The Targeted Capacity Expansion: Medication-Assisted Treatment-Prescription Drug Opioid Addiction (MAT-PDOA) program aims to provide funding to states to enhance/expand their treatment service systems to increase capacity and provide accessible, effective, comprehensive, coordinated care, and evidence-based medication-assisted treatment and recovery support services. Click here to read entire article.
Read moreThe purpose of this program is to reduce the number of prescription drug/opioid overdose-related deaths and adverse events among individuals 18 years of age and older by training first responders and other key community sectors. Click here to read entire article.
Read moreThe purpose of this program is to prevent and reduce suicidal behavior and substance use, address trauma, and promote mental health among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) young people up to and including age 24. Click here to read entire article.
Read moreWashington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after the Department of Labor unveiled its final rule to protect families’ retirement security by requiring financial advisers offering employer-sponsored benefit plans and individual retirement savings vehicles to abide by a “fiduciary” standard, obliging them to act only in the best interests of their
Read moreMichael Smith is all too familiar with this scenario. Smith, 58, of Tinley Park, is a utility worker laid off March 23 from the Southwest Side Nabisco Chicago Bakery that’s become a symbol in the presidential campaign of the impact of offshore outsourcing, with Democrats Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump all
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