Expanding Addiction Treatment Capacity to Meet All Needs

4/2/2003; 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EST)

CSAT

In support of the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s Demand Reduction Goals, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has been at the forefront of efforts to expand the capacity of local communities to treat substance use disorders. Programs such as SAMHSA's Targeted Capacity Expansion (TCE) have been designed to address discrepancies in treatment capacity by responding to unmet specific local needs for alcohol and drug treatment services. SAMHSA has also studied both behavioral and addiction treatment financing systems in order to put forward novel approaches aimed at expanding science-based addiction treatment capacity.

Join Webcast Host Ivette Torres, Associate Director for Consumer Affairs, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), SAMHSA, HHS, and a panel of experts to explore our Nation’s continuing efforts to make addiction treatment services more available to everyone in need.

Panelists: Jerome Jaffe, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland and Former Director, Office of Evaluation and Scientific Analysis and Synthesis, CSAT/SAMHSA/HHS; Mady Chalk, Ph.D., Division of Services Improvement, SAMHSA/CSAT/HHS; Jeff Morrow, President, Scripps McDonald Center Alumni Association; Henry Lozano, Co-Chair, President's Advisory Commission on Drug-Free Communities.