Investing in Whole Person Care in Supported Housing: Improving Health, Enhancing Recovery

• By: David Kamnitzer, LCSW-R Marcia Titus-Prescott, RN-BC Elisa Chow, PhD Institute for Community Living (ICL)
• April 1st, 2020
• housing, mental health, recovery, substance use disorders, whole health
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At ICL, we offer a range of housing opportunities for people with serious mental illness – people who have been homeless, living in a shelter or on the streets, with long histories of mental health and substance use issues; some with HIV/AIDS; many from prison, state hospitals and adult homes....

Working with High Risk, High Need, High Utilizers in a Mixed Use Setting: One Agency’s Experience

• By: Jim Mutton, LMSW Concern for Independent Living
• April 1st, 2020
• mental health, recovery, substance use disorders, supportive housing, wellness
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In a post DSRIP era, where sources of value based funding are scarce and community based organizations are still struggling to find a foot in the door partnering with the managed care industry and hospital settings, I thought it would be worth highlighting a few successful initiatives Concern for...

Strengthening the Addiction Workforce and Beyond

• By: Arlene González-Sánchez NY State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS)
• July 1st, 2019
• addiction, prevention, recovery, substance use disorder, training, workforce
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Over 20,000 professionals make up the Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Workforce in NYS. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the SUD workforce will grow at a much faster rate than other occupations in the country and in NYS. The Credentialed Alcoholism and...