Campaign Launches To Sound Alarm About the Misuse of Prescription Drugs Among Teens (11/5)

The National Council on Patient Information and Education, along with SAMHSA and representatives from 15 nationally recognized prevention, health professional, and child advocacy organizations, is launching Maximizing Your Role as a Teen Influencer: What You Can Do To Help Prevent Teen Prescription Drug Abuse.

SAMHSA Is Accepting Applications for More Than $39.6 Million in Grants To Help People Transition From the Criminal Justice System to the Community (11/4)

SAMHSA is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2010 for Offender Reentry Program grants. The purpose of this program is to expand and/or enhance substance abuse treatment and related recovery and reentry services to sentenced juvenile and adult offenders returning to the community from incarceration for criminal/juvenile offenses.

SAMHSA Accepting Applications for FY 2010 Grants To Expand Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity in Targeted Areas of Need—Local Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care (11/4)

SAMHSA is accepting applications for FY 2010 for grants to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity in Targeted Areas of Need—Local Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care. This program is designed to foster the development and utilization of local recovery-oriented systems of care to address gaps in treatment capacity by supporting person-centered and self-directed approaches for substance abuse (including alcohol and drug) treatment and recovery services in communities with serious drug problems.

New Report Shows That the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative Can Reduce Violence and Promote Safer Schools (11/3)

In the wake of several recent highly publicized stories about violence among school-aged children, a new report shows that school districts participating in the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative substantially improved the safety of their students. According to the report by SAMHSA, over a 3-year period, school districts participating in the Safe Schools/Healthy Students grant program reported fewer students involved in violent incidents, decreased levels of experienced and witnessed violence, and improvements in overall school safety and violence prevention.

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