Weekly News Digest
Week of 4/20–4/24

SAMHSA and FDA Educate the Public on the Safe Use of Methadone (4/24/2009)

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and Food and Drug Administration are holding a press conference to launch a joint education campaign about the safe use of Methadone.

SAMHSA Accepting Applications for FY 2009 Partnerships for Success: State and Community Prevention Performance Grants (4/23/2009)

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2009 to fund Partnerships for Success: State and Community Prevention Performance grants. This program is designed to help states and U.S. territories reduce state-wide substance abuse rates.

Goldie Hawn and Youth from Across the Country to Join SAMHSA in a Celebration of Children’s Mental Health (4/21/2009)

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced today that Goldie Hawn, Academy Award-winning actress and founder of the Hawn Foundation, will receive the SAMHSA Special Recognition Award at its third annual National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day event in Washington, D.C. on May 7, 2009. This year’s national Awareness Day event, hosted by SAMHSA at the Harman Center for the Arts, will feature youth performers from SAMHSA-funded system of care communities nationwide in a demonstration of the powerful role performing arts play in helping children and youth with mental health needs thrive at home, at school, and in their communities.

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