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Newsletter - March 8, 2010
Call for nominations
Faces & Voices of Recovery and Hazelden’s Center for Public Advocacy have announced the America Honors Recovery awards to recognize 2010’s most influential recovery community leaders and organizations. Nominations for individuals and organizations may be made until April 9, 2010. Learn more...
Federal confidentiality laws
Faces & Voices of Recovery’s board of directors recently released a statement “Improving Care for People with Alcohol and other Drug Problems while Maintaining Individual Confidentiality Protections". Faces & Voices calls for the development of recommendations for promoting clear communication between all health care systems without jeopardizing the underlying law, 42 CFR Part 2, that is the backbone of privacy rights for individuals seeking and sustaining their recovery from addiction.
Recovery Advocacy Around the Globe
Planning for the 2nd Annual Walk for Recovery from Alcohol and Other Drug Addiction is underway in the United Kingdom (UK) on September 25, 2010. It’s part of the UK Recovery Federation’s growth and development, outlined in a Consensus Paper that “envisions a world where the power, hope, healing and potential of Recovery is thoroughly understood and embraced within communities, society and support agencies. We will bring the power and proof of Recovery to everyone in the UK.”
Profiles of Recovery Advocacy in Action
The twelfth in our series of Bill White interviews with recovery advocates from across the country features Faces & Voices Executive Director Pat Taylor. Learn more…
Recovery Community Organization News
Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery (MOAR)’s 7th annual Boston Public Policy Forum brought together people from around the state to tackle an epidemic of heroin overdoses in the state, honor State Senator Steve Tolman (D-MA34), and develop strategies to support funding for services in the state including dedicated the alcohol sales tax to addiction, prevention, treatment and recovery. Last year, advocates were successful in fighting back efforts to repeal the tax on alcoholic beverages. Learn more…
Association of Persons Affected by Addiction (APAA) has launched “Recovery at the Movies,” a year-long event that will feature monthly recovery-related movie screenings, discussion and popcorn! Find out more about the series that APAA is doing in partnership with Dallas’ Angelika Theatre here.
Second Chance Act – Take Action!
President Obama has requested $100 million for Second Chance Act programs in his budget request. As Congress considers the FY 2011 budget, organizations and individuals who have advocated for the law are organizing to support funding for the Second Chance Act. Last year, over 270 organizations asked Congress to fund the law. There’s a March 22, 2010 deadline for local, state and national organizations to sign on to this year’s letter. Email your organization’s name, city and state to lkane@csg.org by March 22nd. Thanks! You can also use this Information Packet to send an individual letter to your federal officials.
Briefing on Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity law
The federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) hosted an hour-long briefing on the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA). A video tape of the briefing is available.
Resources
“In My Own Words… Celebrating Students’ Stories of Recovery… A Compilation of Essays by High School and College Students” are the award-winning stories of recovery high school and college students whose schools are part of the Association of Recovery Schools (ARS). The awards were sponsored by the Addiction Technology Transfer Center National Office and ARS as part of 2009 Recovery Month observances. You can email for more information and for a copy.
Behind Bars II: Substance Abuse and America’s Prison Population is a new report from CASA showing that 1.5 million of the 2.3 million people in the nation’s prisons and jails meet the medical criteria for substance abuse or addiction and that only 11 percent receive any treatment during incarceration. According to the report, if all inmates who needed treatment and aftercare services recevied thse services, the nation would break even in a year if just over 10 percent remained substance and crime free and employed.
The National Collegiate Recovery Conference will be on April 15-17, 2010 at Texas Tech University. Find out more about Collegiate Recovery Communities and Research, Recovery and the Collegiate Population.
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