A State Agency’s Role in Supporting Housing and Employment within Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery

• By: Esteban Ramos, MSW Brenda Harris-Collins Gregory James Angela M. Lockhart, MA, CRC Henry Kurcman Jeffrey Strauss, MS Maggie Taylor, PhD Sarah Gorry, MS NY State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS)
• January 22nd, 2024
• continuum of care, counseling, permanent supportive housing, recovery, social determinants of health, substance use disorder, vocational rehabilitation, Winter 2024 Issue
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Historically, the substance use disorder (SUD) treatment service delivery system has operated within an episode of care, with separate programs and unrelated options. There has been an evolution towards developing a continuum of care for substance use disorder treatment and recovery services. These...

Meeting the Needs of Youth in Transition: Recommendations for Systems Reform

• By: Ashley Brody, MPA, CPRP Vinny Sceri Search for Change, Inc.
• January 1st, 2019
• adolescents, education and employment, mental health, social services, system coordination, trauma, vocational rehabilitation, youth in transition
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Adolescence is commonly defined as a period of transition between childhood and adulthood with distinct physical and psychological challenges that must be successfully navigated en route to maturity. One of these challenges is so deeply embedded in this period of development that it found its way...