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eNewsletter - June 25, 2008
Recovery-based care project
Faces & Voices is partnering with the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD) and the State Associations of Addiction Services (SAAS) in a project to educate state legislators and legislative staff about recovery-based care for addiction. On June 20th Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) Executive Director Phillip Valentine participated in a briefing for legislators in Washington, DC. The next part of the project is a series of three web-assisted audio conferences. On July 11th, Bev Haberle from PRO-ACT will join Philadelphia's Dr. Arthur Evans to discuss the transformation to recovery-oriented care in that city. The audioconferences will be recorded and can be listened to online. Learn more...
New materials about Faces & Voices
Thanks to recovery advocates Cheryl Floyd, PRO-A; Walter Ginter, National Alliance of Methadone Advocates; Lisa Mojer-Torres; Bev Haberle, PRO-ACT; Tom Hill, Altarum Institute; Andre Johnson, Detroit Recovery Project; Carol McDaid, Capitol Decisions; Jane Pressly, FAVOR South Carolina Greenville chapter; Phillip Valentine, Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery; Tonya Wheeler, Advocates for Recovery Colorado; and Faces & Voices Tom Coderre for their help in developing some new materials about Faces & Voices and recovery advocacy. Learn more...
Recovery Voices Count in New Jersey
Recovery advocates in New Jersey were among the 2000 people who attended Republican Presidential nominee Senator John McCain's town hall meeting at Burlington County College on June 13th. The New Jersey Recovery Voices Count advocates were there to ask Senator McCain addiction recovery policy questions and to present him with a Candidate Pledge form Learn more...
Congress Continues Work on Spending Bills
With just a few working weeks left in this session of Congress, the House and Senate are working on FY 2009 spending bills. Because there will be a new Congress and Administration in January, it is very possible that Congress will approve a short-term Continuing Resolution (CR) that would maintain federal program spending at FY 2008 levels until February or March 2009. They would do this if they weren't able to complete their work on the FY 2009 spending bills during this Congressional session. Learn more...
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