Addiction Prevention and Treatment
Advancing Recovery: State/Provider Partnerships for
Quality Addiction Care
To support partnerships between treatment provider organizations that deliver care, and states that are the largest purchasers of publicly funded treatment services (70 percent) and regulators and licensers of those services.
Program Sites
Delaware Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health
New Castle, DE
Advancing Recovery: State/Provider Partnerships for Quality Addiction Care.
$343,744
(2 years)
ID 56894
Florida Department of Children and Families
Tallahassee, FL
Advancing Recovery: State/Provider Partnerships for Quality Addiction Care.
$360,000
(2 years)
ID 56896
Kentucky River Community Care Inc.
Jackson, KY
Advancing Recovery: State/Provider Partnerships for Quality Addiction Care.
$360,000
(2 years)
ID 56898
State of Maine, Office of Substance Abuse
Augusta, ME
Advancing Recovery: State/Provider Partnerships for Quality Addiction Care.
$355,660
(2 years)
ID 56891
State of Missouri Department of
Mental Health
Jefferson City, MO
Advancing Recovery: State/Provider Partnerships for Quality Addiction Care.
$360,000
(2 years)
ID 56895
NRI Community Services, Inc.
Woonsocket, RI
Advancing Recovery: State/Provider Partnerships for Quality Addiction Care.
$360,000
(2 years)
ID 56897
Other Program Activities
University of Georgia Institute for Behavioral Research
Athens, GA
Evaluation of Advancing Recovery.
$1,899,620
(4 years)
ID 57786
Boston University School of Public Health
Boston, MA
Maximizing the impact of the 2007 HBO addiction treatment project.
$749,333
(1 year)
ID 58657
Kimberly C. Brooks
Takoma Park, MD
Strategic communications for the Foundation's Addiction Prevention and Treatment program area.
$18,846
(1 month)
ID 56932
Chestnut Health Systems Inc.
Bloomington, IL
Joint meeting on adolescent addiction treatment effectiveness for researchers, consumers and practitioners.
$26,768
(5 months)
ID 56328
Communications Projects
Multiple Contractors
Meeting for grantees of the Foundation's Addiction Prevention and Treatment program area.
$141,500
(4 months)
ID 57142
Consulting and meeting costs for the Foundation's Addiction Prevention and Treatment program area.
$50,000
(7 months)
ID 57454
Strategic communications for the Foundation's Addiction Prevention and Treatment program area.
$390,000
(6 months)
ID 57677
Drug Strategies
Washington, DC
Nancy Dickerson Whitehead Awards for excellence in reporting on drug and alcohol abuse.
$181,746
(2 years)
ID 57054
Faces and Voices of Recovery
Washington, DC
Strengthening and sustaining the Faces & Voices of Recovery coalition.
$384,216
(2 years)
ID 59193
Health Care Compliance Solutions, Inc.
Columbus, OH
Identifying existing models of integrated and publicly funded physical and behavioral health services.
$52,000
(3 months)
ID 57687
Metropolitan Group
Chicago, IL
Technical assistance on sustainability for RWJF-funded substance abuse prevention programs.
$56,430
(14 months)
ID 58471
University of Miami School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Partial support for the third annual Joint Meeting on Adolescent Treatment Effectiveness (JMATE).
$50,000
(6 months)
ID 59117
Native American Connections Inc.
Phoenix, AZ
Stakeholders meeting to identify quality addiction care and treatment in Native American communities.
$15,000
(6 months)
ID 58056
State of Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Oklahoma City, OK
Strengthening Treatment Access and Retention State Initiatives.
$450,000
(3 years)
ID 59317
Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine
Portland, OR
Sponsorship of the sixth annual Blending Addiction Science & Practice: Bridges to the Future conference.
$15,805
(6 months)
ID 57091
Analyzing state implementation of evidence-based practices for alcohol and drug disorder treatment.
$169,868
(1 year)
ID 58839
Partnership for a Drug-Free America, Inc.
New York, NY
Campaign to reduce youth alcohol and drug use: core support.
$2,500,000
(1 year)
ID 59181
Campaign to reduce youth alcohol and drug use: challenge grant.
$2,500,000
(3 years)
ID 59439
Paths to Recovery: Changing the Process of Care for Substance Abuse Programs
Initiative to strengthen the addiction treatment system's ability to successfully use process improvement techniques toward increasing patients' access to and retention in addiction treatment programs.
University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering
Madison, WI
Technical assistance and direction for Paths to Recovery.
$948,926
(1 year)
ID 50398
Reclaiming Futures: Communities Helping Teens Overcome Drugs, Alcohol & Crime
To develop new service delivery models that integrate comprehensive services into the juvenile justice system and promote the creation of community-based systems of care for substance-abusing youthful offenders. The initiative will also foster the development of local judicial leadership to guide juvenile justice and substance abuse treatment partnerships, and assist community-based treatment providers in assessing their effectiveness.
Natasha D. Bordeaux
Mission, SD
Communications consultant for Reclaiming Futures: Mission,
South Dakota.
$14,795
(5 months)
ID 57627
Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Coordination of local evaluations for Reclaiming Futures.
$57,991
(18 months)
ID 56585
Farrell Strategies, Inc.
Portland, OR
Communications activities for Reclaiming Futures.
$106,490
(6 months)
ID 56422
Portland State University
Portland, OR
Strategic communications and dissemination activities for
Reclaiming Futures.
$437,500
(1 year)
ID 58536
Portland State University Graduate School of Social Work
Portland, OR
Technical assistance and direction for Reclaiming Futures.
$631,023
(7 months)
ID 50682
Technical assistance and direction for Reclaiming Futures.
$675,012
(5 months)
ID 51452
Diane Wilson
Soquel, CA
Communications consultant for Reclaiming Futures: Santa Cruz County, California.
$15,768
(6 months)
ID 57135
Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.
New York, NY
Strengthening Treatment Access and Retention State Initiatives.
$450,000
(3 years)
ID 59064
Research Foundation of the City University of New York
New York, NY
Exploring opportunities to promote client engagement in improving addiction treatment.
$307,854
(9 months)
ID 57939
Resources for Recovery: State Practices that Expand Treatment Opportunities
To help states to learn about, analyze and implement established strategies to expand available treatment resources and/or the populations eligible for services within existing expenditure levels.
Technical Assistance Collaborative Inc.
Boston, MA
Dissemination of program lessons learned to assist states.
$133,100
(2 years)
ID 59304
Society of General Internal Medicine
Washington, DC
Addressing the failure to evaluate alcohol's effects on general medical illnesses by systematically evaluating the evidence.
$700,000
(2 years)
ID 58529
State Associations of Addiction Services
Washington, DC
Conference workshops on promoting effective and evidence-based practices for leaders of addiction prevention and treatment programs.
$25,000
(5 months)
ID 56900
Substance Abuse Policy Research Program
To encourage experts in public health, law, political science, medicine, sociology, criminal justice, economics, psychology, and other behavioral and policy sciences to address issues related to substance abuse.
Program Sites
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health
Birmingham, AL
Effects of alcohol prices and taxes on motor vehicle fatalities among young adults.
$187,374
(18 months)
ID 58006
Andrews University
Berrien Springs, MI
State Medicaid policies governing substance abuse treatment programs: Are they facilitating or inhibiting access for African Americans?
$397,973
(30 months)
ID 59271
University of California, Davis,
Medical Center
Sacramento, CA
Impact of drug control policy on pain treatment in California: Are physicians unwilling to prescribe needed medications?
$302,290
(3 years)
ID 58007
City University of New York Graduate School and University Center
New York, NY
Effect of smoking cessation on the demand for alcohol and illicit drugs in current and prior substance-dependent populations.
$64,361
(19 months)
ID 57283
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
State alcohol tax policy: effects on risky behaviors and health outcomes.
$397,293
(3 years)
ID 58005
New York Academy of Medicine
New York, NY
Evaluation of using the pharmacy-based New York State Expanded Syringe Access Demonstration Program to also provide referrals to primary care.
$60,976
(17 months)
ID 57509
Rand Corporation
Santa Monica, CA
Impact of amphetamine abuse on health and crime.
$178,832
(2 years)
ID 58008
Other Program Activities
Center for Creative Leadership
Greensboro, NC
Technical assistance and direction for the Substance Abuse Policy Research Program.
$784,323
(1 year)
ID 58899
Technical Assistance Collaborative Inc.
Boston, MA
Working papers for a conference aimed at developing a research agenda for behavioral health.
$50,000
(14 months)
ID 57169
United Nations Foundation
Washington, DC
Establishing resource centers for the support of quality substance abuse treatment.
$300,000
(17 months)
ID 55468
University of Wisconsin–Madison Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis
Madison, WI
Studying the collection, management and use of addiction treatment data to help organizations track quality and improve reimbursement.
$160,152
(18 months)
ID 57582