Toward an effective treatment system for adolescents with substance use disorders: The role of the states
A 2002 national expert panel found that the treatment system for adolescents with substance use disorders was inadequate and underdeveloped. The panel recommended immediate improvement in five areas: youth-serving agency collaboration, treatment system financing, workforce development, the implementation of evidence-based practices, and family involvement in all aspects of treatment. In 2004, the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), part of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), designed the State Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Coordination Grant program (SAC) and implemented it in 2005 to address the critical need in the field. This paper reviews the adolescent substance use disorders treatment system, discusses selected drivers for change and the design of the SAC grant program, and summarizes some of the program's results. Both quantitative and qualitative data analysis document that substantive systems development occurred within each of the sixteen grantees and that federal–state partnerships are useful in creating systemic change.
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2011
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Authors: | Cavanaugh, Doreen ; Kraft, M. Katherine ; Muck, Randolph ; Merrigan, Daniel M. |
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Children and Youth Services Review. - Elsevier, ISSN 0190-7409. - Vol. 33.2011, S1, p. 16-16
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Subject: | Adolescent substance use disorders | Financing | Reclaiming futures | Systems change | Treatment | Workforce development |
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