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Building community collaborations
to reduce the impact of substance abuse
through education, advocacy, and
training
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Save the Date:
7th Annual Summit on Substance Abuse,
Mental Health and School Safety/Discipline
March 4-7, 2012
at
Callaway Gardens, Lodge & Spa Conference Center
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New Training: CARES
Neil Kaltenecker elected SE Regional Rep for Faces And
Voices Of Recovery
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March 4-7, 2012
The
7th Annual Summit on Substance Abuse , Mental Health and
School Safety / Discipline
Aug
27-31, 2012
6th
Annual
Georgia School of Addiction Studies
Savannah, GA
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With Supportive memberships and United Way
funding, we are
dedicated to
reducing the
impact of substance abuse through
prevention and
treatment.
Be part of the Solution: Whether you are a consumer,
family member, you work in the field, or are a concerned
citizen, your tax deductible contribution goes directly
toward reducing the impact of substance abuse in our
community.
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What We Do
The Georgia Council on Substance Abuse
offers training and education opportunities
for professionals and others who serve the
substance abuse prevention, treatment and
recovery fields.
We provide information and resources for
individuals, families and communities that
seeks to reduce the stigma of addiction and
that calls attention to the economic and
social costs of substance abuse.
Through our advocacy efforts we seek to
shape public policy that advances the field
of addiction prevention, treatment and
recovery.
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International Exposure
Neil Kaltenecker, Executive Director
of The Georgia Council on Substance
Abuse, speaks at the National Press Club
in Washington, D.C.
In attendance were the Director of the
White House Office of National Drug
Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske,
RADM Eric Broderick, Acting
Administrator, SAMHSA, Dr. H.
Westley Clark, Director, SAMHSA’s
Center for Substance Abuse
Treatment, and Bob DeBitetto,
President and General Manager A&E
Network.
Neil also represented Georgia as the
Georgia Recovery Delegate at the
Recovery Rally in New York City.
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The A&E network launched The
Recovery Project in 2008 to generate
awareness that addiction is a
treatable disease and recovery is
possible. More than 10,000 people
attended the second annual Recovery
Rally in NYC and walked across the
Brooklyn Bridge in support of
recovery.
Click Here for a photo
gallery of the Rally for Recovery.
Georgia Certified Addiction Recovery Empowerment
Specialist (CARES) |
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We
are creating a training program that is parallel to the
mental health certified peer specialist program and are
working directly with the Georgia Mental Health Consumer
Network through funding from DBHDD. CARES, commonly
referred to as recovery coaches, deliver recovery peer
support services. Peer-based recovery supports enhance
existing treatment as well as support a
recovery-oriented system of care, and can facilitate
recovery in local communities, including mutual aid
recovery groups. Successful CARES applicants attend a
40-hour (one week) basic skills training course, pass a
certification exam, and then receive on-going support
from on-site supervisors and local members of the
CARES Advisory Coalition. CARES are not sponsors or
addiction counselors, but instead provide recovery
planning and resource utilization, individual and group
recovery support, and recovery advocacy services.
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Sponsors for 2012 Addiction Recovery Awareness Day
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