SAMHSA’s Focus on the Military & Military Families: The Role of the Mid-America ATTC

Pat Stilen, LCSW | Director, Mid-America ATTC October 28, 2010

Who We AreEstablished in 1993 by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration’s (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)

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Southern Coast

Who We Are

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As a nationwide, multidisciplinary resource for professionals in the addictions treatment and recovery services field, the ATTC Network serves to:

•Raise awareness of evidence-based and promising treatment and recovery practices,

•Build skills to prepare the workforce to deliver state-of-the-art addictions treatment and recovery services, and

•Change practice by incorporating these new skills into everyday use for the purpose of improving addictions treatment and recovery outcomes.

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SAMHSA’s 8 Strategic Initiatives

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

8 Strategic Initiatives

1. Prevention of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness

2. Trauma & Justice3. Military Families – Active,

Guard, Reserve, and Veteran

4. Health Insurance Reform Implementation

5. Housing and Homelessness

6. Health Information Technology for Behavioral Health Providers

7. Data and Outcomes – Demonstrating Results

8. Public Awareness and Support

Support America’s service men and women together with their

families and communities by leading efforts to ensure needed

behavioral health services are accessible and outcomes are

successful.

3. Military Families – Active, Guard, Reserve, and Veteran

March 2007 – Kansas•Partnered with the Kansas Adjutant General, Department of Veterans Affairs - VISN

15, Wichita Vets Center on a one-day conference directed specifically at Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

August 2008 – Nebraska’s Two-Day Wellness Conference (Omaha)•Collaborated with the Nebraska National Guard, NE Department of Health &

Human Services, and the VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System.

February 2007 & December 2008 – Kansas and Missouri •Collaborated with Greater Kansas City Metropolitan area counties; Community

Mental Health Coalitions; and Health Care Foundations. Produced a series of half- and full-day conferences addressing issues faced by returning service members and their families in the metro area.

Doris Rogers, BS (Veteran) | Project Manager, Mid-America ATTC Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, OklahomaMid-America ATTC