Satellite Teleconference  Expanded Description

Present

“Access To Recovery”

Thursday 22 April, 2004
 2:00 – 3:00 PM  EDT

a.  Sponsors:  This program is sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, The Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America and the Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training (MCTFT) with the technical support of the Satellite Education Network (SEN) at Ft. Lee, VA. 

b.  Availability:  This free, public domain broadcast will be available on  the GETN Military/Federal/Warrior digital CDV satellite networks and on C-Band Analog satellite networks.  (There is NO KU analog or digital coverage.)  Other private and public satellite networks may also carry the program, check with your satellite provider.  (Note: This program WILL NOT be available on small digital dish networks such as DirectTV or Echostar systems.) 

Will this program be Video streamed:  It is anticipated that NCADI will facilitate the live and delayed achieved streaming of this broadcast.  Details will be sent in the final coordination message to all registered sites.

c.  Target Audience Statement:  Primary target audiences for this program will include law enforcement officials, drug prevention specialists, Drug-Free Communities Act grantees, Safe and Drug-Free Schools coordinators, educators, administrators, counselors, treatment providers, drug court members, policy makers, business leaders, coalition volunteers, drug demand reduction coordinators, concerned parents, criminal justice professionals, youth coalition members, members of the religious community and other community partners who may be interested.  This program is also suitable for Public Access television distribution.

d.  Program  Summaries And Objectives:  Thousands of Americans with substance use disorders will have the opportunity to choose their treatment options for recovery under Access to Recovery, a new $100 million discretionary grant program for states recently announced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).   

The competitive grant program will give recipient states, territories, the District of Columbia and tribal organizations broad discretion to design and implement federally supported voucher programs to pay for a range of effective, community-based, substance abuse clinical treatment and recovery support services.  By providing vouchers to people in need of treatment, the grant program promotes individual choice for substance abuse treatment and recovery services.  It also expands access to care, including access to faith- and community-based programs, and increases substance abuse treatment capacity.   

This informative broadcast will:

• Present an overview of addiction, treatment and recovery.
• Explain the efficacy of treatment and the recovery support services.
• Provide background on SAMHSA’s “Access to Recovery” initiative.
• Identify and discuss the components of this new grant program.
• Answer questions about treatment and recovery support services

·        Provide referral information to help those in need of treatment.

e.  Panelists:

Moderator: Jane Callahan

H. Westley Clark, M.D., J.D., M.P.H.; CAS, FASAM Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA
Stephenie Colston; Senior Advisor to the Administrator for Substance Abuse Issues, SAMHSA 

Additional panelists to be named.

f.  CEUs, CMEs, Certificates:  There are no CEUs, CMEs available for this program.

g.  Videotape Availability:  A few copies of this program may be available from the producer; Contact Tiffani Sherman at:  sherman.tiffani@spcollege.edu   Please include: 

Date and Title Of The Program:  
Your Name:  
Full Mailing Address, Name, Organization, Street Address, State, City, Zip:  
Email:  
Telephone Number:  
Number of People Expected to View the Videotape: 

h.  Videotape release (if taping from broadcast):  This FREE program is unclassified and non-scrambled.  There are no copyright restrictions on this program, however it MAY NOT be videotaped and re-broadcast where fees are attached to its showing.  No portion of this program may be used for commercial purposes or for-profit purposes without additional permission of the sponsors.  

i.  Web Site Support:  Support materials may be mounted on the Internet to support this program.  Final details will be sent via email to registered sites as part of the satellite coordinates message.   

j.  Satellite Coordinates:  Final Satellite Coordinates will be sent to registered sites 5-7 working days prior to the broadcast.  

k.  Registration:  All new sites MUST register for this FREE, public domain program to receive the necessary satellite coordinates (C/KU) or illumination authentication (GETN/Warrior dishes) and Site Materials Website.  Sites may register at: http://www.dlnets.com/MCTFT2nd.htm or by calling Ed Kronholm’s Office, the Satellite Registrations Coordinator, toll free at 877-820-0305 or 888-820-4898. 

l.  Future Programs:  For future information on MCTFT satellite broadcasts by the (subject to change due to satellite availability and other scheduling issues) please visit this web site: http://www.mctft.com/DL/dl.php.  (Information changes periodically; please refresh your browser upon each visit.)

m.  Email Controls:  Email from the CounterDrug Listserv may be adjusted (changed, deleted, or added) at this web site: Email Controls

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