a repository for the 2020 Recovery Month digital assets, like graphics and display banners for anyone to download and use, and more. Equally as important, organizations will be able to post information about their events on the Recovery Month calendar.” These materials have “been a staple of the event for years, and Faces & Voices is pleased to be able to keep it going.”     

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Las Vegas‐Area Salvation Army Forced to Curtail Uncompensated Offender Care Getting Out the Recovery Vote: Recovery Voices Count Moves into High Gear New Name, New Role for Ensuring Solutions House Approves Giving FDA Authority Over Tobacco An Inch From the Heart: Art and Recovery Come Together Five Questions The Candidate Pledge Briefly Noted State Watch Coming up     

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NASADAD Releases State Guidance for Adolescent Treatment Services Facilities Seeking Medicaid Must Learn Nuances of Managed Care Chain of Mass. Bupe Clinics Focuses on Quality, Payers Role of Alcohol in Rx Opioid/Benzo ODs and ED Visits: CDC SMART Recovery Focuses on Non‐12‐Step Recovery Briefly Noted Names in the News Coming up     

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SAMHSA Document, Made Public in Error, Reveals Changes Planned for Block Grant NIH Panel Recommends Replacing NIAAA and NIDA With New Addictions Institute What the Contractor Would Have Done ‘Front Door’ to Treatment in Texas Endangered in Budget Process Recovery Researcher to Focus on Developing Science of Recovery What Was Missing: NIDA, NIAAA Perspectives Briefly Noted In the States Coming Up     

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Counselors Rules to be Set by States: SAMHSA Mayo Program Addresses Substance Abuse in Pain Treatment Optum Explores Peers With Faces and Voices of Recovery Caron Takes Delray Beach to Court Over Sober Home Report From Betty Ford Recovery Meeting: Access to Treatment Field Expresses Concerns About Proposed SAMHSA Budget Briefly Noted Coming up     

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CRC's New CEO Launches Inpatient Pre‐Vivitrol Detoxification Program Detox Center Operator Perseveres in Face of Siting Opposition Revised Anti‐Drug Media Campaign Effective, Study Finds Drug Control Budget: Where is Prevention Money Disappearing To? Voices of Recovery San Mateo County: Delivering Recovery Support SAMHSA Releases Screening Guide, Recommending Outdated CAGE CAGE Questions Briefly Noted Coming up     

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Counties Hit Hard by Need for Treatment and Funds for Methamphetamine Underage Drinking Debate: Zero Tolerance vs. Harm Reduction Breakdown of Types of Drug Treatment Programs in NACo Survey Four NACo Surveys on Methamphetamine Reach Out Now Teach‐Ins Members of Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking Doctors Worry Over Increased Scrutiny of Painkiller Prescribing Recovery Grants Will Be Awarded; SAMHSA Corrects Mix‐up SAMHSA Launches Recovery Website Briefly Noted Resources Names in the News Coming up     

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Peers as Professionals: More Than Recovery Experience is Required NAADAC Will Train Workers for Private Market CCB Offers Credential on MAT to Help with Counseling The March of Professionalization SAMHSA Proposed Budget: Stress on ‘Behavioral’ Workforce Drug Court Staffing: Adult Differs from Juvenile Coming up     

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In the Blossoming Recovery Industry, Who are the Addiction Workers? Program Staff that Faced Tragedy Now Encouraged toward Self–Care Survey: SAMHSA Employees Feel Untrusted, Overly Supervised Letter to the Editor New County–CRC Program Focuses on Co–Occurring Disorders Faces & Voices Tells NIDA it's Time to Study Recovery Briefly Noted State News Coming up     

Coming Up

The 2018 Best Practices Summit by the National Alliance for Recovery Residences will be held Oct. 8–10 in Indianapolis . For more information, go to http://narronline.org/conference‐2/ .     

Coming Up

The 2018 Best Practices Summit by the National Alliance for Recovery Residences will be held Oct. 8–10 in Indianapolis . For more information, go to http://narronline.org/conference‐2/ .     

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SA Counselors of the Future: Recovery Coaches, Care Coordinators, or Ph.Ds? Sole‐Source Detox Services Help Protect Agency from Major Cuts Report to Congress More Reflections from Readers: Hopes and Fears for 2012 SAMHSA Gets $3.5 Million for Military Families Policy Academies Briefly Noted In the States Names in the News Coming up     

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Recovery Coaches Help Women Get Treatment, Regain Custody of Their Children Study: Impact of Substance Disorders on Medicaid Costs has been Underestimated What Babies Get Tested for Drugs: A System that is ‘Ripe for Bias’ Wyoming Starts SBIRT in Medicaid‐Substance Abuse Partnership From Our Readers: Challenges and Plans for 2009 Still No Nominee for ONDCP or SAMHSA Posts Briefly Noted State Watch Resources Business Coming up     

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Seabrook Sues Elements, Recovery Brands for Trademark Infringement Interventionist Buys Mansion, will Offer ‘Spiritual’ Care ATTC Network Launches Integration Initiative Aimed at SUDs National Council Leadership: Merger Respects SUD Concerns CRC Acquired by Acadia for $1.18 Billion 42 CFR Part 2, Buprenorphine Cap: SAMHSA Still Deliberating Coming up     

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Finding an EHR Vendor: Mistakes are Costly, and Questions About Confidentiality Linger Basic Cell Phone Technology Seen as Recovery Boost in Conn. Center Oral Fluids: The Specimen of the Future for Drug Testing Addiction Vaccines on the Edge of Discovery Video‐Conferencing Coming Soon to Oklahoma Substance Abuse Providers NIAAA Sums up Technologies Used in Treating Alcohol Abuse Briefly Noted Coming up     

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Hurricane Sandy and Daily Doses of Methadone: Challenges for N.Y. and N.J. Prevention Agency Empowers Staff, Withstands Hits on its Budget More Counselors Accept Some Drinking or Drug Use Prevention and Recovery: Cornerstones of Contemporary Care Hazelden Cautiously Adds Buprenorphine and Vivitrol IC&RC Revises Peer Credential Standards Coming up     

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Rise in Marijuana, Heroin Use Top Concerns in NSDUH Release Long Waits for a Treatment Slot Take Toll on Staff, Reputation Advocates Dismayed as Legalization Moves Forward NIDA on Marijuana Legalization Recovery Month at SAMHSA: Wellness and Walks FDA Requires Black‐Box Warning on Some Opioids Resources Coming up