eNewsletter
June 14, 2010
America Honors Recovery awards announced; Rally for Recovery!; resources, Learn more...
Recovery Advocacy Toolkit: Making Our Voices Count
includes media outreach templates, event organizing “how-to” materials and many other resources. Learn more…
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eNewsletter - July 9, 2010
America Honors Recovery July 28th
Join us in Washington, DC on July 28, 2010 to honor 2010's most influential recovery community leaders and organizations. This year's Joel Hernandez Award recipient is the Association of Persons Affected by Addiction (APAA) in Dallas, TX. Earl Hightower (Hightower Intervention Services, Studio City, CA), Art Zwerling (Anesthetists in Recovery, Elkins Park, PA) and Joe Powell of APAA will receive the Vernon Johnson awards. Learn more…
Rally for Recovery! and Recovery Month
Planning’s underway for events all across the country as part of Recovery Month and Rally for Recovery! The next monthly Rally for Recovery! Organizing Network call is on July 15th at 1:00 pm Eastern. Sign up today! This year’s September 25, 2010 National Hub event will be in Philadelphia, PA at PRO-ACT’s 9th annual Recovery Walks! where A&E’s Recovery Project delegates will kick off the walk!
ONDCP/Faces & Voices Recovery Roundtable
Faces & Voices was pleased to partner with the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to host a discussion of Peer Recovery Support Services: Recovery Management in Healthcare on July 1, 2010. We will be releasing a White Paper based on the lively and thoughtful discussion and thank the following organizations for sharing information about their successful peer recovery support services: Association of Persons Affected by Addiction (APAA), Dallas TX; Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR), Hartford, CT; El Paso Alliance, El Paso, TX; and PRO-ACT, Philadelphia, PA.
“This effort goes beyond helping addicted people stop using illicit drugs and alcohol. Millions of Americans are already in recovery from substance abuse, and are now healthy, responsible and productive members of their communities,” said ONDCP Director Gil Kerlikowske, speaking at the Roundtable. “Today’s meeting brings our Nation one step closer to expanding the hope of recovery to millions more.” Learn more about the first-ever ONDCP/Faces & Voices Recovery Roundtable including the agenda, background materials and presentation here.
Science of Addiction and Recovery Trainings wrap-up
The Foundation for Recovery (FFR) proudly hosted the last of this year’s six Faces & Voices Science of Addiction and Recovery “Train the Trainers” in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 19, 2010. The six-hour training is geared toward recovery advocates and drew attendees from five states: Nevada, Utah, Arizona, California, and Missouri. Learn more…
Regulations for Wellstone-Domenici Law in Effect!
Millions of Americans now have access to non-discriminatory care for addiction and mental illness under interim final regulations for the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act. Faces & Voices belongs to the Parity Implementation Coalition, which released a statement lauding this important next step.Let us know how the law’s working for you!
Run for Recovery/Run for the Children
We’re partnering with the National Association for Children of Alcoholics for the second year as charity partners in the Marine Corps Marathon and Marine Corps 10K on October 31, 2010 in Washington, DC. We’re excited to be partnering with the DC Recovery Community Alliance, Washington, DC’s recovery community organization. Find out more here.
Resources
HealthCare.gov is a new online tool to help consumers take control of their health care by connecting them to new information and resources that will help them access quality, affordable health care coverage. The easy-to-use tool has a central database of health coverage options, combining information about public programs, from Medicare to the new Pre-Existing Conditions Insurance Plan, with information from more than 1,000 private insurance plans. Learn more…
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