SAMHSA FASD Center for Excellence

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SAMHSA FASD Center for Excellence

• Field Trainers Update
• December 1, 2005
• Callie Gass, Project Director

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Overview

• Subcontracts
• Publications and Products
• American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian
  Initiative
• Curriculum Development
• Meetings
• Ongoing Activities

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Subcontract Locations
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Community Subcontractors

• ARC Community Services, Inc., Madison, WI
• Baltimore City Healthy Start, Inc., Baltimore, MD
• Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation, Dillingham,
  AK
• Bucks County Council on Alcoholism and Drug
  Dependence, Inc., Doylestown, PA
• Capital Area Human Services District, Baton
  Rouge, LA
• Childrens Research Triangle, Chicago, IL
• Double ARC, Toledo, OH
• Institute for Health and Recovery, Cambridge, MA
• Lassen County Health and Social Services
  Department, Susanville, CA
• Mission Hospitals, Inc., Asheville, NC

• Native American Rehabilitation Association of the
  Northwest, Portland, OR
• New Frontier Treatment Center, Fallon, NV
• Peer Assistance Services, Inc., Denver, CO
• Serving Children and Adolescents in Need, Inc.,
  Laredo, TX
• Sinnissippi Centers, Inc., Dixon, IL
• The Children's Home of Wheeling, Inc., Wheeling,
  WV
• Unity Health System Park Ridge Hospital,
  Rochester, NY
• University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
• University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

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State Subcontractors

• Hawaii State Department of Health
• Maine Office of Substance Abuse
• Mississippi Department of Mental Health
• Montana Department of Public Health and Human
  Service
• New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance
  Abuse Services

• Ohio Department of Alcohol and DrugAddiction
  Services
• South Dakota Department of Human Services
• Texas Office for Prevention of Developmental
  Disabilities
• University of South Alabama
• Wisconsin Department of Health and Family
  Services

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Juvenile Court Subcontractors

• Department of Community Corrections, Hennepin
  County, Minnesota
• Ventura County Superior Court, California
• Colorado State Judicial Branch
• 17th Judicial District, Colorado Judicial Branch
• Skagit County Department of Youth and Family
  Services, Washington

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Publications and Products
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American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian
Initiative

• Hold two regional BFSS-type meetings.
• Provide culturally appropriate targeted Web-based
  materials.
• Develop training and other materials.
• Convene two institutes.
• Identify promising practices.

• Support the development of womens summits in
  Indian Country.

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FASD Curriculum for Addiction Professionals

• Two levels
• Level 1 Knowledge based
• Level 2 Skills based
• Parallels CDC curriculum for medical
  professionals

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Tools for Success Curriculum

• Follow-on to NIAAA-funded Tools for Success
  resource guide
• Targeted to professionals in the juvenile justice
  system
• Pilot tested summer 2005

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Meetings

• Building FASD State Systems
• Developed State plans
• Developed concept for ideal comprehensive system
  of care for FASD
• Hope for Women in Recovery summit
• Brought together more than 100 women in treatment
  and their counselors
• Set the stage for FASD efforts in North Carolina

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Ongoing Activities

• Training and technical assistance
• More than 250 trainings since inception
• Almost 13,000 participants
• Information Resource Center
• Web site (fascenter.samhsa.gov)
• Toll-free line (1-866-STOPFAS)
• Data collection

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Data Collection Findings

• 89 animal studies
• 98 studies involving humans
• 8 studies with unclear subjects from the abstract
• 157 projects involving basic science
• 38 projects involving prevention and intervention

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Data Collection Findings

• 61 FASD-related bills introduced since 2003
• Distributed across 25 States
• 30 introduced or passed in 2005
• Most (37) related to prevention and intervention

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FASD Center Evaluation

• Number of States With Positive Changes in FASD
  Service Delivery
• Infrastructure indicators, 19
• Reporting guidelines indicators, 22
• Service delivery and planning indicators, 26
• Prevention communication and advocacy indicators,
  19
• Any capacity indicators, 41

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Upcoming Activities

• Tools for Success training of trainers
• Annual Building FASD State Systems and National
  Association of FASD State Coordinators meetings
• American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian
  Initiative meetings and materials development